Old stuff, another volcano and more little girls than we knew what to do with!
June 30th 2008 So running out of the hell hole that is Medan we arrive in Jakarta and what the lonely planet says is the Khao San Rd of Indo. (Que more Mockney accents!) It's a cronic shame but the backpacker population of Indo seems to have declined in a couple of years. There are warnings on the FO website and most of the travellers that come here seems to head straight for Bali and it's famous Kuta Beach part
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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 
