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Background: 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.




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Ubud We flew into Indonesia via Jakarta, the capital city, and then almost immediately continued onward to Bali. We were greeted with the cheery sign "Welcome to Indonesia! Death penalty for drug traffickers!". After arriving at the main Bali airport, we oriented ourselves, and moved on to Ubud, a cultural town in the center of the island. Unlike the rest of Indonesia, which is primarily Muslim, Bali is mostly Hindu, and in fact is the largest Hindu enclave outside of India. As a result there were tons of Hindu temples of all sorts of shapes and sizes throughout the island. We [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 23rd 2009 | 94 Views | [diary=462224]

Mt Batur
Hindu Temple
So happy!

By Ambie Dex
December 8th 2009
Ubud Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud
GREETINGS! well...we made it! that shift in time has happened when only a couple of days feels like (well to me anyway) a week. to quickly bring you up to speed, chris and i are already spending our last day in ubud-the kick off of our indonesian trek. tomorrow we leave for labuan bajo (please note, with an unsilent j ;) on the island of flores. this means we need to go back to the airport in denpasar to get there. we have a 9am flight but it shouldn be a problem because we keep waking up aroud 5am and force [View Full Entry]

Ambie Dex - Indonesia 2009 | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 8th 2009 | 74 Views | [diary=459031]

first breakfast
king louie?
moneky business

By hannah and jonah
December 8th 2009
Bali Day 2- Ubud Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud
Kuta to Ubud. Raka House. We woke early, and began getting stuff together to head to Ubud. We would eat breakfast and find a rental car. Finding breakfast at 7 am proved difficult, Kuta is a late city. We found a hotel that served breakfast. It was horrible, quite scary actually. Things were just starting to open up. No rental cars yet. There was a tourist booth at the hotel restaurant and we went there to ask about a rental car. Of course- his friend had one. They offered to do 7 days with a pickup in Padangbai for 1million. We [View Full Entry]

hannah and jonah - Hannah Bruce | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 8th 2009 | 81 Views | [diary=459041]


At first sight the title above seems to be written in Gibberish. That is, for people living outside of Indonesia and Malaysia. The only thing I did was use some words in ‘Bahasa Indonesia’, the standard language of Indonesia. Because of the Dutch colonization, many Dutch words were readily taken into the Indonesian language. The title has two of them: ‘koki’ is derived from the Dutch word ‘kok’ which means ‘cook’ and a ‘supir’ is a chauffeur. In Indonesia it is not exceptional to employ house staff. It is not at all a privi [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2009 | 57 Views | [diary=454309]


By donoonod
November 18th 2009
Bali for 7 days Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud
Its holiday time once again for me! I’m off to Bali for 7 days with Lisa, Jenny & Jenny’s sister Christine. We got really cheap fares to Bali with Air Asia when they first started flying from Perth to Denpasar. As this is my 3rd holiday this year, the girls agreed to go ‘budget’, so after lots of searching on the Internet I came up with the Tegal Sari in Ubud and the Kuta Townhouses in Poppies 1, Kuta. None of us had spent any time in Ubud, but we’d all heard wonderful things about how lovely it was. So we [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 116 Views | [diary=454141]


I have travelled to Bali many times and have sponsored a family there for 30 years! After reading Elizabeth Gilberts book Eat Pray Love, I wanted to meet with Ketut Liyer, the 9th generation Healer and Medicine man she wrote about in the book. I emailed Elizabeth and she gave me some details of how to find him but also asked me to visit Yayasan Bumi Sehat. (www.bumisehatbali.org). This is a birthing centre that has been set up in Ubud by volunteers to help local women deliver their babies to try and reduce the number of deaths in childbirth. They have [View Full Entry]

Earthschool - lynn Gecso | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 16th 2009 | 110 Views | [diary=453568]

Yayasan Bumi Sehat
Ketut Liyers signpost!!
Almost there!

Monty is about to trade me in if I don’t stop snapping photos, but this first part of Bali has been so breathtaking, my eye might as well be super-glued to my camera for convenience. And, I’m a Smith.. I’m pretty sure, it’s in my genetic makeup, right family?! We arrived in Bali on November 7th completely out of fuel. Requiring us at the airport before 4 am in Bangkok after a night on Koh San was a task that only an all-nighter seemed right for. Sleeping on the plane saved us a bit, but we were pretty exhausted to say [View Full Entry]

Trisha and Monty - Made for each other, made to see the world, made to see the world with each other... | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 17th 2009 | 216 Views | [diary=453505]

Practice in the Paddies
Our own river pool in Sideman...
Loving our 1st place in Bali...

By honeymoonfirst
November 8th 2009
Bali & The Gili Islands Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud
So, we left Japan after a quick day of fish and sightseeing and were off on the longest travel days. We flew from Tokyo, Japan to Hanoi, Vietnam. We arrived in Hanoi at about 10:30pm local time and not having Visa's we were planning on spending the night in the airport. After about and hour and a half of negotiating with the immigration officer on duty, we were allowed to stay in the airport overnight until our 9:30am flight left for Kalua Lumpur, Malaysia. That flight landed at the most chaotic airport of all time with about 16 flight gates in [View Full Entry]

honeymoonfirst - Rachel & Ian | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 19th 2009 | 157 Views | [diary=454358]

Ubud Sunset
Elephant Caves
Monkey Forest

By PMJEinAsia
October 22nd 2009
More on Ubud, Bali Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud
Paul’s Thoughts on Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Ubud is just like Asheville. Sometimes sitting in a restaurant in Ubud is just like sitting in a restaurant in Asheville. Same food - huge, delicious organic salads, burritos, veggie burgers, mixed veggie bowls with rice and tahini sauce. Lots of tofu. Same food as health foody Asheville. Then there are the same folks sitting around us. In Malaysia we saw one couple from the US during the whole month. (That’s the truth, not an exaggeration.) Here people from the US are everywhere, and they’re the same sorts of [View Full Entry]

PMJEinAsia - The Castelloes | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 22nd 2009 | 193 Views | [diary=447222]

Jordan in Rice Fields
Bintang Beer, Gili Air
Barong - Close Up

By Wandering Gal
October 21st 2009
Ubud Bali Indonesia WOW! Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud
Well after having spent a few days here I am starting to get the reason why people love it here. The people are very nice and will always welcome you with a smile and a Hello. I really am happy with my move to the second hotel Ubud Terrace as it puts me much nearer everything. It so clean and quiet. The garden is beautiful and well maintained. I go into my room in the afternoon and they have place flowers everywhere, the steps, the sink, the nightstand, the light fixtures unbelievable. They wear flowers in their hair Men and women, [View Full Entry]

Wandering Gal - Kimberly Field | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 21st 2009 | 198 Views | [diary=446816]

Rice Paddies
Elephant Cave A sacred Place
Old Temple Grounds


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