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Ubud and Monkey Terror

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October 25th 2008
We booked our bus tickets to Ubud from Lovina the day before and made arrangements to be picked up at the hotel at 8:45. Promptly at 8:45 a kid with a scooter showed up to take us and our 100 pounds of luggage to the bus station. Yeah, right. I do not know what trick he planned to execute to make this miracle happen and I never found out as I quickly sent him on his way. The hotel driver agreed ... 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