Rachel & Greg's lovely house

Medan, Nasi Goreng and Bukit Lawang

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February 8th 2006
We've been spoilt rotten on this trip. From the Jensens in New Zealand, to Lena & Ewan in Sydney and Chris in Brisbane ... we owe a lot of people a lot of favours! Our last 'homestay' of our honeymoon was with my very great friend, Rachel, and her husband, Greg. Rach has been apologising in advance for many, many weeks that Medan (on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia) was not the most exciti ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Medan

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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