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Bromo/Indonesia

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January 28th 2008
We arrived in Surabaya from Kuala Lumpur and made it our immediate plan to get over towards Mount Bromo. This entailed us getting a taxi to the bus terminal which would take us across to Probolinggo, our base for the climb. Touts greeted our arrival, and we were lucky to grab a taxi with a lovely guy who dropped us at the terminal, largely in order to avoid the mobbing we'd receive. We then sat ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Bromo Tengger Semeru

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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