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Perkedel - Meat and Potato Patties.

Rijsttafel - The Crown Jewel Of The Indonesian Cuisine

The Indonesian cuisine is a rich and complex blend of many cultures. Chinese, Indian, Arab, Dutch...

Indonesia Habeeb Salloum

Bangkok Air runs several daily flights between Bangkok and Siem Reap.

Discount Airlines of Asia

Dozens of low-cost airlines have been launched recently in Asia, transforming the continent's tra...

Indonesia / Singapore / Thailand ThingsAsian

My little friend at Kraton Mangkunegara

Across Java with Confidence

I felt like a little parrot traveling across Java.

Indonesia victor wong

The school in Bata Puteh

Home Stay in Malaysian Borneo

We visited a school in a small Muslim village and spent the night with a local family.

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei MaryLou Driedger

I would not want to waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum Frances Willard - 1893

Vientiane on bended knees

A colorful journey on 20" wheels, across the land of a thousand smiles into the land where time m...

Indonesia / Vietnam / Cambodia Lee Alvin

Keris - Is it merely a sword?

The keris is synonymous with the Malay culture and way of life. The double-edged dagger is unique...

Indonesia / Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

White Beach mangrove forest known as Pasir Putih

Indonesia's Bawean Island: The Magic of Faith

Throughout the Malay world, there survives a belief in the occult, the practice of which is the p...

Indonesia Leslie Nevison

In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering ...

Indonesia / China / India Kenneth Champeon

Me sitting on Bauhinia sp. in Kebun Raya Bogor

Kebun Raya Bogor: A Treasure in the World of Plants

I recently visited the Bogor Botanic Garden again, spending 5 days researching the climbing plant...

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Mr. Widayanto's bedroom

Rumah Tanah Baru: Wisata Keramik in Depok, Java of Indonesia

If you are on a fast day trip tour between Jakarta and Bandung, don't forget to check out the bea...

Indonesia victor wong

Recipe: Nasi Kuning - Indonesian Yellow Rice

Serves 10 to 12 3 cups rice, rinsed 3 cups coconut milk 2 cups water 1 tablespoon finely chopped ...

Indonesia Habeeb Salloum

Located on Indonesia's island of Java, twenty-six miles northwest of Yogyakarta, the ancient sanctuary Borobudur is the world's largest Buddhist monument. Dating from the mid eighth century AD, and constructed over a period of over a hundred years, Borobudur was mysteriously abandoned early in the tenth century.

Borobudur - A photographic essay

A story told with photos.

Indonesia Robert Tompkins

Typee, by Herman Melville

Girls with Flowers in their Hair

Review of Herman Melville's Typee

Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

No Feast Lasts Forever

Title: No Feast Lasts Forever Author: Madame Wellington Koo with Isabella Taves Publisher: Quadra...

Indonesia ThingsAsian Booklist

The golf course in Kota Kinabula was a feast for the senses.

Golfing in Borneo- A Sensory Experience

Golfing in Kota Kinabula was a feast for the senses.

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei MaryLou Driedger

Scenes from Jalan Surabaya - Souk-like shops burst with the chaotic clutter that brings joy to scrounging bargain hunters.

Sojourn In The Big Durian

Of the many sobriquets tagged to Jakarta, "The Big Durian" is an apt metaphor. The thick and pric...

Indonesia Robert Tompkins

Wayan, a central character in Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love prepares our meal for us

Eat, Pray, Love

The 'Love' section of Elizabeth Gilbert's book Eat, Pray, Love takes place in Bali. Wayan, a trad...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

Opening parade, 1999 Nusa Dua Festival.

Bali has a way of infiltrating your heart. Once you've been there, you're never really the same a...

Indonesia Graham Simmons

The Dutchman of Borneo

Proboscis Monkeys: The Dutchman of Borneo

A Shocking Sight! Deep within the forests of Borneo, along a route Chinese traders used to obtain...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei Ee Lin Wan

Women weaving baskets for morning offerings.

Bali is so many things- great food, friendly people, brilliant stars, rejuvenating massages, fasc...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

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