hiatus

12th Email: Kuta and Gili Islands

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June 4th 2007
Heyo! We’ll try to make this short and sweet! After Koh Phangan, we did a painful border run into Burma to renew our visas which included a monsoon boat ride in a small motorized canoe—fun times! Thereafter, we decided we would take a small hiatus from each other—not because we were in a fight or because we were sick of each other---but because we thought it would be nice to have some time ... 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