Sleeping with tea in Java 1000 doors, all in a row
The Dutch, and the Japanese as well, tortured people here in the basement I think. On an otherwise scalding hot day these doors and staying out of the heat were the best part of this place.
Sleeping with tea in Java October 26th 2011 Most of the time I travel alone. This past weekend it was different. With all of the teachers from my Indonesian language school in Yogyakarta and a few of my classmates we packed up and headed out for a group tour last Saturday morning at 7am or so. Our final destination for the day was Pagilaran, a tea plantation smack dab in the middle of a small mountain range on Indonesia's most populous ... read more
Asia » Indonesia » Java 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