Indonesia: Thousands Of Islands

17508 islands and 33 make an Indonesia and about 5 decades ago, some 3,000 islands have no means of regular communication beyond their own shores; whether by cable, plane, boat, mail or telephone.

The Japanese occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Nature has buried great wealth in the Indonesian islands. Jakarta being her capital city of the republic, has a harbor which was built by the Netherlands around 1900.

The shadow play of puppets is popular in Java and the puppets carry out the action in ancient myths. Beautiful as seen from the air, you can see the reef-girded islands in the Java Sea. Meanwhile, on the western Java, an industrial city and a mountain resort propel activites in Bandung.

Fluffy clouds veil the summit of Mount Salak, a valcono of 7,254 feet high in western Java. The Java Man, suggest that Indonesian archipelago was inhibited about 2,000,000 to 500,000 years ago.

In the Monkey Dance, of Bali, everyone joins in the frenzied performance and it has religious meaning. Based on legend, the Hindu epic, Ramayana in which Rama leads an army of monkeys reveal much history. And in the Balinese dance, common is the Mask of Rangda, the witch-queen of evil.

Bali is a good holiday place and you can preview at http://www.balitourismboard.org/ to discover that Bali is the world best island.

One good stay is the Bali Hyatt.