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---- Borobudur - The biggest Buddhist temple in the world ----

Borobudur Temple is the biggest Buddhist temple in the world, which is impressive considering that it's not in a Buddhist country but in Central Java, Indonesia.



Borobudur - The biggest Buddhist temple in the world

---- 6 things to see in Yogyakarta ----

Yogyakarta in central Java makes for a handy base to explore the surrounding region. The city is nearby to the world heritage sites of Borobudur and Prambanan temples, as well as the smoking Gunung Merapi volcano.

It's also a great place to just hang out for a few days. There are plenty of interesting sites, and the city is well set up for travellers.

Here are some highlights of Yogyakarta.

6 things to see in Yogyakarta

Featured Travel Sites

---- Harefares ----

Harefares index the routes of nearly all low cost airlines in Europe.

The great feature about Harefares is that it shows you alternative airports close to your chosen departure and arrival airport. This opens up possibilites that you may not otherwise have been aware of.

harefares.com


---- FON ----

FON is the largest WiFi community in the world. Community members, Foneros, share some of their home internet connection and in return gain access to free Wifi worldwide.

The site has a searchable map of wifi hot-spots around the world, and if you don't have a home to offer wifi, you can but FON wifi Credit.

fon.com


---- earthTV ----

earthTV - the world's biggest remote controlled TV camera network broadcasting 24h live video footage from locations locations in Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania.

earthtv.com



---- Pintprice ----

You might be familiar with the Big Mac Index put together by The Economist.

Another site has come up with a worldwide comparison index: Pintprice.com. Beer prices from 206 countries with the help of thousands of beer drinkers.

While the type of beer may vary, making it not truly like the Big Mac Index, it's a fascinating way to compare the cost of living around the world.


pintprice.com

---- Literary Traveler ----

People have long been visiting destinations from books or visited places that gave their favourite writers inspiration.

Literary Traveler provides travel writing featuring writers and the places that they have travelled. The site also includes a range of literary tours.

literarytraveler.com

Labels: 2009