On the bus

Surabaya and onto Bali

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November 27th 2009
The train left exactly on time, and was only about a third full, which made the doubled price even more mysterious and annoying. Nevertheless there was plenty of room to stretch out and try to sleep. Thankfully the film playing on the video screen was inaudible where I was sitting. There were only a handful of stops, and the night passed uneventfully. One of my armed friends occasionally wandered ... read more

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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