Super interesting Ashleigh. Have you seen The Year of Living Dangerously, quite old now, but very good historically, it seems. I have an Indonesia friend who lived, oddly or not, in Playa del Carmen for many years. We got to know her through bookstore. Her father, a doctor, fled during or before, was it 1968? He placed the family, his wife and 2 girls, in maybe Singapore, until he got a position in Amsterdam, where Winna still lives. She married a gringo whose parents had founded the coolest smallish hotel in Playa. So he grew up in MX along w/ his brother and his mom home schooling him. The hotel was sold some time ago,and now they are in Amsterdam, where she, a psychiatrist who quit to become an artist, and he, a video games creator (who now speaks 3 languages -haha). She was too young to tell me much about that time, but it was so interesting to me that her father was one of the people to be exiled.
I freaking love Indonesia--lived on Sulawesi for a year after college, it's such a wonderful place. Yogya's one of my favorite cities there too, I'm glad you had such a great time there!
Super interesting Ashleigh. Have you seen The Year of Living Dangerously, quite old now, but very good historically, it seems. I have an Indonesia friend who lived, oddly or not, in Playa del Carmen for many years. We got to know her through bookstore. Her father, a doctor, fled during or before, was it 1968? He placed the family, his wife and 2 girls, in maybe Singapore, until he got a position in Amsterdam, where Winna still lives. She married a gringo whose parents had founded the coolest smallish hotel in Playa. So he grew up in MX along w/ his brother and his mom home schooling him. The hotel was sold some time ago,and now they are in Amsterdam, where she, a psychiatrist who quit to become an artist, and he, a video games creator (who now speaks 3 languages -haha). She was too young to tell me much about that time, but it was so interesting to me that her father was one of the people to be exiled.
Jeanine, I have not seen it, but I will check it out! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the book recommendation. Bought it.
I’ve started it as well!
Wow I didn't know about this! Thank you for writing about it :)
Thanks for reading, Jenny! :)
I freaking love Indonesia--lived on Sulawesi for a year after college, it's such a wonderful place. Yogya's one of my favorite cities there too, I'm glad you had such a great time there!
Rebecca, thank you so much! I loved North Sulawesi! I visited Bitung for muck diving. Yogyakarta was one of my favorite cities, too. 😊
Thank you for sharing the history with us!
Yuezhong, it was all thanks to our wonderful tour guide in Yogyakarta. He walked us through the historical highlights and recommended the book!