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Day 15 - Yogyakarta

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August 14th 2011
Day 15 - Yogyakarta We were up at a reasonable time on our first full day in Indonesia as we wanted to head down to the palace for what we had been promised would be a traditional Sunday morning dance ritual. However, after rushing down to the palace, all we could find were a gaggle of smiling tour guides ready to walk us round the temple and other points of interest in the vicinity. For the ... 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