The River We Rafted Down After our Jungle Trek

God Sent us Pancakes....

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May 9th 2007
Samir's article. About half a week ago, we left Toba and drove up to a city called Berastagi that sits at the foot of an active volcano. As soon as we arrived, we instantly began hotel-hunting (as always), but soon realised that it would be awhile before we found a decent resting place. We'd just turned down another hotel when our driver pulled into what he guessed was a hotel. Dad got out to tal ... read more

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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 hos... ... read more