Trekking throigh the rainforest

Indonesia

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February 26th 2017
Geo: -8.36369, 115.17We booked our flights to Jakarta which is on the Island of Java, Indonesia. After having a conversation with a girl in Sri Lanka we were well and truly sold on venturing up to the Bukit-Lewang on the island of Sumatra to trek in the rainforest and visit the orangutans. So as soon as we landed in Jakarta, we were on a flight up to Medan, Sumatra (well actually we had a 6 hour ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

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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