Destination: Indonesia

Whiplash

Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2641]

I was really looking forward to scuba diving in Bali. Not long after I arrived, I signed up for a dive with a local company, who promised to take me out to a dive location in a new speed boat. They had just renovated the boat but had not yet installed ... Read more >

Tags: bali, claim, diving, hospitals & health, indonesia, medical, scuba, true claim stories, world nomads

Celebrating Local Values in "5 Mountains Festival"

Tue, 16 Sep 2014 | By tranquillity | Views [1741] | Video | Scholarship Entry

The video we submit here is another collaborative project between me (Zaki Habibi) and M Iskandar Tri Gunawan who have been collaborating since 2010. Gunawan is very enthusiastic about filmmaking, while I am passionate about photography, writing, and ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Mount Rinjani, Lombok - The day before

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 | By hotnoodle | Views [1255]

I am sitting in a guesthouse in Senaru, on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. The room is spartan. The only furniture is the double bed which I'm sharing tonight with Madeleine. The floor is tiled. The roof is high. There are ventilation holes above the ... Read more >

Understanding a Culture through Food - A Traditional Food of Indonesia

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By | Views [1062] | Scholarship Entry

There are some countries for which the project of becoming more established in nationhood can be read through food. In Israel, for example, you see shirts, postcards, dedicated to promoting the falafel as the national food. The Arabs, of course, say that's ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Sat, 22 Aug 2015 | By adventurers | Views [814]

Dave and i met a young German couple and travelled with them all day yesterday in a mini van with a driver.  We saw the traditional burial sites of the Torajan people who are laid to rest inside caves and carved out rocks.  We stood beside ... Read more >

Tags: burial, cemetery, dead, indonesia. south sulawesi, sulawesi, tana toraja

Just Like a Term Paper

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 | By seesea | Views [814]

Real researchers spend a month in the field and the rest of the year analyzing their data and preparing their papers.   We had only three days at TNC headquarters to massage information that took three weeks to collect.   Luckily we don’t have to ... Read more >

Indonesia

Sat, 12 May 2007 | By winmar | Views [731]

The beauty of flying into Bandung for the first time was that we were able to get off the plane and go straight to Wenny’s family’s house, which is not far at all from the airport. Flying into Jakarta involves getting a bus for an hour, a train ... Read more >

Tags: family

here in bali!

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 | By courtneyjane411 | Views [606]

hey everyone...   so i did make it to bali after 21 hours, which were surprisingly not grueling. my 2 stereotypes about the balinese were immediatley confirmed - first, they are the kindest people ever; second, they have strict rules but are more than ... Read more >

The Colour of Mourning

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry

Although it is a funeral and the village elders are singing with thin, high voices full of aching and mourning, the Balinese’s “upacara ngaben” celebrates the life of the deceased. The cremation tower that is waiting outside the house is covered in coloured ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

going europe without fee

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

actually i never going abroad. i am from south-Sulawesi, in the small region called Takalar. when i was in junior high school, i have a dream college in Yogyakarta University. i have fallen love to Yogyakarta, i just see from the television. when i was ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Catching a Moment - A Day in Life

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 | By | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry

In my recent travel, I was hurried for final test. I had to leave Paris; after 47 hours and a little part of me still believe that I’m supposed to be a Parisian. I took the earliest train to Amsterdam, and still got 4 hours free time in Schiphol. Encountered ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Photos: Bali

Mon, 25 Dec 2017 | By danidawnandstevo | Photo Gallery

Photos: My Big Adventure

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 | By nilam_1988 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Jogjakarta

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 | By maartika | Photo Gallery

Photos: Bali life

Tue, 2 Oct 2012 | By tiinakokki | Photo Gallery