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Gili Gili Gili

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August 20th 2008
In French, that's the way you say “tickle tickle tickle” (or kootchee-koo) and that's kind of what the Gili Islands do to you. “Gili” means island, so here I'm referring to Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, three tiny islands off the coast of Lombok. I'm on Trawangan. Just across the sea Lombok's hills crouch at the water's edge, sere brown and dotted sparsely dark trees at one end, ... 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