keraton guide

its weird but i like it

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June 1st 2008
ok well im here! yogya is perhaps not as idylic and peaceful as i expected... its loud and polluted and everything is 'under construction' but its very vibrant and theres always soemthing to see. its probably bigger than i thought it'd be too. mostly uni students as expected because the biggest uni in indo is here, gagah mada. my delayed flight from melb to KL meant that i arrived in kl at about ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Yogyakarta

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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