Hiking Mount Semeru: From Physical Fitness to Enjoying NatureIndonesia ExpatAugust 14, 2019November 10, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 14, 2019November 10, 202102895Hiking mountains has always been the best way to spend time with nature and work on your physical fitness at...
The Resurrection of KrakatauIndonesia ExpatDecember 5, 2017November 10, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 5, 2017November 10, 202105468When Krakatau erupted in 1883, it became the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history. Scientists stationed in Batavia (Jakarta)...
On Top of the World: Hiking Across IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatAugust 28, 2017November 10, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 28, 2017November 10, 202101792Indonesia is well known as a country with many major volcanoes, with the majority of the 130 still active. Situated...
Here’s Why More Expats Are Visiting Savana Ollon in TorajaIndonesia ExpatMarch 18, 2017November 11, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 18, 2017November 11, 202103583Toraja is becoming more popular for tourism. It just developed a fresh spot called Savana Ollon, a new camping area...
Out of Eden: Mountain Spirits from the Heart of TimorGrace SusetyoNovember 28, 2016 by Grace SusetyoNovember 28, 201601733“Timor’s very own Garden of Eden,” Grace Susetyo recalls a description someone once told her of Mount Mutis’s bonsai forest....
Climbing Java’s Capricious Gunung SlametMartin JenkinsNovember 14, 2016 by Martin JenkinsNovember 14, 201601486Never again. That’s the last time I ever scale one of these bloody volcanoes. Those were my pitiful sentiments after...
Climbing Mount LawuMartin JenkinsJune 29, 2016 by Martin JenkinsJune 29, 201603625A punishing yet beguiling ascent into the heavens of Central Java Philosophical arguments are usually given when mountaineers explain why...
The Bare Necessities: Gunung Leuser National ParkAngela JelitaJune 14, 2016March 12, 2023 by Angela JelitaJune 14, 2016March 12, 202303035Trekking Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra in search of endangered orangutans in another world. Ever since Leonardo DiCaprio...
Bagging Mountain TrashCaranissa DjatmikoMay 17, 2016 by Caranissa DjatmikoMay 17, 201602699Indonesia’s mountains are known for their spectacular summits and surreal beauty, attracting hikers from near and far. Sadly, the sight...
Hiking Gunung Tambora: Celebrating 200 Years Since the Eruption that Shook the WorldPutranto AllianceJuly 13, 2015August 4, 2017 by Putranto AllianceJuly 13, 2015August 4, 201701193Two hundred years ago a volcano violently erupted on the island of Sumbawa, sending molten rock 40km into the sky...
Hiking the Hills Around BogorGail G. CollinsNovember 3, 2014August 8, 2017 by Gail G. CollinsNovember 3, 2014August 8, 201703299Forced urban dwellers like myself long to escape the confines, concrete and cars. I’m always on the lookout for a quick...
A Weekend Trip to Gunung SalakTess JoyceSeptember 8, 2014August 8, 2017 by Tess JoyceSeptember 8, 2014August 8, 201702951Just two hours away from Jakarta, Gunung Salak is a large volcanic range in Halimun National Park (the largest tract...
Kerinci CallingResty Woro YuniarOctober 7, 2013August 16, 2017 by Resty Woro YuniarOctober 7, 2013August 16, 20173 1633Sumatra is sprinkled with volcanoes, thirty-five to be exact, and all sitting on the Barison Mountain range in the western...
Climbing Mt. Merapi: No Jumping Pictures, PleaseBobby AndersonJuly 16, 2012September 6, 2017 by Bobby AndersonJuly 16, 2012September 6, 20175 1156What makes a great Monday morning? Sleeping in? Not wearing any clothes until lunch? How about summiting one of the...