Borobudur, Indonesia
The hotel found me an excellent guide. He talked more or less nonstop, partly about the temple and a raft of stories, all interlaced with references to American television and films which he certainly knew better than I did: a story about one hero ended with"so you see, he was just like Batman," which didn't leave me any the wiser. Still, he was very helpfula and entertaining. I had never planed to actually climbing these many layers, only contemplating them resp...