Destination: Indonesia

Photos: Jogjakarta

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By globegoblin | Photo Gallery

Writing Poem in the Top of Merapi Mountain

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By wonderer | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry

When we write, that is not only described but we capture the image and moment then we put it up to the words. It can be note, fiction or poem. We have eternalized our moment to the "mini world". And we can visit it every time like when I read my poem ... Read more >

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Jogjakarta, The Goddess of Artistic Land

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By globegoblin | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry

So, i called this little town, part of Java Island, The Goddess of Artistic Land. Sound extravagant, isn't it? Well i don't have any more bad phrase to describe this place. Actually many people around the globe always noticing Bali as Heaven of Indonesia ... Read more >

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I conquered a sleeping beauty

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By helenreaddy | Views [932] | Scholarship Entry

“Take a torch”. The skinny boy was our guide and looked no older than 14. Shivering, I claimed a torch from his out reached bony hand. Icy cold air surrounded us relentlessly nipping at our exposed and vulnerable hands and faces while the depths of the ... Read more >

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Adventure to Kangean Island

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By pampam | Views [3046] | Scholarship Entry

Begins with reading the tweet from one of traveler on the twitter who review the best ten snorkeling spot in Indonesia, I know Kangean island is the third best snorkeling spot in Indonesia (from his point of view). only lost from the island of Wakatobi ... Read more >

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Searching for Similarity

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By kimberleyseelochan | Views [125] | Scholarship Entry

I followed a group of teenaged Indonesian girls through the streets of Kuta Beach, Bali. They led me through filthy alleyways, haunted by young men selling drugs. Next to these men, barefooted toddlers played blissfully in the potholes and puddles. Bali ... Read more >

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The Passenger Train

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By isabellatharcer | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry

Twelve hours inside a dysfunction air-conditioned train on the way to Jakarta wasn't exactly what I had in mind. But the image of those scenic outside the window pushed me. As it passed by the railway crossing, I saw a father and his young son on the ... Read more >

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Soul Searching

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By abbie_obrien | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry

Grandiose skyscrapers cascade into the slouch of shabby tenements below. Chrome and gloss melt into dirt and tarpaulin. Never had I seen such sharp juxtaposition. Jakarta, a sprawling metropolis of ten million people. Notorious for gridlocked traffic, ... Read more >

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It Dawned on Me.

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By kaylaanncol | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry

My entire body is trembling; my legs, my arms, and especially my heart. I’m in pain shivering from the knife sharp wind but all the while, smiling - the dawn is finally about to break. Not even 30 minutes into the ascent at midnight on Mt. Merapi and ... Read more >

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I wonder where is "Civilization" really exist?

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By ojanrajawali | Views [568] | Scholarship Entry

There she was, sitting on the brown dotted stone with two little boys. Down the stone salt water from Karimata strait plays smooth wave. Nadine that’s the way she called. For Indonesian people this name would sounds like pretty and elegant woman, Nadine ... Read more >

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An Ex History - A New Story - A ctions

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By adventuraction | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry

My story was started when I and my supervisor decided to take Eks Pelabuhan Buleleng (EBP) as my object for my final project. My project is about solid waste management in EBP Beach. I think a good place have to has a good quality in cleanliness. For ... Read more >

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Running Across the Ocean

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By andreacnapoli | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry

Soles from the other side of the world drum against the pavement beating onwards towards the impending yellow line. Having been sent away after only a few uses, ten pairs of running shoes now embrace the feet of ten Tenggerese teenagers. Decades ago ... Read more >

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RED

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By larasgee | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry

I was sitting at the back of our car, sulking. My mother braided my hair with a nice hairpin. My sister seemed lost and not understood a thing. I was ten. It was already dark; stars could be seen, no moon, and the chilly air at night crushed my face ... Read more >

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It ends up I want to keep coming back to Bali.

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By lifewanderer | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry

Indonesia is the largest archipelago consisting over 10,000 islands. 75% of its region is the sea, making us easy to find beautiful beaches to always proud about. One of our greatest beaches is none other than the most glorious Kuta Beach, Bali. According ... Read more >

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A Private Space Named 'Hawu'

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By mlakumlaku | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry

A marriage signifies a transition period for anyone, including Badui Dalam youngsters. Those who used to sleep in the open part in their childhood and teenhood, now get the right to live in hawu, the only private room in the traditional house of Badui ... Read more >

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