Overlook at Rinca

Labuan Bajo and Overland Flores

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September 7th 2006
Well I am back in Kuta-Legion (Bali) and wanted to tell you all about my trip to the beautiful island of Flores in Indonesia. Trip to Flores: On Friday (9/1) Lisa and I took off from Denpasar (Bali) to Labuan Bajo on a “Fokker F27” which was actually a bigger plane than I expected but still quite small and a little nerve racking. The diving (and snorkeling) is famous here, and after ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Flores

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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