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Happy Independence Day!

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August 17th 2009
Today was our first full day in Ubud and it also happened to be Indonesia's Independence day. We left the resort at 9 a.m. and headed to the Ayung river to go white water rafting. WOW doesn't even begin to explain it! what an experience. The river was absolutely beautiful. We were rafting at the bottom of a valley between lush green mountains covered in palm trees. It truly was a surreal expe ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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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