Soekarno “We shake the heavens and rock the earth, that we may live not only on ¢2.50 a day.”

SBY “You may read of small radical groups. But mainstream Indo will always be moderate and tolerant.”

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Bangka Island: Now and Then

Bangka Island: Now and Then

It was to my surprise the change of Bangka has been so amazing beyond my expectation since I left the island about half  a century ago. So far as I remember, there were no hotels, no tourist facilities whatsoever. The only kind of accommodations available on the island were the guest houses of the state [...]