a firework!

New Year in Bali

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January 2nd 2007
Wel i can safely say i have never had a new years eve quite like this one! We are staying at a hotel in Kuta, with hot showers and air con and its own pool - the best place so far. On New Years Eve, the locals were all selling great quantities of cardboard horns and plastic trumpets, which everyone was blowing non stop throughout the day/evening and in some cases the following day! Come the stri ... 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