Hiking Mount Semeru: From Physical Fitness to Enjoying Nature
Hiking mountains has always been the best way to spend time with nature and work on your physical fitness at...
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The Resurrection of Krakatau
When 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 Indonesia
Indonesia is well known as a country with many major volcanoes, with the majority of the 130 still active. Situated...
Here’ Why More Expats Are Visiting Savana Ollon in Toraja
Toraja 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 Timor
“Timor’s very own Garden of Eden,” Grace Susetyo recalls a description someone once told her of Mount Mutis’s bonsai forest....
Climbing Java’ Capricious Gunung Slamet
Never again. That’s the last time I ever scale one of these bloody volcanoes. Those were my pitiful sentiments after...
Climbing Mount Lawu
A 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 Park
Trekking Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra in search of endangered orangutans in another world. Ever since Leonardo DiCaprio...
Bagging Mountain Trash
Indonesia’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 World
Two hundred years ago a volcano violently erupted on the island of Sumbawa, sending molten rock 40km into the sky...
Hiking the Hills Around Bogor
Forced 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 Salak
Just two hours away from Jakarta, Gunung Salak is a large volcanic range in Halimun National Park (the largest tract...
Kerinci Calling
Sumatra; while some may not know where it is, others conjure up thoughts of dark, unexplored jungles sitting on both...
Climbing Mt. Merapi: No Jumping Pictures, Please
What makes a great Monday morning? Sleeping in? Not wearing any clothes until lunch? How about summiting one of the...