Bromo's crater

Our last weeks in Asia!

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January 8th 2012
So, we arrived in Java after a short ferry ride across from Bali, not really sure what our plan was going to be. Ken had mentioned about climbing up to a sulphur mine up in the Kawah Ijen Volcano complex that includes a stratovolcano, Gunung Merapi, and a huge lake (both of which we didn't see). This sounded cool and conveniently the town the ferry landed at was the town from where the treks u ... 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