A giant in Sanur

Bali at last

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May 2nd 2011
01MAY11 Dave here. Wow, what do I even say about Bali? After the mad rush of India, the slowness and friendliness are nearly shocking. I did like a lot of things about India, mind you. The things which we were ‘warned’ about never even came up on my list. The abject poverty was there, but I’ve seen it in San Francisco and LA. There was begging but I didn’t feel the background hostili ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Amed

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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