Trying Real Hard

Lovina Lethargy

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October 15th 2008
After a week in Lovina the rhythm of the day has been established. We wake at 5 and spend time reading until breakfast at 7:30 when the kitchen opens. We seem to find ourselves the only hotel guests more often than not. This is the slow season for tourists. They call it the ‘rainy season’ here but there is little rain in actuality. When it does rain it does so for only a short period in the af ... 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