pilgrimage

Bali days

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March 26th 2011
Bali unfolded for me like an intricate chinese fan. Like the landscape, as each fold opened and spread,it revealed traditions and old stories from years long gone. The days were enveloped in humidity & heat with an afternoon rain shower cooling the roads & bathing the landscape to a luminescent green. Walls are covered in moss, the scent of incence burning is all around you & everywhere you tur ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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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