Buddhism XXL

Borobudur Temple, located on central Java in Indonesia, is the largest Buddhist monument in the world. It was built around 750 AD, and is estimated to have required some 60,000 cubic meters of stone to build it. Starting in 1973, a ten-year UNESCO restoration project began -- this involved taking apart much of the monument stone by stone, redoing the foundation and drainage systems, then putting the whole thing back together again.

During my June travels in Indonesia, the country's schools were closed for summer holidays. Thus many Indonesian students were out traveling, visiting tourist hotspots like Borobudur Temple. Because students from some of the more remote Indonesian islands rarely see Westerners, many of them were more interested in being photographed with them than seeing the sights.