cathing some rays

Flores-Part one

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July 1st 2007
Sengiggi, it sure is crazy. After the hardship of Rinjani it actually was very nice to spend a few days in this weird deserted Asian-Muslim version of Acapulco. We spent 5 days there eating mediocre banana pancakes, watching Indonesian soaps, saying "no, thank you" to rupiah starved salesman and enjoying the cheapest happy hour (or "crazy time" as it is known here) that we have encountered on ou ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Flores

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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