The Grains

Singaraja

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October 21st 2008
Having exhausted every potential site of interest in Lovina Karen and I headed east by Bemo to the town of Singaraja about five klicks down the coast. Singaraja is the second largest city in Bali with a population of 100,000. The majority of Balinese live in the countryside tilling the soil and producing crops of rice, tobacco, coconut and corn among many others. Singaraja was established as th ... 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