Taken on a bridge over the river travelling at 60km/h!

Day 14 – Will we ever get there?

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October 18th 2008
We were up early (one day I will get a lie in!!) for our transfer to the port. The van picked us up at 08.00 and the four of us were off. We'd been travelling about 5 minutes when we realised that the gorgeous sea view was on our right which meant that instead of heading north to the port, we were heading south!!! Now what was going on??? When we asked the driver, we were just repeatedly told it w ... 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