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The tropical school will take place in the Sewu Temple Complex, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia and surrounding facilities. The event will take place for 6 days from 3 to 9 August 2019.
The sewu temple complex
The sewu temple complex
From Wikipedia:
Sewu is an eighth century Mahayana Buddhist temple located 800 meters north of Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia. Candi Sewu is the second largest Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia; Borobudur is the largest. Sewu predates nearby "Loro Jonggrang" temple at Prambanan. Although the complex consists of 249 temples, this Javanese name translates to 'a thousand temples,' which originated from popular local folklore (The Legend of Loro Jonggrang). Archaeologists believe the original name for the temple compound to be Manjusrigrha.
How to get there
How to get there
By plane
By plane
Yogyakarta International Airport (JOG) is located a mere 10 km from the site. It is well served by domestic routes from major Indonesian cities such as Jakarta, Denpasar, and Surabaya. Direct international flights are also available from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. From the airport, a taxi ride to the temple compounds cost around IDR 50,000.00 and takes about 20 minutes. Other alternatives include the Yogyakarta city TransJogja BRT network which stops directly in front of the Prambanan-Sewu Archaeological Park and costs IDR 3,000.00 for a one-way trip. Take the line 1A of the TransJogja, to the direction of Prambanan. Tickets can be bought from the bus stops. Ride-hailing apps such as Go-Jek and Grab are also useful alternatives.
The nearest alternative airport is Surakarta Airport (SOC) which is much smaller but has several flights each day from Jakarta and is also connected internationally from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The temple is about 90 minutes by bus from Surakarta airport.
By train
By train
Yogyakarta is well served by the Indonesian railways network, with long distance trains from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, and several other major cities in Java. The train takes longer travel time, but offers many scenic routes across Java's country side. The train comes in several classes, but is generally very clean and comfortable with air conditioning. Yogyakarta's main Tugu Station is located at the heart of the city. From Tugu Station, either take a taxi or take TransJogja's line 1A passing by the Malioboro street to get to the temple. The trip should take anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Train tickets can be bought online up to 90 days in advance or directly at the station. Before boarding the train, look for printing machines in the station to print your boarding pass by scanning the barcode on your ticket or inputting the reservation code. To enter the platforms, you must present this boarding pass and a matching ID card.
Visiting Yogyakarta
Visiting Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta is a bustling town of some 500,000 people and the most popular tourist destination on Java, largely thanks to its proximity to the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an important centre for classical Javanese fine arts and culture such as ballet, batik textiles, drama, literature, music, poetry, silversmithing, visual arts, and wayang puppetry. Renowned as a centre of Indonesian education, Yogyakarta is home to a large student population and dozens of schools and universities.
Yogyakarta is the capital of the Yogyakarta Special Region and served as the Indonesian capital from 1946 to 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution, with Gedung Agung as the president's office. As a result, the newly-independent Indonesia appointed the Sultan as the governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region — the only one in Indonesia that is not elected directly by the people.
The massive Buddhist temple of Borobudur, the largest Buddhist monument in the world, is 40 minutes away by car and one of the main drawcards for visitors to Yogyakarta.
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