Batak Roofs

May 21st 2017
Samosir, Sumatra, Indonesia Wednesday, April 10, 2013 I decided to visit Lake Toba after reading about it in Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. I’d climbed Tambora (most devastating eruption in human history) and sailed to Krakatau (biggest bang ever); the final piece now, in my Indonesian volcano jigsaw, was Toba. For several years I put off going there, but then ... 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

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Kevin Mulqueen

I've been teaching English for 48 years - in England, Egypt, Tanzania, Argentina, Venezuela, Ghana and now Vietnam. At 71, I'm still going strong and have no wish to retire. I enjoy my job, which gives me plenty of time to relax and travel. In toto, I've visited 66 countries. I'm married to a Vietnamese woman and have been living in Ho Chi Minh City since 2001. Outside of work I am a chess fanatic (Tanzanian National Champion in 1991), devotee of blues and jazz music, imbiber of fine malt whiskies (especially from Islay), bibliophile (Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, Brian Moore, Philip Larkin, Di... full info

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