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Lombok and The Gilis

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April 6th 2005
GILI ISLANDS, LOMBOK: After Sanur we headed for the Gili Islands, a remote "untouched" group of three islands off the coast of Lombok (4 hours south of the Island of Bali). Our journey entailed a two hour bus ride north of Sanur and then a five hour ferry ride to reach the islands. Due to the length of this travel day, Vanessa encountered her first "Asian toilet" and it wasn't pre ... 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