Padang Bai

Day13 - the chaos begins...

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October 17th 2008
We got up early the next morning and headed over to Ronald. The taxi driver from the night before was outside our hotel demanding the fare that we had enquired about. A heated discussion later and threats to call the police on all sides, we gave him 15,000 (a quid) for his petrol over from Kuta and he was on his way (after another argument with Ronald!!). Not the best start to a morning! Kasper ... 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