What do you think about Indonesia??
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I think Indonesia is a beautiful country with very nice, friendly people. It has a very interesting culture and great places to visit. An of course the food is excellent!  I have been travelling though Indonesia for two months and I had a great time. I went to Java, where I visited Jakarta, a very busy city with a rich history. I also went to Bandung, where you can buy custom made jeans, really great! Yogjakarta is a beautiful town as well, with a lot of culture, really the cultural capital of Java! I also visited Bali. Bali is partly very touristic, for example the beach resorts Kuta, Sanur of Jimbaran. However, I loved the seafood in Jimbaran and had a great time in Kuta. I also enjoyed my time in Ubud, an artistic village in the middle of rice fields on Bali. Beautiful sights and I was fascinated by the Balinese culture and their religion, Hinduism. The Gili islands are great for diving and snorkeling. For peace and quiet, visit Gili Meno or Gili Air, if you want some more action, Gili Trawangan is maybe more for you. Anyway, all three islands look like real Bounty islands and you feel as if you are in the add...\nI would recommend everyone to visit Flores. What a beautiful island, with not that much tourism yet. People are very friendly, nature is breathtaking (for example watching the sunrise on the Kelimutu volcano, a great experience!) and the sights are so interesting.\nI really love Indonesia and find it a very diverse country. I was very sorry to hear about the earthquake and I really hope that Indonesia will have less problems with nature and disasters in the future, it definetly does not deserve it.
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For sumguy - did you know there are more Muslims in India than Pakistan? Infact, I think it is second to Indonesia, in Muslim community.\nBut it's a fact, that India is a Hindu-dominated country and therefore there are such problems.
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http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-asia/ronpaku/ab/INDONESIA1.html\nhttp://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/mcclay/index.htm\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/indonesia/images/eq_density.gif\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Australia.php\n\nGoogle that shiz yo!
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Magandang Gabi from Curaçao!\nThere are 7 Filipinos working for me here on board my ship (I'm an American)...they are all hard-working, smart guys...I've visited the Philippines several times, many years ago...always had a very good time there...just wish that some day the Philippines will be free of all the corruption that represses it...then Filipinos (and Filipinas) will become truly prosperous.
435446
Why we should hate. We are peace loving people and love mankind. We are champions of humanrights. We are killing people in Iraq tan whuy should we hate indonesian.
516286
Timor Leste made the first mistake since their independance when they didn't include English as a main language. Is Portuguese their main trading partner today? They should have picked up some ecomonic know-how from Australia or if not their South East Asian counterparts like Singapore. Learnt where to start from scratch not the way they are going, bits of this and that and it all keeps crumbling. Just hope Papua never gains independance, that'll be another total chaos.
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a tropical country with many beautiful beaches, diving spots, historical landmarks, and other natural beauties..defenitely a good place to visit (except of course in the war torn areas in the southmost part of mindanao.)\nit has talented people (who speaks wonderfull english) with cheap labor cost that would be an attraction to a lot of foreign investors...however it has been tainted by the world as a country with poor political stability because of whats been going on (edsa 1,2,and the curren crisis of GMA), but what the international media doesnt see is that these crisis are only in metro manila (who by the way didnt like her from the start)...if you go to other places for investment like CEBU, CLARK, SUBIC and other major non-metro manila cities, all is peacefull and quite...so i hope the bad perception will be changed...
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I love it. Great country, lovely people. Delicious food. Monuments galore. Wild jungles, long golden beaches. Nifty trains. Monkeys all over. Cool languages and alphabets! Warm smiles when people look you in the eye. Clever businessmen. Skilled craftsmen. I wanna go back!
