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Mt Bromo, Java

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March 15th 2007
Brick: Time for something a bit more adventurous... how about visiting 3 volcano's, of which 2 are active and walking right up to the crater lip of one....why not! its Indonesia - the land of natural chaos! So Gunung Bromo is the place. We drive for two hours straight up the side of a mountain (actually an ancient volcano itself) in a local minivan. The minivan is how locals get from the town ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Bromo Tengger Semeru

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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