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Attending a funeral in Tana Toraja

Funerals in Sulawesi are quite special. I couldn't explain it better than TED did: In Tana Toraja in eastern Indonesia, funerals are raucous affairs involving the whole...

Visiting traditional villages in Bajawa

In Bajawa we rented a motorbike to discover the traditional villages nearby. To quote the Rough Guide: "Bajawa is the largest town in the Ngada...

An unearthly experience at Kawah Ijen

After Mount Bromo we immediatly took the (mini)bus to Sempol to get ready for another hike up a volcano: Kawah Ijen. This time we left at...

Learning to surf in Batukaras

We were set on learning how to surf in Indonesia, preferably far away from tourist destinations. That's when we found Batukaras with easy & regular...

Talking Dutch in Jakarta

Jakarta was everything all at once: big, hot, colonial & new. Our hotel was close to the new business district where whole new worlds were...