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Last Update
08/09/2008
| Understanding and enjoying Indonesia |
It is
also intended to prepare any of you who plan to travel to Indonesia to
discover that among rice fields, equatorial forest, near volcanoes live 200 million
of Indonesians originated from 336 ethnic groups and influenced by an
influx of peoples from China, Arabia, Indochina and Europe. If you are ready to join us in this remote Asian country, welcome to this different land which is split in thousands of islands where you will find places you will never forget like Bali, Java, Lombok, Bromo, Sumatra Tanatoraja, Komodo,. Timor or Flores. |
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NEWS UPDATE
EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.6 STRIKES WEST SUMATRA , on September 30th, 2009.
The City of Padang was hardly hurt. For the time being the casualties are 526 people killed.
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JAKARTA HOTELS BLASTS, on July 16th, 2009
Two luxury hotels were bombed in central Jakarta. 9 killed, 50 injured.
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ALERT FOR THE ANAK KRAKATAU
On July 3, 2008 high volcanic activity resumed on the Anak Krakatau.
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UPDATE ON THE MUD VOLCANO OF EAST JAVA
Starting an eruption in May 2006, the Mud Volcano is still flooding the district of Porong. The question is : Is it a "natural" disaster ?.
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POWERFUL EARHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN SUMATRA
On September 12, 2007 an earthquake of 8.2 is recorded nearby Bengkulu.
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ERUPTION AT THE MERAPI VOLCANO in JAVA
Merapi's
volcano has entered in an active phase beginning of March 2006.
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news > click here
OGOH-OGOH FESTIVAL in BALI
The
Sanur ogoh-ogoh festival, has become one of the most
popular art forms in contemporary Bali.
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ORANGUTANS IN BORNEO face threat of
extinction :
The World Conservation Union (Nov. 05)
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