Colonies – Dutch East Indies vs. British India
Examining a map of the world, preferably a globe, one cannot but wonder how a few nations, occupying but a...
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Indonesia’s Hidden Paradise
Tucked away on the east coast of Sumatra in the Java Sea lies a hidden gem, untouched by commercialism and...
Jump into Bali’s Past: Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida
Walking around the touristic area of Bali, surrounded by the noise of horns and a thousand motorbikes, anesthetized by...
The Batu Bolong: Living Aboard the Good Life
The Komodo National Park, an area of 1,817 square kilometres made up of three main islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar,...
Dhaka’s Old Town
Old Dhaka is a mish mash of narrow lanes, crumbling houses home to a myriad of artisans and a history...
Hidden Gems
A public awareness campaign uncovers Jakarta’s few suitable but forgotten parks, whetting local appetites for green spaces they can use....
Geek’s Guide to Bandung – Part 1
Celestial Wonders of the Southern Sky “Bandung” often evokes images of the star-studded café and shopping scene. Granted, Bandung does...
USS Liberty, Tulamben
Strong eruptions normally are a hazard for people living close to the volcano. In 1963 the eruption of the Mount...
Thomas Stamford Raffles and The History of Java
If I were to ask you, who Stamford Raffles was, you would most likely answer: the founder of Singapore. In...
The Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park : Getting the Best of Bromo for Free!
We have all seen it, the iconic image of a sunrise filtering through a vast cloud filled caldera with Mount...
So Sabah
There’s a long weekend coming up in October and you’re trying frantically to book a villa in Bali but it...
Trail-Biking in the Foothills of West Java
If you’ve ever dreamt of riding through the hills and rice terraces of West Java on a trail bike, dream...
An Old Suburb and an Invasion
Tugu means memorial and memorial is an apt name for this old suburb up in North East Jakarta by the...
The Truth Behind ?Oktoberfest?
The first Oktoberfest took place in October 1810 to celebrate Crown Prince Ludwig’s wedding to Princess Therese von Sachsen Hildburghausen....
Marriage Curstoms-Balinese Elopement
I was browsing my Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch Indië, not looking for anything specific as I was curious who or what...
Pemuteran: A Road Runs Through It
As we head clear of Candi Kuning the traffic noticeably thins. We wind our way higher up into the mountains,...
A Dive Paradise in Sulawesi
Prince John Dive Resort isn’t in Palu. It’s about an hour up the road, in a tiny place called Donggala....
Amed and Tulamben: Bali’s beautiful north east coast
Bali’s tourism industry is currently enjoying a strong resurgence as large numbers of foreign tourists are once again visiting Indonesia’s...
Wali Songo
The Wali Songo are revered throughout Indonesia as the wise men who brought Islam initially to Java but ultimately...
In Search of the Blue Lagoon
South of Malang in Eastern Java an uninhabited island contains deep within its dense jungles a salt-water lagoon framed from...
The Path to Perfection through Action
I hug trees. Some trees hug me back. Learning about the sculptures around the place I live and work from...