Final Words And Travel Tips From Ubud Bali December 3rd 2008 We have been extremely busy the past few days with redoing plans for the next half of our trip. There was a coup by proxy yesterday in Thailand via their court system. While the protesters say that they are allowing the airports to re-open it will be some time before the damage can be assessed and repaired. Apparently the protesters did quite a job on the beautiful new international airport. T ... read more
Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud 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
We are Mike and Karen. We were fortunate enough to retire while we still had our wits and our legs. We are striving to fill our days with long journeys and lazy days. Over the past few years we have taken a yen to SE Asia. Our past trips have included South and North America, Europe and East Africa. Life is good and getting better all the time.... full info