Kerinci Calling
Sumatra; while some may not know where it is, others conjure up thoughts of dark, unexplored jungles sitting on both...
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Crazy Little Heaven: An Indonesian Journey
With his fellow Tasmanian wife and their two young children, Mark Heyward arrived in East Kalimantan in 1992 to teach...
The Long Way Home
English teacher Daniel Pope recalls his 1997 nightmare journey from Bintan to Jakarta - It began with a motorcycle accident....
Melodies from Indonesia’s Far South: Sasando, the Palm Harp of Rote
If the definition of heaven is a strange but comforting melody telling stories of the timelessness of the human soul,...
Barrier-Free Travel: Deaf Guides of Bali
One Balinese man is spreading awareness within Bali. Wahyu Cahyadi is deaf, and works as a driver and tour guide...
The Ring of Ijen
Mount Ijen is a volcano complex in East Java, with the most popular attraction being a one-kilometre-wide, turquoise blue, acid...
Dana the Tour Guide
Leaving his village at the age of nine and finding himself on the streets of Jalan Diponegoro, the main street...
Bali to Flores Overland and Overseas
A three-week trip with two kids in tow from Bali to Flores by ferry, bus, foot, motorbike and shared taxi...
The Derawan Islands Made Easy
And so another sojourn in the far-flung archipelago of Indonesia; this time to the Derawan islands off the northeast coast...
(No) Stranger in the Third Culture Kid’ Homeland
In Confessions of a Third Culture Kid, I said I have a complicated relationship with the question, ?Where are you...
Another 100 Years: Timor’ Last Indigenous Religious Community
Raja Namah Benu, who ruled since his father?s death in 2005, invited us to his place and offered areca nuts...
Sailing New Worlds in an Old World Heritage
“On land, beauty is the sight of a graceful woman. At sea, beauty is the sight of sails flying on...
Trans-Asia Rail Rides
The idea you can travel seamlessly from Singapore to Hong Kong by train remains a distant dream, at least until...
A Wild Ride To Remember: South Sulawesi
On the second Sunday in May, I received a message from my childhood best friend in Manado, Gracia “GP”. “GC,...
A Day in the Life of Kuta Beach
Ask any tourist on their way to Bali where they intend to visit and more than one in five will...
Togian Islands, Central Sulawesi: True Remoteness
If you’re looking for party and nightlife, the Togian islands are not the right destination. On the contrary, if you...
Twisted Tourism: My brief brush with North Korea
In this sick and twisted world, there is an elite group of the most sick and twisted countries. Adding a...
Dreaming of Another Ultimate Indonesian Holiday
Being an archipelago spanning 5,248 kilometres over three time zones, Indonesia has thousands of destinations to satisfy the curious traveller’s...
West Papua Calling
Tourist excursions to Indonesia’s West Papua province are often dreamt about and rarely undertaken. Those who do head to Papua...
Sri Lanka
I have long held a fascination with the tear shaped island clinging meniscus-like to the Indian sub continent. Their cricketers...
Indonesia’s Hidden Paradise
Tucked away on the east coast of Sumatra in the Java Sea lies a hidden gem, untouched by commercialism and...