Owning Your Own Personalized 19th/21st Century Map of Jakarta
The recent flooding followed by the inevitable Jakarta traffic grid-lock must make us look back wistfully to a time when...
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The Ancient Puzzles of Borobudur
The Borobudur Temple is considered by many to be a wonder of the ancient world. We all probably have heard...
Counterpoint: Dutch Colonialism Versus the Divisive Legacy of the British in South Asia
As an Indian-American currently living in Indonesia, I was surprised to read Mr. Rooseboom’s recent article comparing the Colonial experiences...
Padangbai: Hot Bus to the East Coast
Buses will take you just about everywhere on Bali. “When are you leaving for Amlapura?” I asked the bus...
The Boga Shipwreck: The USS Liberty of the Future
Following the enormous success of the USS Liberty Shipwreck in Tulamben, the North of Bali now has a new shipwreck....
A Walk through Memories of Indonesia’s Underwater Missions
With a marine area of 93,000 square kilometres interlacing throughout some 17,000 islands, a good navy force should be one...
Albert Kok
Meet Albert Kok. General Manager of Panorama Destination Management and an advocate for change and growth. What is the Panorama...
A Little Snip of Heaven
Indonesia can be a difficult place to search for an address. It is no longer a surprise to me that...
The Road Less Travelled: Sumatra’ Padang
Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago and is a place of rich and diverse culture and natural beauty, much of...
Raffles Unravelled
Raffles and the British Invasion of Java Tim Hannigan Monsoon Books 2012 368pp ISBN 978-981-4358-85-9 As a lad growing up...
Honouring the Faiths in Java’ North Coast
Being the multicultural country that it is, there are many ways of celebrating Christmas in Indonesia. Even the weather is...
Sri Lanka
I have long held a fascination with the tear shaped island clinging meniscus-like to the Indian sub continent. Their cricketers...
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...
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 Mount Agung,...
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...