Katherine Butler seeks enlightenment in Java at the ancient site of Borobudur, the world’s biggest Buddhist shrine

A tropical rainstorm whipped up from nowhere, a downpour settled in for the evening and the phone rang in my hotel room. “Ibu [the Indonesian greeting for women] we won’t wake you at 4am after all,” said the voice apologetically. “The rain is too heavy. There will be no sunrise tomorrow.”

via The search for perfect balance in an Indonesian idyll – Asia – Travel – The Independent.