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Sunset over Lake Ranau

Ranau Rhapsody Sumatran Sojourn

Secreted within the Marching Mountains of southern Sumatra, the serene volcanic Lake Ranau remain...

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Aproaching Lake Toba on the switchback road south from Medan.

TOBA, TOBA, TOBA

Clouds of clove-scented cigarette smoke, diesel fumes, second-hand air: it takes a few gusts of f...

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Orphans International's Dani Sirait, on a street of Rimajeneu village, Aceh Besar District, Aceh, Indonesia.

Sumatra Campus for Tsunami Orphans

News Release: January 20, 2005 Sumatra Campus to be Built for Tsunami Orphans in Aceh, Indonesia ...

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Slithering Down Sibayak

Drops of rain the size of teacups emptied on my head, my camera, and down my boots, drowning the ...

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Indonesia's elephants outsmart humans

Conflicts between wild animals and humans have long been on the rise on Sumatra, where jungle hab...

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