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Oh goodness,\nI hope you aren't one of those "White Nationalists" I've been reading about - segregation of races, separation of U.S into 3 states, one coloured, one white, one mixed...\nThat's a very scary thought.\n\nWhat is wrong with Multiculturalism? Why can't we all just appreciate what multiculturalism can bring to a country - variety, lots of different cuisines, colour to the nation, different thoughts, religions and opinions...\n\nAnd boy, you're so wrong about us Asian countries being free of 'ethnic strife'. Look at Indonesia during their fight to keep East Timor, those people were oppressed.\nDuring it's darker days, just a few years ago, did you know that local ethnic Indonesians were killing ethnic Chinese there because of jealousy, alot of hate-speeches, some in the name of religion (many Chinese there are Christians), and many just felt that those Chinese were taking away their jobs (when the Chinese themselves had Indonesian nationality!) when they were the ones who had themselves to blame for their low literacy rate, their dislike for certain jobs (business fields, etc, which the Chinese then took up upon themselves and made successful), that the Chinese ran 80% of their economy and wealth - Chinese girls and women were raped and killed in front of their fathers and brothers and husbands.\n\nThere are multicultural Asian countries as well! Look at Singapore, it's a multicultural, developed country, and very successful.\nLook at Malaysia, it's multicultural, successful in it's own right, and all the races are living in harmony!\nAnd the "traditions" that they have had for thousands of years - that's because we have existed for thousands of years as Asians! Of course our culture is still intact!\nBut what you don't know is that as one new generation comes up, they're fast losing their heritage and cultural identity in the world of multiculturalism and globalisation. It's a parents duty to instil the traditions and cultures of their heritage into their children!\n\nIt's just your attitude in looking at things. Instead of hating it and shunning change, why not embrace it?\nThere is so much to learn from different races and cultures! Let's not dwell and miss our xenophobic pasts, or return back to the mistake that, for example, China did, by shutting itself out from the rest of the world.\n\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
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Hm mm. very interesting point of view.I feel the human race as a whole is closer to the stars than the jungle.However some would like to halt progress in the hopes they can dominate and control the masses.India is one of the more developed cultures in our time with knowledge and reason they dealt with the Taliban destroying 3,000 year old religious shrines.They dealt with the Islamic intrusion in Cashmere region.So I personally feel the odds of India becoming a welcome member of democracy is better than 50/50.Once the seed has been planted it will grow slow at times fast at others but you will never undo it's growth now that it has been tasted it will fight to survive.India's best days are yet to come.I can't say for sure if it is a true democracy however it is trying hard to be one,give it time and it shall be
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This is a place where you can spread so many good things about your country among the people all around the globe. Don’t give any bad impression to others about your own country. If you can see just one good thing about India, post here. Dont give any wrong perceptions.   Already people have so many wrong perceptions about us here.
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I live in Turkey and I think it's a really interesting country... the cultural and historical places are fab!!! also the south and west beach sites are amazin too... but if u look at it as a whole u'll be twice as much amazed cuz every single part there's a different beauty... also the people are nice and hospitable too!!! :o) \n\nif u wnat more info check out this sites... hope u'Ll like them... enjoy... :o)\nwww.exploreturkey.com/\nwww.gototurkey.co.uk/
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Indonesia is truly beautiful. Being tropical, it is warm all year, shopping is fantastic and the people are friendly and warm. There is a lot of poverty and they rely on tourism. Sadly, radical views have changed my ideas on visiting due to the safety issue. It is a case where the poor will get poorer because the rich want power.
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Australia has an obligation under the 1967? (i think) UN Warsaw Human Rights agreement to allow asylum seekers into the country and thoroughly investigate their individual circumstances before deciding on their refugee status.  The feelings of the Indonesian people and / or Government should not stand in the way of our International (and humanitarian!) obligations.
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I may not be Filipino in blood but having lived in the Philippines all my life, I love the country, but most especially I love the people. A teacher of mine once said that if the world was ruled by people who were aesthetically talented, the Philippines would be one of the most powerful countries in the world, and I think lots of people will agree.\n\nMabuhay, mga Pilipino! :D
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I think it is probably quite hot. With alot of interesting parts to their culture.\n\nI would love to travel there, but I also would not openly travel there as a vacation because I do not know how safe it would be for a white man. \n\nI am sure there are some wonderful sights to see. Sadly I will probably never make it there in my life.
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Australia is such a big country, and with practically NO population. How do you think such a country can exist without having (good) relationships with neighbouring countries.\nThe policy has to be it is good to have a "good neighbour", but if the neighbour is bad - say their neighbour (is a fact) is Indonesia ... perhaps they say, this is a bad country - harbouring a lot of bomb-throwing extremists - then, can they just "avoid" Indonesia ... cannot, they have positive trade balance with Indonesia ...\nPositive meaning a one-way trade flow, from Australia to Indonesia ... what does that mean? This is good for the country? This is income.\nBut on the other hand, they wish to avoid contact ... no way ... without trade ... there is simply not enough people to keep the Australian economy moving "by itself" perpetually ... they need their neighbours!!\nSo, it is good and it is bad! Just balance these - if you can ... then you should be doing okay!!