Destinations

Sumatra

Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Mentawai, Siberut, Top Selection

Destination: Siberut Island - The Mentawai

Indonesia, Sumatra, Way Kambas National Park

Destination: Way Kambas National Park - Lampung

Destination: Bangka Island

Photo Stories - Sumatra

My Mentawai Family

A personal experience and journey with the Mentawai tribe on Siberut Island, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Covering over 30 years of my time and experience living with and visiting the Mentawai family that adopted me as one of them and made me part of their community. Eventually this will be their…

Destination: Bromo - East Java

Destination: Kampung Naga - West Java

Highlights, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Sunda Kelapa

Destination: Sunda Kelapa harbor - Jakarta

Destination: Baduy - West Java

Destination: Borobudur - Central Java

Destination: Baluran National Park - East Java

Destination: Kawah Ijen - East Java

Alas Purwo National Park, Indonesia, Java

Destination: Alas Purwo National Park - East Java

Culture: Ramayana Ballet Performance - Yogyakarta

Animals, Indonesia, Java, Meru Betiri National Park, Merubetiri, Sea Turtle, Sukamade, Turtle

Destination: Meru Betiri National Park - East Java

Culture: Imlek - Kota, Jakarta

Photo Stories - Java

Baluran National Park - East Java

Baluran National Park in East Java, often called the little Africa of Java, is one of the oldest national parks in Indonesia and the area has been protected since 1928, initiated by a Dutch hunter. In 1937 it became a wildlife refuge and in 1984 it was declared a national…

Kanekes - The Baduy of West Java

Less than 3 hours from bustling Jakarta lives a community isolated in time and space, as they’ve lived for hundreds of years. The Baduy, who call themselves Kanekes, are a traditional community living just a three hour drive west of Jakarta, in the hills near Rangkasbitung.

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park - East Java

Gunung Bromo is an active volcano in the spectacular Bromo – Tengger – Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia. The 800 square kilometres park is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country and consists of the the caldera of the ancient Tengger volcano and

Bali, Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Negara, pengambengan, website

Destination: Pengambengan harbor - West Bali

The body of a young lady, put to rest a month ago.

Culture: Bali Aga cemetery - Trunyan, Bali

Destination: Amed - East Bali

Bali, Batur, Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Kaleidoscope, Trunyan, brutuk, ceremony

Culture: Barong Brutuk - Trunyan, Bali

Culture: Kusamba Salt Makers - East Bali

Destination: Lake Tamblingan - Central Bali

Culture: Makepung - West Bali

Destination: Tanah Lot temple - South Bali

Culture: Ngaben: Mass Cremation

Destination: Jatiluwih rice fields - Central Bali

Bali, Culture, Indonesia, ceremony, tenganan

Destination: Tenganan Pegringsingan - East Bali

Bali, Bungaya, Culture, Indonesia, ceremony

Culture: Bungaya - East Bali

Culture: Ngusaba Puseh - East Selumbung, Bali

Destination: Pinggan - East Bali

Destination: Batur - East Bali

Destination: Nusa Lembongan - South Bali

Culture: Daratan - Selumbung, East Bali

Culture: Fire War - Nagi, Bali

Antiga, Bali, Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Kaleidoscope, Karangasem, ceremony

Culture: Temple ceremony - Antiga, East Bali

Bali, Cremation, Culture, Indonesia, muncan, ngaben

Culture: Cremation - Muncan, Bali

Culture: Mekare-kare - Tenganan, East Bali

Bali, Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Kaleidoscope, Karangasem, Timbrah, ceremony

Culture: Timbrah - East Bali

Culture: Yeh Poh - East Bali

Culture: Calonarang - Antiga, East Bali

Culture: Pura Samuan Tiga - Ubud, Bali

Bali, Culture, Indonesia, Jatiluwih, Nature, Rice, scarecrow

Culture: Jatiluwih scarecrows - Bali

Culture: Makepung Lampit - West Bali

Culture: Mask dance - East Bali

Bali, Bungaya, Culture, Indonesia, Travel, usaba dangsil

Culture: Usaba Dangsil - Bungaya, East Bali

Bali, Bungaya, Highlights, Indonesia, Kaleidoscope, Karangasem, ceremony, pendet

Culture: Pendet - Bungaya, East Bali

Culture: Usaba - Nyuhtebel, East Bali

Bali, Indonesia, Nyepi, Sanda, ogoh ogoh

Culture: Ogoh-Ogoh Parade - Sanda, Bali

Culture: Manda - BugBug, East Bali

Culture: Rejang - Tauka, East Bali

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Culture: Rejang - Tista, East Bali

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Culture: Rejang - Ngis, East Bali

Abianjero, Bali, Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Kaleidoscope, Karangasem, ManisKuningan, ceremony, rejang

Culture: Rejang - Abianjero, East Bali

Culture: Rejang - Tanah Aji, East Bali

Bali, Culture, Highlights, Indonesia, Kaleidoscope, Karangasem, ManisKuningan, TiyangTali, ceremony, rejang

Culture: Rejang - Tiying Tali, East Bali

Culture: Rejang - Sadimara, East Bali

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Culture: Temple Ceremonies - Sanda, Bali

