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Bali, day one

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August 22nd 2013
Well, today was a great day - and unexpectedly one of my favorites of the whole trip. We booked a chef called Kadek with the villa who arrived around 8am and prepared nasi goreng and fresh fruit for breakfast. Nasi goreng (fried rice with mixed vegetables and a fried egg) is something my brother in law Chris loved when we visited Bali 10-12 years ago, so we saluted Uncle Chris over breakfast today ... 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