Prambanan

Jogja in a Nutshell

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August 17th 2010
So after a brief hiatus - internet does not yet exist in my most recent location - it's time to get blogging again. Java: an island home to rice fields, volcano chains, 150 million people and Jogjakarta, the culture capital of this populous but breathtaking piece of Indonesia. After two short flights and a night in a less-than-comfortable hotel, I arrived in Jogjakarta in the sweltering hea ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java

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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