Eat, Pray, Love, Java

EAT

PRAY

LOVE

A Pressing Matter

A Javanese Batik artist uses a copper block to apply a wax stamp to Batik cloth

Water for Elephants

Central Java - while her mahout looks on, an industrious Asian elephant carefully cracks open young coconuts to get to the liquid treat inside.
March 24, 2011 ©trryan

Borobudur Temple - Java

Borobudur Buddhist Temple on the island of Java in Indonesia
March 24, 2011
 photo©trryan
texture ©Thanasis Anastasiou

The Yogyakarta Islamic Typing School for Ladies Big Day at the Ancient Temples in Java

Students from an Islamic boarding school make a visit to Borobudur Buddhist Temple in Central Java
March 24, 2011 ©trryan

Prambanan Temple

Prambanan Hindu Temple, Yogyakarta
March 20, 2011 - ©trryan

Taman Sari, the Royal Gardens of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta

Reflecting at the Water Castle, the 18th Century bathing palace of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta
March 21, 2011 ©trryan

Javanese Swallowtail

"We are particles of that mystery, that timeless, endless, everlasting mystery which pours forth from the abyss into the forms of the world." - Joseph Campbell

Swallowtail  in the genus Graphium

photographed in the gardens

of the

Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta

March 22, 2011

*thanks to Doug Taron of Gossamer Tapestry for the ID!

Gilding the Lily (Pad) in Yogyakarta

all photos ©trryan

photographed at the Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta

March 21, 2011

Sunday Night Dining on Malioboro Street, Yogyakarta

Peanuts roasting on Jalan Maliboro

Open-aired, floor-seating-only restaurants called lesehan are popular among the locals here on Malioboro Street

Spicy sambal (chile combo),  gudeg (boiled green jackfruit in palm sugar and coconut milk) , and  opor ayam (chicken in spiced coconut sauce) await the hungry

Refreshing lemon tea

Pengamen Jalanan singers entertain up and down Malioboro Street

Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice specialty) is popular among both locals and tourists