Bromo horses

Sulfury Mount Bromo

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March 4th 2007
The next stop after Gili Air was the large Indonesian island of Java. We finally landed in the sleepy little town of Cemoro Lawang overlooking Mount Bromo after two long days of buses and ferries. (A quick note about the ferries in Indonesia: I will never, ever be surprised to hear that yet another Indonesian ferry has sunk. Pretty certain that these are the cast-offs of countries that actually ... 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