Mad dogs and Englishmen....

Out in the midday sun!

Another day, another temple. Prambanan, another World Heritage site, is a magnificent Hindu Temple site, with temples dedicated to Vishnu, Bramha and Shiva.

Unfortunately it has been damaged by various earthquakes and volcanic explosions, the last in 2006, so is in need of repair and there are large piles of rubble everywhere. But it is still pretty impressive. Hard hats were compulsory to wear if you wanted to get up close, although I suspect they would have been of little help if the structures had collapsed!

We then had a tour around the Sultan's palace and the Sultan's bathing complex. He would throw a flower into the water and whichever of his 35 wives caught it would spend the day with him in his private pool! However to be honest it was 36c at this point and we were all a bit past caring!

A spot of snapper for lunch revived us but it was felt only right and proper to slow down for the afternoon, so a wallow in the pool and another massage was order of the day. It gets dark here at around 5:30pm so has cooled a little bit, but we generally feel the need for beer by about 6pm!

We have found a lovely cafe round the corner that does awesome food. Neil has just come back from there where he was chatted up by an 80 year old French lady. Turns out she is a world expert on Orang Utans and has even taught them to use a computer! The BBC are going to make a film about her!

Bad news of the day: one of the guys had bed bugs last night. I will be getting my microscope out before I go anywhere near my bed!