Category: South-East Asia

Destinations / South-East Asia

3 May, 2016

A short walk in Baliem

Wamena is an ugly frontier town that leaves you itching to escape...

This man and lady in traditional dress agreed to a photograph near Widangku

Destinations / South-East Asia

3 May, 2016

The other side of Indonesia: Baliem Valley

Wamena is a hot and dusty town in the Baliem Valley on...

Destinations / South-East Asia

3 Mar, 2016

Jayapura, the gateway to Papua

Jayapura is a city like none other in Indonesia. Just over the...

Shopping for goldfish at the Sunday market on Pantai Losari, Makassar

Destinations / South-East Asia

2 Mar, 2016

Living by night: Makassar

Sulawesi Boomtown Some cities spend the whole day waking up. Life in...

Rice padis in the tropical sun in Toraja

Destinations / South-East Asia

2 Mar, 2016

Into the heart of Sulawesi

A hike in the mountains It was Good Friday in a world...

The whiter the buffalo, the higher its value

Destinations / South-East Asia

2 Mar, 2016

Buffalo and burials in Tana Toraja

The Toraja people live for death. Funerals are enormous week-long events attended...

Destinations / South-East Asia

2 Mar, 2016

Worst ways to travel: Pelni boats

I heard deep groans from the belly of the ship as I...

Destinations / South-East Asia

9 Feb, 2016

Mantas and Dragons in Komodo

I had spent the last few months on Gili Trawangan, a backpackers’...

Destinations / South-East Asia

8 Jan, 2015

The quiet side of Bali

My father remembers visiting Bali in the 1970s, before the era of...

Destinations / South-East Asia

8 Jan, 2015

Down and Out in Singapore

Bitten by the travel bug Columbus had one. Livingstone died from it....

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Category: South-East Asia

A short walk in Baliem

The other side of Indonesia: Baliem Valley

Jayapura, the gateway to Papua

Living by night: Makassar

Into the heart of Sulawesi

Buffalo and burials in Tana Toraja

Worst ways to travel: Pelni boats

Mantas and Dragons in Komodo

The quiet side of Bali

Down and Out in Singapore

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