Hadi – The Padang Restaurant Manager
Every morning at 4am, Hadi and the team from Rumah Makan Cahaya Baru 99, a hidden Padang gem in the...
Faces Of Jakarta: Yanti, The Warteg Lady
It’s 5:30 on a Thursday evening in the middle of Ramadhan. Yanti, a newly anointed grandmother, is cursorily taking gorengan...
Faces Of Jakarta: Husin, The Ice Man
With Ramadhan in full swing you’d think that Husin’s business, selling ice to the 30 or more vendors and food...
Faces Of Jakarta: Iman, The Truck Driver
No one is happier to see school let out for summer than Iman. He may be 42, and well out...
Faces Of Jakarta : Imron, The Carpenter
No one cares more for details than Imron. As a carpenter at Konsep Gallery along Jalan Kemang Timur Raya in...
Petty : The Restaurant Critic
For the last nine years Petty Elliot has been living a secret life. She’s ducked in and out of Jakarta’s...
Pak Trisno : The Ojek Driver and Devoted Father
No one loves Jakarta’s traffic as much as Trisno. It’s his bread and butter. His clients leave the office at...
Herwan: The Painter
Herwan’s shirt keeps the paint from dripping on his face. He figured out how to wrap the turban on his...
Edi: The Street Sweeper
On a sunny Wednesday morning in Kebayoran, Edi Sukandi is going through the motions. His dark wiry arms work without...
Taufan: The Strongest Kid You’ll Ever Meet
Taufan might be the strongest kid you’ll ever meet. He’s seven-years-old now, but he’s been fighting leukemia since he was...
Kang Edi: The Caricaturist
In the shadow of Pasar Baru in Central Jakarta sits the coup de grace of every departing expat—Jalan Gedung Kesenian—and...
Chinese Food with a Twist
Jakartans who take their love of food seriously, rarely settle for a meal in a mall. Restaurants located in malls...
Movember ? In your Face, Cancer!
There are two kinds of men in the world: those who can pull off a moustache and those who can’t....
A Dive Paradise in Sulawesi
Prince John Dive Resort isn’t in Palu. It’s about an hour up the road, in a tiny place called Donggala....
Nusa Penida, More than Mola Mola and Mantas
Some of the world’s best storytellers are divers. Fishermen, hunters—they simply can’t compare. There’s nothing quite like sitting under a...
Local Comedians
Miund expects to be heckled. She’s used to it. As one of Indonesia’s up-and-coming stand-up comedians, she has to be....
Delicacies for the Daring Diner
It’s hard to put your finger on what makes Ben Hil (short for Bendungan Hilir), right at the heart of...
Resolutions – At Least Make it Interesting
When it comes to New Year’s Eve parties, there are only two corners of the room: The corner where some...
Have the Guts to Eat from the Street
There are two kinds of people in Jakarta: the ones that eat street food and the ones that don’t. ...
The Bargain Tree Hunter
If you plan on walking into a department store this week and dropping Rp 3.2 million on a six-foot tall...
The Rinjani [Rubbish] Trail
The naturalist John Muir is credited with a quote most mountain climbers have memorised and tend to recite after a...