Bride and Groom

Weekending in Jakarta

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June 8th 2008
Sunday June 8, 2008 This weekend I stayed with Jenni and spent most of the time tagging along with her, quizzing her on career options, and enjoying actually having a weekend off. Unfortunately, my new-country illness hit Saturday evening after she cooked dinner for the group here. I am rather delicate when it comes to nausea, and well… Anyways, my initiatory illness was pretty tame as far ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Jakarta

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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