Charlotte in Hotel Lobby

May 25th-May 30th: Jakarta, Indonesia

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June 19th 2010
May 25th-May 30th: Jakarta, Indonesia I’m going to cheat a bit here and do a jumbo past-blog about where we have been. (My apologies for the delay in starting this blog. Between me finishing the book and enjoying the honeymoon, extra minutes in front of the computer were about as appealing as a tetanus shot.) We left California on May 25th and flew into Jakarta, a city that Lonely Planet de ... 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