Taking a Spin in Kal-TimJ.L McCreedyOctober 3, 2015August 1, 2017 by J.L McCreedyOctober 3, 2015August 1, 201701751Cycling adventures through kampung, rain forest and sandy beaches with the Balikpapan International Women’s Association’s (‘BIWA’) cycling group. In 1974,...
Indonesia’s Oldest Football Club: Persatuan Sepak Bola MakassarAntony SuttonSeptember 7, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonSeptember 7, 2015August 4, 201701779This year Birmingham City celebrates their 140th anniversary as a professional football club. It hasn’t been much of a history...
The Mentawai Islands: Surfing’ Favourite DestinationPhil BriggsAugust 21, 2015August 4, 2017 by Phil BriggsAugust 21, 2015August 4, 201701685Ask any surfer to pick one place for their dream surf trip and the answer will surely be the Mentawai...
Persipura Jayapura’s Long Road to SuccessAntony SuttonAugust 10, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonAugust 10, 2015August 4, 201701092The Black Pearls overcome long flights and tiring transit times to become the best football club in the land. For...
Hiking Gunung Tambora: Celebrating 200 Years Since the Eruption that Shook the WorldPutranto AllianceJuly 13, 2015August 4, 2017 by Putranto AllianceJuly 13, 2015August 4, 201701216Two hundred years ago a volcano violently erupted on the island of Sumbawa, sending molten rock 40km into the sky...
Sail Indonesia Promotes Indonesia’s Nascent Maritime Leisure IndustryAntony SuttonJune 25, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonJune 25, 2015August 4, 201701409Hardy crews get up close and personal to spectacular and remote destinations in the eastern islands. With 17,000 islands of...
Pitchers Prepare to Mount the Mound in JakartaAntony SuttonJune 15, 2015August 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonJune 15, 2015August 4, 201701439Baseball arrives in Indonesia as the Hit Factory hopes to take the game to another level. Think of baseball and...
Pencak Silat: More Than Just a FightAntony SuttonMay 29, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 29, 2015August 8, 201707681Explore your inner self through the grace and beauty of a martial art so tightly woven into the fabric of...
Howzat! Jakarta Cricket Season Reaches ClimaxAntony SuttonMay 18, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 18, 2015August 8, 201701592Cricket’s history may be lost in the clouds of time, but the future is bright. When it comes to the...
Deddy the Daddy of Brazilian Jiu JitsuAntony SuttonMay 4, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 4, 2015August 8, 201701721We live in healthy times. For me, growing up in suburban Surrey in the 1980s, exercise was limited to a...
Do You P?tanque?Antony SuttonApril 20, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonApril 20, 2015August 8, 201701176I must be honest and say that when I was first told about pétanque in Jakarta my initial reaction was...
Swinging in the Shadow of Three Mountains in East JavaPutranto AllianceApril 6, 2015August 8, 2017 by Putranto AllianceApril 6, 2015August 8, 201701128Finna Golf & Country Club Resort boasts an 18-hole championship course located 500m above sea level in the foothills of...
United by RunningAntony SuttonMarch 23, 2015August 23, 2017 by Antony SuttonMarch 23, 2015August 23, 201701155We are approaching the dry season and that is good news for one hardy bunch of Jakarta residents: the running...
Rugby Expats Take the Game to Local CommunitiesAntony SuttonMarch 9, 2015August 23, 2017 by Antony SuttonMarch 9, 2015August 23, 20170807How a conversation in a pub, with a backdrop of Christmas carols, led to orphaned girls taking up the rough-old-game...
Rugby RomanceAntony SuttonFebruary 23, 2015January 15, 2021 by Antony SuttonFebruary 23, 2015January 15, 202101122It was Valentine’s Day so I decided to show my long-suffering wife some genuine TLC. We loaded up the car...
Aussie Rules in IndonesiaAntony SuttonFebruary 9, 2015September 5, 2017 by Antony SuttonFebruary 9, 2015September 5, 201701256It shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the close proximity of Australia to Indonesia, that Australian Rules Football, better known...
Young Guns Cut their Teeth in the Jakarta Schools Football LeagueAntony SuttonJanuary 26, 2015August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonJanuary 26, 2015August 8, 201701328It was hot, very hot. Hardly the best conditions for playing football anywhere, let alone a school in South Jakarta...
Every Day is Saturday with the TGIS Hash House HarriersAntony SuttonJanuary 12, 2015October 20, 2017 by Antony SuttonJanuary 12, 2015October 20, 201701096Guidebooks love to tell you where to go and how to get there. Travel snobs love to tell you how...
German Plus: 50 Years of Football HistoryAntony SuttonDecember 1, 2014August 8, 2017 by Antony SuttonDecember 1, 2014August 8, 201701285In the rich annals of German football, the name Burkhardt Pape may not spring to mind in the way the...
MesaStila Endurance + 2014 Rail-to-TrailsKaren DavisNovember 4, 2014August 8, 2017 by Karen DavisNovember 4, 2014August 8, 20170665Impressive is what immediately springs to mind as the first finishers cross the line after a gruelling 60 kilometre endurance...
One Wave is All it Takes!KarenJune 18, 2014August 11, 2017 by KarenJune 18, 2014August 11, 201701706Onewave is a non-profit surf community, founded by two young Australians in February 2013, to give people hope in order...