Traditional village

19 May - Senaru

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May 19th 2013
I decided to try to wake this morning to see my first Indonesian sunrise, so I was up a little before 6am. And a lovely sunrise it was. Again, it was a fairly noisy place with animals etc so I don't think I would have slept much past that anyway! The sunrise was very pretty, lots of reds and oranges and yellow. Worth getting up for, seeing the sun rise ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Lombok

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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