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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

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By doffiekik
November 14th 2009

Nha Trang and so on... Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta

Nha Trang beach

Ok. Waar was ik gebleven. Nha Trang ontvluchtten ja. De typhoon kwam richting Vietnam en ik wilde dus zo snel mogelijk weg. Vliegen ging niet omdat alles afgezegd was en de trein kon ik pas 2 dagen later nemen. Ik geen zin om nog eens 13 uur in een slaapbus te zitten, dus bleef ik maar twee dagen extra. Uit wat verhalen maakte ik op dat ik Saigon toch niet leuk zou vinden, dus ik vond het prima. Ik kwam Dusty tegen in een barretje bij het hotel en we raakten al snel aan de praat. Praten maakt de mond droog [View Full Entry]

By dephil13
November 14th 2009

Bali Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Sanur

Balinese Art

Bali 6th November 2009 Having 'done' Myanmar David decided to look at where AirAsia fly to from Bangkok. Bali came up as ridiculously cheap so we just had to go. Added to which Ann wanted to be somewhere exotic for her 60th so Bali seemed to fit the bill perfectly. Overnighted at the very comfortable, if strangely named, Great Residency airport hotel at Bangkok we arrived in Bali to yet another hot and steamy country. As we had no Indonesian cash, we made for a set of ATM's in the arrivals lounge. To our horror the one we chose took [View Full Entry]

By imisshockey
November 14th 2009

More of a Scuba than a Surfer Dude Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta

My massive board!

Hello all, sorry it's been ages since my last travel update, just one of those stereotypical "having too much fun doing a whole lot of nothing" excuses. But now upon reflection I there has been much to discuss, so let's get to it! When last we left our crew was spliting up for a bit to have some time to chill apart. When you travel with the same people day after day every minute together you see you need a bit of space, so this was ours. I flew to Bali home of the legendary surf and met up with Marlise [View Full Entry]

By elisedeneubourg
November 10th 2009

Eerste week Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Banda Aceh

Dag lieve Blog lezers, Allereerst bedankt voor alle lieve berichtjes op mijn vorige blog. Zo mijn eerste week Banda Aceh zit erop en met veel trots kan ik melden dat ik het heb overleefd. Hier een greep uit mijn recente avonturen. Woensdag avond vroeg Patrick of ik geen zin had om in de stad met hem wat te gaan eten. Patrick, mijn huisgenoot, houdt er niet van om te koken dus meestal wil hij uit eten. Dus zijn idee was om een taxi te nemen naar de stad. Oké, wat hij onder een taxi verstond wist ik niet. Maar hier in [View Full Entry]

By honeymoonfirst
November 8th 2009

Bali & The Gili Islands Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud

Ubud Hike

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]

By elisedeneubourg
November 3rd 2009

Aangekomen in Banda Aceh Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Banda Aceh

Mijn kamer

En toen begon het avontuur pas echt. Na een paar dagen verblijf in Jakarta. Vloog ik maandag 2 november (gisteren dus) naar Banda Aceh. De plek waar ik voor naar Indonesië ben gekomen. Ik vertrok maandag zeer op tijd vanuit het hotel, het verkeer staat bijna permanent stil in Jakarta dus voor een stukje rijden naar het vliegveld (30 km) moet je twee uur rekenen. Maar zoals je altijd zult zien was er die ochtend geen traffic jams en kwam ik dus twee uur te vroeg op het vliegveld. Na een vlucht van drie uur land ik in Banda Aceh, vlak [View Full Entry]

By Scary Israel
November 1st 2009

cigarettes: they make your brain go crazy Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bukittinggi

Djarum black

When I first arrived in Indonesia there were little signs on all the tables in Balinese restaurants that just said "L.A. Lights". I had no idea what they were advertising. It was about two weeks before I realized they were a type of cigarette. Every single male over the age of six months smokes in Indonesia, and there are cigarette advertisements everywhere, although interestingly all of them also have the health warnings in smaller print along the bottom. I find many of them very amusing (especially as few seem to have anything to do with smoking), so spent some time in [View Full Entry]

runner-up for most nonsensical slogan: Absolute

By izazou82 gmail com
November 1st 2009

Rencontre avec l'Asie - Part one - Bali Asia » Indonesia » Bali

Rafting - East Bali2

Un autre coin du monde que je ne connaissais pas m'a interpellé dernièrement et Agathe et moi avons décidé de prendre nos trois semaines de vacance de novembre en Indonésie. J'ai toujours été beaucoup plus attirée par l'Afrique que par l'Asie dans les dernières années, mais le fait d'habiter maintenant en Europe et par conséquent de me rapprocher un peu m'a fait rencontrer beaucoup de gens qui ont voyagé sur le continent asiatique et qui en parlent avec passion. Pourquoi l'Indonésie? Bien parce qu'il faut faire un choix (toujours très difficile), nous avions mis quelques pays sur la table: [View Full Entry]

By Kim Chong
November 1st 2009

Sunset in Bali Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta

1st dinner inKuta

1 Jun 2009, me and Yen was in Kuta, Bali for a 9 days trip. I like Bali because it is a beutiful island and full of art works. We reahed late evening but able to have a good dinner in Vilarisi Hotel. 2nd day, we went for a one day trip around Kuta and ended at Uluwatu- the beutful sunset. 3rd day in Ubud. I like Tanah Lot Temple. It is amazing. Our journey going up to Kintamani on the 5th day. In is a lovely volcano. We stayed one night there. Then we up to the north, Lavina. Its [View Full Entry]

By Breathe Deep
October 26th 2009

Day 13 Asia » Indonesia » Bali

Just before sun rise

Day 13 It is our last day in Lovina. Mogley will be picking us up at 2:00 so we can make our way back to Ubud. One thing Lovina is known for are the dolphins. You can’t leave without seeing them. For 60,000 Rh per person we booked the dolphin tour. The wake up call is at 5:30 am and we are to be in the lobby at 6. We were with one other couple in a small “traditional” boat. They are long narrow boats that have long bamboo poles on both sides for stability. The water was like glass and [View Full Entry]

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