Me at Gili Air

23-24 May - Gili Air

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May 24th 2013
23 May - Gili Air I had my alarm set for super early this morning , so by 7am I was at breakfast and by quarter past I was on my way to do a loop of the island, the plan being to try to avoid the stifling heat that would come later in the morning. I headed off to the east initially, an anti clockwise loop of the island. Stopped at a small cafe in the Far East/north side of the island for 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