Sara does her best not to fall into the rice paddy

Central Java

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May 25th 2018
It’s time to say goodbye to Tanjung Puting. We get back on the boat for the last time, and make our way back to Kumai, where we transfer to a taxi. Susi has promised us a visit to a Dayak village, and we have high hopes of seeing shrunken heads and the like, and men in loin cloths and feathers in their head bands carrying blowpipes, or at least some authentic village scenes. But sadly all we ... 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