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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 ho... [read more]
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 ho... [read more] Blog: Lost on an Island on a Lake
Date: October 12th 2005
Lake Toba is the old crater of a volcano, which a large island in it, where I stayed. Although I had heard that it was meant to be beautiful, and a perfect place to relax, I thought it was arse. The place is entirely set up for tourists, to the point of which it has no culture of it's own. To make matters worse there were virtually no other tourists around, so I had no company, and the locals w ... read more
Date: October 12th 2005
Lake Toba is the old crater of a volcano, which a large island in it, where I stayed. Although I had heard that it was meant to be beautiful, and a perfect place to relax, I thought it was arse. The place is entirely set up for tourists, to the point of which it has no culture of it's own. To make matters worse there were virtually no other tourists around, so I had no company, and the locals w ... read more
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After working for 3 years, I've decided that I had enough, so I'm heading off into the big blue world to see what it's all about.
Maybe I can save it, maybe it can save me, maybe I can find out what I'm really passionate about, maybe I can just laze around on a beach!
Either way I hope to enrich my human experience, by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching different and amazing things.... full info
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