The epic journey begins

Our great, big Komodo boat adventure

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September 6th 2010
The boat trip was made up of two mini buses full of tourists, just under 30 people and for some unknown reason we were asked to change bus 3 times, at the 4th attempt we refused and luckily stayed on the boat with less people and made great new friends. We drove from the west to the east coast of Lombok with a live chicken on board (which later became dinner on the boat!), a 3 hour trip with a ... 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