Gili Trawangan

Gili Trawangan & Bali, Indonesia (13 - 31 May 2009)

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May 12th 2009
Gili Trawangan & Bali, Indonesia (13 - 31 May 2009) After yet another day in Kuta, I was picked up at my hotel at 6 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday to be taken to Padangbai to catch the ferry over to Lombok. Whilst I was too tired to chat up with the people in the minivan, I was meeting Johnny, an English guy, and Melanie from Germany on the 4 1/2 hours boat trip, and it soon turned out that ... 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