Borobudur Stone Carving Monkey King

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November 25th 2009
We took the 20 minute ferry from Bali to Java early in the morning. Even though the islands are so close distance-wise they seem very different in many aspects. Bali is mostly Hindu, whereas Java is mostly Muslim. We learned later on that Java used to be Hindu then Buddhist and now is Muslim. The people of Java take on the religion of their Sultan and most of them have elements of all three re ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java

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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