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Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa. It is the world’s largest Buddhist temple, as well as one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world.

Prof. Stephen Miller, Prof. Hardi Prasetyo and Jeffrey Richards were treated to an afternoon of tourism at Borobudur Temples as a guest of Dr. Hanik Humaida. After spending one week visiting natural disaster sites and seeing nature hard at work it was refreshing to have the opportunity to actually visit one of Indonesia's man made wonders.