Culture: Rejang - Basang Alas, East Bali

Culture: Tirta Empul Temple - Ubud

Culture: Rejang - Juuk Manis, East Bali

Culture: Bali Arts Festival - 2016

Photo Stories - Bali

Barong Brutuk - Trunyan, Bali

High up in the mountains of Northeast Bali, on the shore of lake Batur in the ancient Batur caldera lies Trunyan, one of three remaining traditional Bali Aga villages. The Bali Aga are the original Balinese and their culture pre-dates Hinduism, which came to Bali with the migration

Makepung Lampit - West Bali

Derived from the Balinese word kepung. Meaning ‘chase’, Makepung is a traditional Balinese water buffalo race, only held in Jembrana, in West Bali. “Lampit” is a traditional wooden plank that is pulled by a pair of water buffaloes, to flatten a wet rice field after it has been plowed and

Trunyan - Bali Aga village & cemetery

The Balinese mountain village of Trunyan can be found at the foot of the Gunung Abang mountain, at a remote and isolated location on the eastern shore of Lake Batur. The people from Trunyan are often referred to as Bali Aga (mountain Balinese), which refers to a conservative, pre-Hindu culture

Mask Dance - Bali

TAKSU is a unique Balinese concept meaning charisma, spiritual power and artistic inspiration needed to truly capture eyes, minds and hearts of the audience, both human and divine. Every artist in Bali strives for TAKSU. Mask dancer Ida Wayan Gotama, from the East

Mekare-kare - Tenganan, Bali

The ancient village of Tenganan Pegringsingan in East Bali is home to the Bali Aga, descendants of the original Balinese. The Bali Aga of Tenganan still follow their pre-Hindu rules and traditions and do not recognise casts like the Balinese Hindu do. They follow written rules inherited

Pura Samuan Tiga - Ubud, Bali

I was very fortunate to be able to attend a very rare large purification ceremony, Karya Agung Panca Wali Krama, at the Pura Samuan Tiga temple in Bedulu, near Ubud. This ceremony was last held about 20 years ago and preparations had started more than 6 months ago.

Makepung - bull race in West Bali

West Bali is famous for its thrilling water buffalo races, known as Makepung, introduced by Madurese migrants to celebrate the end of the rice harvest. The competitive races take place outside Negara in the regency of Jembrana, on make-shift circuits laid out on dry dirt tracks in

Destination: Tana Toraja - South Sulawesi

Culture, Indonesia, Lo'Ko Mata, Ma'nene', Toraja

Culture: Ma'nene' - Tana Toraja

Destination: Lo'ko Mata - Tana Toraja

Culture: Rambu Solo - Tana Toraja

Destination: Londa - Tana Toraja

Destination: Ke'te Kesu' - Tana Toraja

Destination: Lemo - Tana Toraja

Culture: Sisemba - Tana Toraja

Kalimantan

Destination: Tumbang Manggu - Central Kalimantan

Destination: Tanjung Puting National Park

Culture, Dayak, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Tiwah, Tumbang Manggu

Culture: Tiwah - Dayak Ngaju Funeral Ritual

Photo Stories - Kalimantan

Tiwah - A Dayak's journey to Heaven

In May 2016 I was very fortunate to be able to attend a traditional Dayak Tiwah ceremony, in the small village of Tumbang Manggu, far upstream along the Katingan River in Central Kalimantan. We were guests of one of the village's Dayak elders, a famous player of the Sape, a traditional Dayak…

Destination: Wae Rebo - West Flores

Destination: Ruteng - Central Flores

Destination: Wuring - East Flores

Destination: Kelimutu - East Flores

Destination: Bajawa - Central Flores

Destination: Komodo - West Flores

Destination: Bena - Ngada, Central Flores

Destination: Wolotopo - Ende, Central Flores

Destination: Belaraghi - Ngada, Central Flores

Destination: Gurusina - Bajawa, Central Flores

Culture: Caci: whip fighting - Manggarai, West Flores

Photo Stories - Flores

Caci - Whip fighting on Flores

Caci is a ritual whip fight and a major element of the Manggarai cultural identity in the western part of the island of Flores. Caci is played out by two men, with one in the role of aggressor and the other one in the role of defender. Caci equipment, consisting of a whip, a shield, masks,

Bajawa - Flores

The Ngada Regency in central Flores might be one of Indonesia’s poorest regions, but culturally it is certainly one of its richest. The green valleys of Ngada are dotted with traditional villages with unique megalithic stone structures, against the backdrop of the towering Inerie volcano.

Flores - overland

Sumba

Destination: Sumba

Culture: Pasola - West Sumba

Destination: Wainyapu - West Sumba

Culture: Nyale - Wainyapu, West Sumba

Photo Stories - Sumba

Royal Funeral - Sumba

In October 2015 I was fortunate and privileged to be able to attend a royal funeral in the traditional East Sumba village of Praiyawang, 70 kilometer east of Waingapu, Sumba’s largest city. The island of Sumba, in eastern Indonesia, is one of a few places in the world where megalithic

Sumba

Sumba is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in eastern Indonesia. To the northwest of Sumba is the island of Sumbawa, to the northeast Flores and to the east is Timor. To the south, across part of the Indian Ocean, is Australia. The largest town on the island is the…