Tete Batu - Waterfall

Lombok

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March 20th 2009
The thought of waiting out "Nyepi" the Balinese New Year which is celebrated by staying indoors for two days without food didn't seem too appealing so we decided to join the exodus to Lombok and its satellite islands "the Gilli's". The ferry ride was nice for the first hour or so sailing slowly over calm blue waters past green islands... and then it got "hot!" really "hot!!". We had secured a nice ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Lombok

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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