My bare bedroom

Goodbye UK, hello Indonesia!

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August 30th 2009
Well..... I've now been here 2 and a half weeks and this is the first time that I've has a spare hour to sit down and write! I had a lovely send off at the airport with my mum, dad, Jess, Charlotte & Charley there to wave goodbye! We all had a few tears, but it was so nice to have them there! I sat by some of the other new teachers on the flight, so it was quite nice to get to know them bett ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Jakarta

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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