Okay, Renata.
I'm not leaving this place until I find the Lumbung Candi.
-Ah. [laughs]
We don't go anywhere until we find the piece of Lumbung Candi.
-You just did.
I know what Candi means.
-Yes, sweets. -No!
-The kind you eat. -No!
It means like a big, massive, major temple.
A candy temple.
Candi. The right pronunciation is 'candi', Gordon.
Flavors, colorful.
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We're now in Prambanan, another major temple complex here.
Filmed before the lockdown
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Hello! Welcome back to my channel.
And I bet you're curious because in the last video,
I said that I made a major mistake coming here,
and I left you on a cliffhanger.
I'm going to tell you all about it in the next video.
If this is the first video in the Yogyakarta series
that you're watching,
let me explain you how was our morning.
We went to the largest Buddhist temple in the world.
It's located an hour and a half from here
and it's called Borobudur.
We're today on a day trip from Yogyakarta, in Indonesia
Now, here was our mistake.
I bought the ticket online to visit Borobudur
because I wanted to make sure I'd pay with credit card.
I didn't want to pay cash there.
It's Rp350.000, US$25.
For Indonesians, it is a fraction of that cost.
So, I bought the ticket online.
I always prefer to avoid lines and everything.
That was my choice.
And, indeed, it was amazing because we got the mobile tickets
just presented on the phone, and got in.
No problems at all.
But then we discovered that there is a combo ticket
combining that temple, Borobudur,
with this temple right here, Prambanan.
And it saves you US$10. US$20 for both of us.
And you don't even need to use the tickets on the same day.
You have two days.
Living and learning.
Entrance here is also expensive, US$25.
There was a powerful earthquake here in 2006
that destroyed a lot of the temple,
and not everything has been rebuilt.
Do you see all the stones here?
It's 2 p.m. now, so the sun is starting to turn that way
which creates a shade here in the temples.
Let's try to cross, see if there's somewhere else over there
for us to capture better images.
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-Hello. -Hello.
[laughs]
-Hello there.
On the internet, you read that there are three main temples.
But as you get here, there are so many.
Look at this. All over.
And our mistake could have actually been worse
because all these temples here are very famous
for the sunrise and the sunset.
But they have different prices. [laughs]
You cannot simply buy the ticket and go,
you need to pay attention at what time you're going to arrive.
If you simply buy the ticket online and go,
they're not accepted at sunrise and sunset.
So you need to know exactly when to arrive.
If you buy the wrong type, money lost.
This temple complex here of Prambanan was built in the 9th century
and dedicated to the Trimūrti,
three expressions of God.
Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver,
and Shiva, the Destroyer.
This main one right here in the middle,
this is dedicated to Shiva.
Do you know what's the coolest thing here?
You can get inside these temples.
So let's go inside Shiva's, the Destroyer.
The steps are so huge.
You get up here and here is the god, Shiva.
No lights here.
He's only lit by the little natural light that gets in.
Or when tour guides arrive
And it is so hot.
Look at how sweaty I am.
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So interesting, right?
Different religions, but just like in Borobudur,
the temple walls are fully decorated.
These temples have collapsed a few times over the years,
especially with earthquakes.
The last major one here was in 2006.
And do you see? There's a lot here still to be rebuilt.
Also on this side, huh?
It's very impressive.
This is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia
and the second-largest in Southeast Asia.
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This is also a huge complex.
And as you walk, you discover even more temples.
Here, they still have long ways to go for the restoration.
-Someone went crazy for candy.
[laughs]
-Someone tore it all up and they found the candies.
-Not there... There's nothing left.
[laughs]
-I can't believe you.
-I'm too late. I'm way too late.
Look at it.
I'm not leaving this place until I find the Lumbung Candi.
A candy temple.
You know, there are some people in the comments here in my videos,
they keep telling me that I should feed you better.
-Yes, you should. -[laughs]
-You should.
