Jakarta Set to Hold First International Fringe Festival
The performing arts and entertainment scene in Indonesia is set to enter a new era in November with the launch...
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Retiring in Indonesia
Some things in life are worth spending a little extra time and effort preparing for, and retirement is certainly one...
Top 5 Financial Tips For Expats In Indonesia
1. Don’t accept below standard Health Insurance Any expat with his head screwed on will be well aware of the...
Mystery, Magic and Ghosts
Was it a coincidence or something more? Our Editor emailed me with a list of upcoming themes and said that...
Savage Swangis, Boogey Men, and ?A Bird on a Wire?
It cut through the night like a knife with a vengeance and silence fell in two; the dogs woke, pricked...
Volunteering in Indonesia
Individuals from all over the world come to Indonesia for a variety of reasons. Some arrive for the purpose of...
Are Mobile Phones Killing Ghosts?
Sightings of ghosts have plummeted in number over the past decade. Are mobile phones responsible for their demise? It may...
Yuningsih : The Bakso Lady
I met Yuningsih in the middle of Ramadan. Business had slowed down considerably for Ungingsih, due to the fasting month...
Abdul: The Guitar Man
I met Abdul on a street near Block M, while he was taking a break from singing. The self taught...
Sex, Drugs and Other Diversions
If Jakarta is the city that never sleeps, not least because of the rousing pre-dawn call to prayer blaring from...
Hero to Zero
“Oy! Elvis! It’s your round!” The words sent shivers down my spine. Not because I was in a pub with...
Yasirly : The Sewing Machine Man
Yasirly works away on his sewing machine as the trains go thundering past his little workshop in Kebaron Baru, oblivious...
Run for Fun, Run for the Kids
Running to some frees the mind and to others is a painful chore best avoided. Running on a treadmill indoors...
How to Know If a Scam Is a Scam Before You Are Scammed
As I sat in my Jogja hostel after another long day of slaving away in front of empty Word documents...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Green is not just another colour, these days everyone’s talking green; not US Dollar-green but green as a synonym for...
A Beer for a Stray
I had the pleasure of drinking myself to a better conscience as animal lovers gathered together on Sunday 2nd of...
Saiful : The Bird Seller
At 40 years of age Saiful knows a lot about the value of birds. He has been selling a...
Sheep Two, Sheen Zero
I had been in my local pub watching the now legendary 1979 Silverstone 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix and I was...
Bule Yogya
8 months ago, after my controversial column about Bali, I received some very nice emails from you guys. Thanks a...
Dian: The Plastic Bottle Collector
Dian’s story is one of survival. I visited her one morning in her temporary dwelling in Kampung Bandan near Kota,...