Mango juice

Bali

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August 17th 2011
This morning I hired a motorbike (very cheap to hire), and rode over to Kuta to join the surf school. That was a real experience. although I've ridden bikes a lot in Thailand which can be hairy, here was far worse. The traffic is a real mess here. The cars get jammed up, don't stay in lines, then the motorbikes can barely get through. On top of that the street signs are tiny or non-existen ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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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