Shadows on Embaku

Heaven on Earth

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September 18th 2010
This is it Heading west from Labuan Bajo, Flores September 12th This morning Eric and I woke up with a bit of a hangover and sort of stumbled down to the dock in Labuan Bajo on Flores. Our six day liveaboard cruise around Komodo has been planned for a while and it is hopefully going to be the most expensive thing I will do on this trip. It is possible to do day-trips from Labuan Bajo to the vari ... 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