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Asia » Indonesia » Sumbawa » Bima February 12th 2009

Feb 12 So I got up early this morning to finish getting ready for my trip out to Sumbawa, Still spewing about the price. I almost canceled in the middle of the night but would have lost 50% so i decided to go through with it. So anyway i got to the airport and had to pay a board bag fee the only one i have had to pay this entire trip amazing, i didnt think id have one here at all, it was around 10 bucks, then i had to pay an airport tax another 3 bucks small money just a pain. I started feeling home sick or at least thats what i thought but i figured out later it was more just money sick i hate wasting money and being had so to speak. ... read more

Trip to Mount Tambora, a year without summer

Asia » Indonesia » Sumbawa November 3rd 2008

Ready to buy a bus ticket to Pancasila village in Sumbawa

Muslim

Hiking Volcanos - by Ahmad Muslim & Chantal Hamel Subject: Trip on Mount Tembora, Sumbawa, Indonesia Time: Friday, October 10th, 2008 Location: Pancasila village, Mountain Tambora, Sumbawa Island Selamat pagi/Bonjour/Good morning and welcome to my blog. How is everyone? Here I just posted a trip that Me and Chantal did on Friday, Oct. 10th of 2008. We just came a week from Canada to Lombok on Friday, Oct. 3rd before we went to the mountain Tambora. We had plan to climb the mount when we come to Lombok later, so here we go, we just went there. We knew that the volcano's 1815 eruption of mount Tambora was Indonesia's biggest and one of the world's most destructive in historical times, killing an estimated 50,000-90,000 people, destroying the kingdoms of Tambora and Papegat, and causing crop failures ... read more

Finally, Civilization!!

Asia » Indonesia » Sumbawa August 15th 2008

Mount Rinjani, Lombok. from the Overnight Bus

Still Crazy

We arrived outside Perama’s office for our 7.30am start. We were marched off to the port by the ‘helpful’ assistant who handed us our onward bus and ferry tickets and directed us onto the waiting ferry, our home for the next eight hours. On entering the passenger deck we were dismayed to see rows of hard plastic seats, after a search round Stan found the VIP lounge. To use it cost 15,000 rupees extra each (less than a pound). We immediately grabbed a seat. Although the lounge was almost empty we found it hard to find four seats together that actually worked. Most of them were broken in the fully reclined position or worse, arms torn off and stuffing hanging out. We found out why later, after the officials had collected the extra tariff from the ... read more

Brief history of Indonesia

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...more history

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