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March 2nd 2009
From Malaysia, I crossed into Indonesia (Tawau > Nunukan > Tarakan) and caught a plane to Balikpapan > Manado, a city in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. I was going to meet someone I'd been talking with through couchsurfing (for those of you who do not know, it is worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit...and also something I had done several t ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Menado

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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