We spent a week on the Yogjakarta area, and we much preferred our stay at the Puri Asri, over the actual city of Yogja. The Hotel Puri Asri is comfortable and relaxing, with a beautiful location on the river that overlooks rice paddies and a volcanoe.

It is very close to Boroubodor, and if you e-mail the hotel direct, you should be able to get a nice room with breakfast for under $50 US a night. The mini- bar in the room is very cheap, and the grounds of the resort are pretty

It is a remote location, so you will have plenty of time to relax.

We wanted to be at Borobudur for the big Buddhist festival of Waisak. But we waited too long to make reservations and everythin in the village was booked out. But we made a booking at Hotel Puri Asri, 20 km (12 mi.) away in Magelang. This was a lucky break because Puri Asri turned out to be a wonderful place to stay, and great value besides.

Small blocks of rooms are spread over the extensive grounds. The hotel provides a shuttle to get you about (sort of a stretch golf cart). Our room, at the end of a blcok of six, was spacious, very attractive, spotless and had all the mod-cons. The big veranda looked out over a river and, beond to ricefields. When the clouds parted we looked up 3000 meters to the summit of a volcano.

The tri-partite swimming pool complex was very pleasant. And fun, too. The main pool was backed by an artificial wall featuring the faces of three giant grinning demons with red tonuges hangin out. The tongue of the middle demon was a water-slide. Whee!

The restaurant was quite good, with its own fine views. The breakfast buffet (included) was particularly extensive and excellent. For a reasonable fee, the hotel will taxi you to Borobudur (unquestionably the world's greatest Buddhist monument). We took the taxi one way. Then, coming back, we walked to the Borobudur bus station, bused (for small change) to Magelang bus station, then took a mini-van bus (for even smaller change) to the Puri Asri.

Worth the stay even if Borobudur were no where near. With this great attraction, it's a wonderful deal (we paid about $44/night, w/ breakfast)