Blue Sky

Merry Buddhist and Hindu Christmas

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December 25th 2006
We arrived...we finally arrived. After our dreadful ride we were ready to collapse and that is what we did. Our exciting Christmas Eve consisted of waking up from a nap at 11:00pm, realizing all the restaurants were closed, and going back to bed. We left Santa a nice cold Bintang (Indonesian beer) and some mie gorengs (fried noodles)...lol. We woke up refreshed and ready for a Christmas da ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Yogyakarta

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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