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August 11th 2010
I have arrived at long last, on Samosir Island, home to the kooky little village of Tuk Tuk, where the houses are shaped like upside-down canoes and the people eat each other. Or used to. Samosir lives in the middle of Lake Toba, the largest freshwater lake in SE Asia but that's only one of its many claims to fame. This place has got that kind of jaw-dropping scenery you'd see in a National Geo ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Lake Toba

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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