The work I do is steak and lobster
[laughs]
-At least
-The very least. -Not candies?
-No.
They took the swings here to a whole new level.
Look at that.
It lifts you up to put you at the perfect height
for a picture with the temple.
Rp 20,000 for a picture.
It's four o'clock, getting close to sunset.
Sunset here in central and east Java
is pretty early, around five and something
See? Look at the position of the sun already.
So, we should better hurry because we're gonna watch the sunset
somewhere else.
Thank you! You're welcome! [in Indonesian]
Here, same thing, as you get out, you're in the middle of the shops.
Oh, look at this.
You can come here by Grab.
It's a Grab pick-up point.
-Do you want a story? -Yeah.
Long time ago, we had two kingdoms: Buddhist and Hindu.
-Uh-huh. -Until that time, they're making a war
When the Buddhist prince came to the Hindu castle...
-Uh-huh. -He saw the princess and fell in love
-Uh-hmm.
The princess wants to decide... "Okay, you get to marry me,
but with one condition:
You must make the temple."
The Buddhist prince made the Prambanan...
-Ah! -...to propose to the princess.
Oh, wow!
So he gave the princess all that temple as a wedding gift.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah, you should give me something, huh?
[laughs]
-What do you got?
-You're supposed to help me!
[laughs]
-You're supposed to be on my side.
-And then they married.
And then the generation, it's a very, very, very famous...
-...another kingdom. -Uh-hmm.
The name is Majapahit.
-Oh, Majapahit.
-Yeah, Majapahit. -Uh-hmm.
They held power until Sri Lanka.
Almost all of Indonesia and then Thailand, too.
The power of Majapahit.
-Oh! -End of story.
-Oh, wow!
It is special for foreigner, baby. Do you feel special?
-Yeah. -[laughs]
-Special for foreigners. -It's funny, special for foreigner.
-So, it's Rp700.000 for two
-Thank you. Terima kasih.
Another place to visit, another US$25.
The ticket is even in dollars.
These are different prices for Indonesians and for foreigners.
This here is actually the sunset price which is different.
You could combine the tickets between Prambanan and here.
We're at Ratu Boko,
but not for the sunset.
For sunset, there's a special price.
[group singing]
-Okay. -[crowd cheering]
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Oh, look at that, baby.
You can see Prambanan from here.
-Over there. -Oh, yeah.
Ratu Boko is very close to Prambanan, just a 10-minute drive.
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The best time to come here is for the sunset
because the sun is very likely to be positioned right here,
right in the middle.
Ratu Boko is not exactly a temple,
although you see signs here referring to 'Candi'
and 'Candi' is Temple,
but this is more the remains of a palace.
The palace here was built in the 8th century by Buddhists,
but then Hindus took over the place.
So there are references here both to Hinduism and to Buddhism.
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Look at this place, former audience hall.
It is so cool because the sun is perfectly here in the middle.
You can also move and frame the sun here in the different gates.
So, in essence, you have five spots for pictures
with the sun in the back.
It was so, so, so beautiful.
And with this international ticket that we got for the sunset,
you even get free dinner.
Nasi goreng, two [in Indonesian]
We get a full meal. Wow!
And it comes with a tea.
Mmm.
Hard to see, but Mount Merapi is right there, the volcano.
We didn't eat anything for the whole day
because we ate a lot for breakfast.
And also when it's too hot and humid, we don't get hungry normally.
But this dinner came in a really good moment,
and it is really good.
It was a long and very expensive day,
but very, very worth it.
We saw some of the most beautiful places I've seen in my life.
Also, it really helped to have our own driver
because he knew exactly where to go,
he knew everything that we were entitled to,
for example, he knew we should get free water here,
free dinner over there,
so he helped us all the way.
If you're interested, I'm leaving information here in the description
about how we found him,
it may be useful to you.
And if you're enjoying this series here in Indonesia,
give me a like.
There's one more video here in Yogyakarta.
See you in the next one.