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Background: 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 hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state. Current issues include: alleviating widespread poverty, preventing terrorism, continuing the transition to popularly-elected governments after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing reforms of the banking sector, addressing charges of cronyism and corruption, and holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations. Indonesia has been dealing with armed separatist movements in Aceh and in Papua.

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By LISASTU
September 13th 2008

Sumatra - Indonesia - MEDAN

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We took the high speed ferry from Penang across to Sumarta, it should of taken 4hrs but 6hrs later and lots of very ill people we arrived, the sea was really rocky, one minute you can see just the sky to one side of the boat then just the waves. We caught a mini van to the Capital City of Medan, now these mini vans are something else, they would be scrap in the UK, there is more filler than body work, most have spoilers onthe back, Bob Marley painted all over them and no doors. But we arrived eventually, again [View Full Entry]

By Jenni
June 26th 2008

Third Largest City

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View of the mosque

Wednesday June 25, 2008 - After breakfast I met Sebastien at my guesthouse. He was right on time at 8:30am. One of the woman there told us we could catch the ferry from the dock at the hotel, that we didn't need to go to the ferry itself. So he ordered a coffee and brought it to the dock and we waited. She was right. We flagged it down and it came over. The ride is about thirty minutes back to Parapat which gave me plenty of time to learn something about Sebastien. And what I learned was that he forgot [View Full Entry]

On our motorbike ride to the bus station

By wheres kevin
May 21st 2008

North Sumatra: from Medan to Lake Toba

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Mona, semi wild Orang Utang, Bukit Lawang

Medan: English Lesson with a Happy Ending It’s a day faster and with Air Asia it’s actually cheaper to fly KL to Medan, Indonesia's third largest city, a quick hop across the Straights of Malaka but I need to reach it by sea, want to relive bygone days of explorers and spice traders. The ship, however, is oblivious to any romantic notions, a low aluminium hull tosses its cargo from port to starboard and back mile after nautical mile, air con preserving passengers like produce in a refrigerator, no promenade deck for shuffleboard, just a muddy window pane, and a neighbour [View Full Entry]

Dokan, traditional village outside Berastagi

By sumatratropicalzone
April 18th 2008

going to country (Indonesia -andalas island)

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tropical rain forest
exotic

lets joint with us .explore Andalas island cultures,flora & fauna,wild lifes Sumatra Overland Kubu Primitive Tribe 18 Days / 17 Nights Itinerary (Medan - Bohorok - Brastagi - Samosir - Sipirok - Bukittinggi - Maninjau - Padang - Sei Penuh - Bangko - Bukittinggi - Padang) Sumatra Overland Tours Plus Rafting 14 Days / 13 Nights Itinerary (Medan - Bohorok - Brastagi - Samosir - Sipirok - Bukittinggi -Minangkabau - Bukittinggi - Maninjau - Padang) Bohorok Sumatra Overland Tours 13 Days / 12 Nights Itinerary (Medan - Brastagi - Samosir - Sipirok - Bukittinggi - Minangkabau - [View Full Entry]

By stadt land meer
April 6th 2008

selamat datang di indonesia - herzlich willkommen in indonesien

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jaaap indonesien hat mich wieder. medan - nordsumatra um genau zu sein * oeffentliche muellverbrennung auf den strassen * ein "hello mister" aus jeder richtung * ueberfuellte,ungefederte minibusse,die harakiriartig durch die stadt manoevrieren mir kamen fast traene vor lauter ruehrung meinen fuss wieder in dieses land setzen zu duerfen. - wirklich - vielleicht so'ne art morbider nostalgie... vor allem versteh ich auch die menschen hier wieder - was in thailand groesstenteils unmoeglich war. hier, wie ueberall wenn ichs mir genau ueberlege, werd ich mir ers [View Full Entry]

By sumatratropicalzone
March 25th 2008

EXPLORE NORTH SUMATRA

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SIBOLANGIT

North Sumatra, Indonesia’s most populous province outside of Java, stretches from the Indian Ocean in the west to the Straits of Malaka in the East, and from Aceh in the north to west Sumatra in the south. It is thick with virgin rainforest, jungle covered hills, terraced rice fields, mountain rivers, beautiful waterfalls, and volcanic lakes and peaceful while beaches.. The people of the region can be divided into five main ethnic groups: the Coastal Malays, living along the Melaka Straits, the Batak, consisting of the sub-tribes around Lake Toba and Samosir Island, the Pesisirs along [View Full Entry]

By sumatratropicalzone
March 25th 2008

EXPLORE NORTH SUMATRA

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By sumatratropicalzone
March 24th 2008

Explore north sumatra

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nephentes

visit INDONESIAN YEAR 2008 Cultures, jungles,wildlifes,Rivers,waterfalls,and more... North sumatra lies between 10 - 40 north latitude and 980- 1000 east longitude, its just below the province of Aceh, and strait of Mallacca in the East and the Indonesia Oceans in the west, covering a land area of 71,680 square kilometers. Its populations is 10,256,027. The province of north Sumatera consists of 17 regions, 11(eleven) districts and 6(six) municipalities, 2 administrative town, 209 subdistricts, and 5,665 villages North Sumatera capital of Medan is the western gateway to Indonesia, facing the [View Full Entry]

lake toba panoramic view from huta ginjang

By anx
March 10th 2008

chanty chanty chanty

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Just arrived in medan, my last stop in indonesia. A few travelers said this place sucked, and i agree its not the greatest place, but its no worse than bandung, actually its a bit nicer. Its another very muslim town, so they have the noisy PA around the whole city, so they can chant their muslim chants for everyone to hear. I for one, am looking forward to the 430am wakeup call...as there is a giant moske (sp?) right next to my hotel, with the loudspeaker facing right towards me. I take my ferry to malaysia, and get to see georgetown [View Full Entry]

By Antti
August 13th 2007

Medan

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Jalan Sisimangaraja by Night

Medanissa viimeista iltaa Indonesiassa taas talla eraa. Onneksi on jo seuraavat lentoliput tanne ostettuna ensi helmi-maaliskuuksi. Eli 6,5 kk:n kuluttua taas Sumatralle ja silloin koko perheen voimin. Hienossa uima-allashotellissa (Garuda Plaza Hotel) majoittumalla ja ilmastoiduissa kauppakeskuksissa ostoksilla kiertelemalla voi orientoitua taas kotoisiin olosuhteisiin. [View Full Entry]

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