Shark Attack!Francesco RicciardiDecember 2, 2013August 16, 2017 by Francesco RicciardiDecember 2, 2013August 16, 201708044 Back in 1975, Steven Spielberg?s ?Jaws? movie became one of the most successful motion pictures of all time. Leveraging on...
Twisted Tourism: LUSIB. Bach AgenDecember 2, 2013August 16, 2017 by B. Bach AgenDecember 2, 2013August 16, 20173 1974 In May of 2006, Lapindo Brantas company, when drilling a natural gas well, was met with quite a surprise; a...
Development and Shifting Cultures: The Papuan KotekaTess JoyceNovember 18, 2013August 16, 2017 by Tess JoyceNovember 18, 2013August 16, 201703807 Perhaps the most iconic and essential item of clothing worn by the Dani and Yali men is the koteka or...
Rise of the Eco-WarriorsTess JoyceNovember 7, 2013August 16, 2017 by Tess JoyceNovember 7, 2013August 16, 201701383 In 2010, students bashed their heads together at Microsoft?s Regional Innovative Education Forum and decided that they wanted to tackle...
Monkey BusinessPaul V. WaltersOctober 22, 2013August 16, 2017 by Paul V. WaltersOctober 22, 2013August 16, 20170719 The title for this piece is perhaps a little ambiguous, as it will revolve around orangutans of Borneo rather than...
Sea Turtles: The Selayar Marine Conservation ChallengeGrace SusetyoOctober 22, 2013August 16, 2017 by Grace SusetyoOctober 22, 2013August 16, 201701011 It was a fine day in Benteng, Selayar. The 100-kilometre long island just off the southern coast of Bira, South...
Finding Nemo (in Bali)Francesco RicciardiOctober 22, 2013August 16, 2017 by Francesco RicciardiOctober 22, 2013August 16, 201702419 Although the famous animation film starring a young clownfish and his father took place in Australia?s Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia...
The Last Orangutans and Dr. Galdikas: A Volunteer’ StoryTess JoyceOctober 21, 2013May 3, 2020 by Tess JoyceOctober 21, 2013May 3, 202002702 Almost 20 years ago, in 1994, best-selling author Terry Pratchett first met the alpha male Kusasi in the rainforests of...
The Delicacy that May Turn Your StomachHush PetersenOctober 21, 2013August 16, 2017 by Hush PetersenOctober 21, 2013August 16, 201702272 Eating a tambelo is a lot like swallowing 30 centimetres of your own mucus. Foodies brave enough to take the...
A Hop, Skip and a Jump to a Hawksbill Turtle ConservancyGail G. CollinsOctober 21, 2013August 16, 2017 by Gail G. CollinsOctober 21, 2013August 16, 201702491 We thought about turtles ? more directly, Hawksbill sea turtles ? and imagined their burnished shells gliding amongst the coral...
Ketut: the Hair and Beauty StylistStephanie BrookesOctober 7, 2013August 16, 2017 by Stephanie BrookesOctober 7, 2013August 16, 20170784 Ketut is 27 years old and owns a local wedding and hair stylist salon in the back streets of Ubud,...
Kerinci CallingResty Woro YuniarOctober 7, 2013March 3, 2024 by Resty Woro YuniarOctober 7, 2013March 3, 20243 1654 Sumatra; while some may not know where it is, others conjure up thoughts of dark, unexplored jungles sitting on both...
The Long Way HomeDaniel PopeOctober 7, 2013August 16, 2017 by Daniel PopeOctober 7, 2013August 16, 20178 1117 English teacher Daniel Pope recalls his 1997 nightmare journey from Bintan to Jakarta - It began with a motorcycle accident....
Nyoman the Organic AdvocateStephanie BrookesSeptember 24, 2013August 16, 2017 by Stephanie BrookesSeptember 24, 2013August 16, 20171664 Abe-do Organic Warung, located 2 kilometres from Ubud, in Banjar Kutuh Kaja, was created a year ago with only three...
Melodies from Indonesia’s Far South: Sasando, the Palm Harp of RoteGrace SusetyoSeptember 23, 2013August 16, 2017 by Grace SusetyoSeptember 23, 2013August 16, 201702551 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 BaliKarenSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 2017 by KarenSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 201712240 One Balinese man is spreading awareness within Bali. Wahyu Cahyadi is deaf, and works as a driver and tour guide...
Raising the DeadPaul V. WaltersSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 2017 by Paul V. WaltersSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 201701356 It is an hour before dawn as I make my way up the gently sloping hill to the cemetery outside...
The Ring of IjenResty Woro YuniarSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 2017 by Resty Woro YuniarSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 201701909 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 GuideDavid MetcalfSeptember 9, 2013January 27, 2024 by David MetcalfSeptember 9, 2013January 27, 20240873 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 OverseasQraved TeamSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 2017 by Qraved TeamSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 201701025 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 EasyMartin JenkinsSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 2017 by Martin JenkinsSeptember 9, 2013August 16, 201701791 And so another sojourn in the far-flung archipelago of Indonesia; this time to the Derawan islands off the northeast coast...