Komodo dragon

Indonesia

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April 19th 2007
I am still very behind in writing this so it may be relatively brief. I had decided that as I was both flying into and out of Bali I could either visit places to the east or west of Bali, not both. I chose to the west as this gave me the chance to go to Komodo to see the world's largest lizards. First stop was inevitably Kuta. Kuta is an Australian enclave where you can get all your regular ... read more

Asia » Indonesia

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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