In Jakarta’s Gubernatorial Race, Money is Not Everything
By late afternoon on July 11, the day Jakartans will be casting their votes, most of them will already have...
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Do as You’re Told – An Artful Welcome to Bali
“It appears that each Balinese native, from the womb to the tomb is creative,” rhymed Noel Coward in his irreverent...
CTC: Fighting for Conservation of the Amazon of the Sea
The biggest and most important coral reefs in the world are found in an area of tropical marine waters called...
The Jaksa Position & Jl. Palatehan
Jalan Jaksa and Jalan Palatehan have been serving the needs of tourists and expatriates in different ways for decades. Jaksa,...
“Indorock” – Indonesia’s Contribution To The Birth Of Rock’N’Roll
In July 1960, Allan Williams, a Liverpool club owner on a trip to Hamburg, wandered into a club off the...
A Bottle of Wine and a Playroom
In Eastern Promise (EP) we now have a playroom for kids. During recent trips to New Zealand and Australia, I...
Not Losing Their Religion
How many people know there’s an Indonesian god at Jakarta’s oldest Chinese temple? And who knew the city’s oldest church...
Literary Works Capable of Change
Take an ambitious businessman drunk on being so close to power, a media baron who uses his political acquaintances to...
Culture Shock-Jakarta-Sydney
My wife Srie and I, normally resident in Indonesia, recently spent four months in Sydney where our son is studying....
Alcohol and Islam
During one period of my years in living in Jakarta, a favorite activity was my weekly visit to Pak Trisno,...
‘Bintang, Anyone’?
Indonesia’s Most Loved Beer and the History Behind the Label A holiday spent in Indonesia most likely revolves around a...
Dying For a Drink
The Indonesian government claims that its high taxes on alcoholic beverages discourage heavy drinking but the reality is that many...
The Mad Tuk Tuk Challenge
First Published on Latitudes.nu Picture the scene : You’re riding your bicycle along a dirt road near Prolit village near...
Benny & Mice
My Indonesian language skills have never been that good. I struggle to put three or four words together and when...
Aesthetically Pleasing Green Buildings of Jakarta
A general awareness of green buildings in Indonesia, especially Jakarta is still not well organized due to people’s assumptions of...
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...
Restaurateur’ Tour
“Order in! One Ceasar Salad, one onion soup. Followed by one Salmon, pink, one Angus Tenderloin, medium rare, truffle mash.”...
Of Spice and Profit
Nearly half a millennium before the world, slowly getting connected by grainy black and white TV images, was entranced by...
Bandung ? A Variety of Rich Culinary Experiences
Every weekend thousands of people from Jakarta travel to Bandung to visit the many factory outlets and dine out at...
A Self-Help Model for Aid that Really Works: The East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP)
When writing about aid projects words like ‘uplifting’, ‘inspirational’ or ‘downright bloody fantastic’ rarely, if ever, enter the vocabulary of...
Going Nowhere Fast – Can Jakarta Learn from Bangkok?
Bangkok’s new international airport may look like the result of a kindergarten class having too much free time with the...