Seeking Vulcanoes

A quick trek to dangerous yet enchanting Krakatau   Maybe better if you hire a driver…" Our friend Laila was not entirely convinced that our grand plan to take a self-guided tour from

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Jakarta Shopping Paradise

A chorus of “boleh beli, boleh beli” can easily be imagined when walking around ITC Mangga Dua, one of several large shopping complexes in the Mangga Dua area. Besides being famous among bargain

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Indonesians have a lot of naughty words, don’t we?

Ah, swear words – the part of every language’s vocabu- lary that children much of a surprise. A 2009 study showed that the average person uses up to 90 (or at least 80)

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10 Amazing Beautiful Beaches In Indonesia

Amazing Beaches In Indonesia Experiences the best destination Beach In Indonesia, Indonesia is known to have many splendid and beautiful beaches as well. These places will provide you with the best time to

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Golf, and the Beauty of Indonesia

By RAYMOND BONNER FIVE years ago, after a hiatus of nearly three decades, I began swinging the driver again in Indonesia. On one of my first times out, the Australian ambassador, Ric Smith,

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Java, Jogja

by Mike Di Paola The stately pleasure domain of a sultan becomes a playground for all Life was good for Sultan Hamengku Buwono I of the Javanese kingdom of Yogyakarta. When he wasn’t

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Papua

by Samantha Gillison Good-bye, luxury. Hello, adventure. Samantha Gillison goes on the cruise of a lifetime along the primeval coast where, forty-four years ago, Michael C. Rockefeller vanishedIt was as though we had stumbled

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