As early as 1871, the king had already paid two visits to foreign countries Java and India.
these two visits formed part of the valuable experiences which in later years had been added by five more visits to foreign countries both in asia and Europe.
In visiting Asian countries, he wanted to know how countries in the same region as ours had progressed, especially since they had been under Western rules for some time.
He was aware of the fact that those years were the days when colonialism was at its peak and to keep away from it, one had to keek one's eyes open and make friends with Western countries.
and it was for this latter reason that he went to Europe twice