me and surf buddies

2 weeks in java

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March 16th 2009
So it’s now been two weeks in java and we have visited a variety of places and the one remaining factor is still that Indonesian people are so nice in each place we have been to. We have been to some fantastic place in java the first was a town called bondowoso where we got transport to the ijen sulphur volcano. We started early and the trek was very difficult and we didn’t get to see much bec ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java

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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