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signpost at the entrance road to Puarlolo  
   

signpost at the entrance road to Puarlolo

showing from left to right, the Flores crow, Wallace's hanging parrot, and Flores monarch and scops owl
Tiny parrots and giant rats

June 28th 2009
I guess I should start this entry by contradicting what I wrote in the last entry, about Labuanbajo being an unfriendly town. I’ve been here a number of days now and the locals have gotten used to me walking back and forth around the streets looking for food and water, and now they’re always smiling and saying hello and asking how I am. So I have decided that its not an unfriendly town but rat ... read more
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Indonesian Flag 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
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