Dancing in a Foreign LandCaranissa DjatmikoApril 3, 2017April 10, 2017 by Caranissa DjatmikoApril 3, 2017April 10, 201701092French resort entertainer Guillaume Sanchez shares how his journey to Central Kalimantan changed his way of viewing life and performing...
Trouble in Paradise: Komodo Island, Tourism and ConservationGrace SusetyoMarch 29, 2017April 4, 2017 by Grace SusetyoMarch 29, 2017April 4, 201703901With Komodo Island gaining popularity in recent years as a favourite expat destination, it’s easy to only come for the...
Taman Daun: The Whale Hunter’s Library and Art SpaceGrace SusetyoMarch 15, 2017January 27, 2024 by Grace SusetyoMarch 15, 2017January 27, 202402381As I first lay eyes on Taman Daun, I had to ask myself, “Where am I?” Having spent the past...
Tambora: Mysteries of a Lost CivilizationGrace SusetyoFebruary 28, 2017 by Grace SusetyoFebruary 28, 201705157In addition to changing the global climate through “The Year Without Summer” and losing nearly half of its original altitude,...
Rebuilding Bima: An Expat’ Perspective on Resilience in the Face of DisasterGrace SusetyoFebruary 13, 2017 by Grace SusetyoFebruary 13, 201702501After encountering generous and passionate locals in the historical royal city of Bima in October of 2016, Grace Susetyo was...
Opinion: Saving Indonesia from the Mistakes of the WestStephanie WoodsJanuary 30, 2017 by Stephanie WoodsJanuary 30, 201702198Indonesia is a place that travellers speak of as a paradise. Advertisements for leisure travel depict pristine white sand beaches,...
Reason for the Seasons: A Portrait of Indonesian SpiritualityGrace SusetyoDecember 14, 2016 by Grace SusetyoDecember 14, 201603179Travelling throughout Indonesia, religious affiliation is a question I’m frequently asked. My forename gives away my Christian background. Lately, I...
Out of Eden: Mountain Spirits from the Heart of TimorGrace SusetyoNovember 28, 2016 by Grace SusetyoNovember 28, 201601782“Timor’s very own Garden of Eden,” Grace Susetyo recalls a description someone once told her of Mount Mutis’s bonsai forest....
Artpreciation: Preserving Culture through TourismRemko TanisJune 14, 2016 by Remko TanisJune 14, 201601424The Internationally recognized Agung Rai Museum of Art is one of the venues for a new type of tour called...
History in the Making: Meet Michael NicholsonAngela JelitaMay 31, 2016 by Angela JelitaMay 31, 201602229Michael is an HR Consultant and Executive Coach, and founded the BritCham Toastmasters Club in Jakarta when he was on...
Art Appreciation: Meet Bruce CarpenterRemko TanisMay 31, 2016 by Remko TanisMay 31, 201602926Author and co-author of more than 20 books and numerous articles on Indonesian art, culture and history, Bruce W. Carpenter...
Rebuilding Ruins: PT Pembangunan Kota TuaAngela JelitaMay 31, 2016 by Angela JelitaMay 31, 201601863Most of Jakarta is made of new developments and expanding suburbs, however look to the North and you’ll find Kota...
The Mapping of JavaJason HueMay 31, 2016September 4, 2023 by Jason HueMay 31, 2016September 4, 202303113The islands of Java and Bali located 8 degrees south of the Equator in the Indian Ocean are two of...
Kamasan: An Ancient Living TraditionDivya PridhnaniMay 31, 2016October 4, 2021 by Divya PridhnaniMay 31, 2016October 4, 202104406Imagine you are a master Balinese painter, and your King has recently commissioned you to do a piece of work....
The Kids Went Wild in BataviaTerry CollinsFebruary 9, 2016 by Terry CollinsFebruary 9, 201602962“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.” – Louis Armstrong Joey Alexander’s nomination for two Grammy...
Rights as Citizens: The Strife for Reconciliation of Indonesia’s Indigenous CommunitiesGrace SusetyoAugust 10, 2015August 4, 2017 by Grace SusetyoAugust 10, 2015August 4, 20170517With nearly 70 years of independence, Indonesia prides itself as a nation founded upon the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples...
Going, Going, Gone: In Search of the Ultimate LonghouseQraved TeamJune 12, 2015August 4, 2017 by Qraved TeamJune 12, 2015August 4, 201702840Along with blowpipes, traditional tattooing, mastery of plaiting crafts, canoe-building and the custom of wearing huge bunches of metal earrings...
Cruising on a Borneo RiverAngela JelitaJune 12, 2015March 3, 2021 by Angela JelitaJune 12, 2015March 3, 202101928There is a special feeling that Borneo invokes. There really is no other experience that comes close to cruising on...
The Mysterious, Phantasmagoric World of Javanese Wayang TheatreQraved TeamMay 29, 2015August 8, 2017 by Qraved TeamMay 29, 2015August 8, 201714129The morality and messages conveyed in Wayang Kulit plays still permeate Javanese thought and daily life. The spellbound audience is...
The Pasola Festival of Sumba | When the Worms Didn?t ComeTess JoyceFebruary 23, 2015August 23, 2017 by Tess JoyceFebruary 23, 2015August 23, 201701750In 1994, when travel journalist Ron Gluckman observed the Pasola ritual in Sumba, all of the “signs” were good –...
Pilius, the Dayak Kenyah ElderDavid MetcalfAugust 11, 2014April 18, 2023 by David MetcalfAugust 11, 2014April 18, 20230906Dayak Pilius was born in paradise, in a place called Long Saan, deep in the heart of North Borneo. I...