The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state. Current issues include: alleviating widespread poverty, preventing terrorism, continuing the transition to popularly-elected governments after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing reforms of the banking sector, addressing charges of cronyism and corruption, and holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations. Indonesia has been dealing with armed separatist movements in Aceh and in Papua. To be updated
May 11th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Bali The following article compelled me to add this blog entry about Bali and the elephants that I saw there during the Summer of 2007. I also visited the Elephant Safari Park in Taro, Bali, which is featu ... 28 photos[full story]
May 11th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Java » Jakarta OK first up people, can I just assure everybody that I am completely fine, I think after my last blog wasn't the most happy hyper one people were starting to think I was like a Bridgend teenager (poor ... 18 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta Sorry about the delay, spending too much time doing nothing on fabulous islands, well one!
So arrived in Bali and took a taxi to Kuta. Definitely tell your in Asia, amazing amount of motorbikes eve ... 23 photos[full story]
May 11th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Sanur Hi all
Back to second blog - we can access the other blogsite but cannot now sign in for some reason - ahh global communication - sometimes less than global. Unfortunately we cannot upload any phot ... [full story]
May 10th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta Ja eipa sitten nahtykaan eilen Suomen matsia, kun baarin omistaja meni perumaan puheensa ja jatti matsin nayttamatta. Vahanpa otti paahan, mutta ainakin voitto tuli, vaikkakin huolestuttavan niukasti. ... 7 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Java » Pangandaran Jah hvem hadde trodd at fortsettelsen skulle komme 1 maaned senere fra Pangandaran igjen? Men saann gikk d altsaa... 2 uker i Indoesia var ikke nok, og 1 maaned i Skandinavia var nok til aa bestemme s ... [full story]
May 10th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Java Hello Peeps,
We have moved on again - WELCOME TO INDONESIA! Country No. 5!
After I last wrote to you, we moved on from Manila - the blistering hot city - to Legaspi. Here we had our second major ... 8 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra (Matt) Another day another nightmare bus journey! We arrived at Bukittiniggi bus station and bought a ticket for the allegedly seven hour bus journey to Kersik Tua in the Kerinici Valley. By this poin ... 21 photos[full story]
April 29th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Lake Toba (Catherine)
As we've headed further south, the celebrity status we enjoyed (or should that be endured?!) in India has returned. Everyone wants to say hello, shake our hands and take photos and ever ... 16 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta Tanaan olikin sitten ehdottomasti paras surffipaiva tahan mennessa. Yhdessa paivassa tuli saatua enemman aikaan kuin edellisessa parissa viikossa. Meri oli aamulla liian laiska ja jouduttiinkin istusk ... 3 photos[full story]
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