The road to Mt Rinjani on the back of a small truck

Lombok - Almost blown away

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September 20th 2013
Mt Rinjani (20 Sep to 24 Sep) Ali (the man who allowed me to sleep in his travel agency) came and gave me a present for my mum as well as the ticket back to Lombok. So after breakfast I headed off to the ferry port, trip back was a lot quicker with less waiting between buses and ferries. Thanks to my tablet and an app called Maps with me I was able to get off at Pringgabaya before dawn. From th ... 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