The Road to the Coast

The road from Sungei Penuh to Tapan, through the rainforest of Kerinci Nat Park. Notoriously bad for its surface and for washouts and landslides. Also for tigers....

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Sumatera Sendiri

November 16th 2008
The smell of the third world hits me as soon as we exit the immigrasi at Batam; that unmistakable smell of burning rubbish mixed with low-grade exhaust fumes and other exotic smells that just didn't exist back across the Straits. Singapore is probably the most immaculate city and country in the world, Indonesia is, well very different. We change money and enter the scrum of shouting Ojek drivers ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bengkulu

The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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