Komodo National Park

Indonesia: Temples & Dragons

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December 24th 2015
This blog is a little different as it is based on our 10 day cruise around the Indonesian archipelago. We started in hot and sticky Singapore, joining the Azamara Quest – with just 636 passengers onboard instead of the usual 3,000+ as on the mega-ships. For the first 2 days of the cruise we didn't see any sunshine only torrential rain (well it is the middle of the rainy season)! Fortunatel ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Borobudur

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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