Ubud Monkey Forest

Experiencing Bali

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July 18th 2008
After hitching a dive boat for a three hour voyage (which one of us would describe as "harrowing") across the Bali straits from Lombok we arrived on the Balinese coast. It was immediately obvious that it was nothing like its neighbor to the east. The roads are all paved, tourists are everywhere, and our cab route took us by a Dunkin Donuts (which the other one of us would describe as "tempting") ... 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