Located merely an hour from Yogyakarta,Indonesia, Borobudur is the biggest Buddhist temple in the world.

Candi Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world.

© Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia. It brings to mind another version of Manila; polluted, crowded, and all the things they are saying about the Philippine capital. What made me decide to go there?

The thing is, I’m going back to Saigon in August (yipee!). Rather than book a return ticket, I decided to fly back to Manila via another country. First I considered was Bangkok; I had heard so much about that city and I was all agog to visit. I could imagine the temples I would visit, the shopping I …