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Ulu Watu

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May 29th 2010
Dear friends, a couple of weeks ago I had a nice afternoon around the Ulu Watu temple, amazing views! It's on the peninsula south of Bali. The temple territory is crowded with monkeys, who are waiting to steal something from you. We had to take off our sunglasses, all jewelery and anything that could be ripped off. We saw a couple of Japanese tourists staying without sunglasses... Most of the tim ... 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