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A new tourism model: how Indonesia’s Nglanggeran village is run by locals, offering a range of authentic experiences

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Until about 30 years ago, most people here made their living by farming paddy fields, tending to sheep on the plains, and sourcing stone and wood from the volcano that gives the village its name. The view from Mount Nglanggeran, which visitors to the village have a chance to hike. Photo: Kathryn Wortley Now everyone … Read more

How world’s largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia has been reborn – new rules free Borobudur from curses of vandalism, graffiti, bottles of urine

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This exquisite Mahayana Buddhist temple near the central Javanese city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is the biggest in the world, and dates to the eighth and ninth centuries. In its aesthetic, architecture, wisdom and history it is as superlatively astounding as those in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex. Visitors are now only able to visit the … Read more