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Makassar, Boat and Alor

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July 20th 2007
In Makassar I realised that my original plan of getting to the far side of Nusa Tengarra (South East Indonesia) by taking a ferry to Java then using small ferries and buses would take me 87 hours of travel time (not including waiting for transport). So I decided to wait for a ferry going straight to Kalabahi which was going in 5 days. It was a good decision and the fact that I made it just after ... 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