The dragons here are characteristic of Asia and are distinctly different from their European cousins. Asian snakes are giant snakes, equipped with characteristic mouths that radiate cruelty and wisdom of the ages
Singapore
Indonesia
A city of unfulfilled dreams
Very old truck It’s already hot when the sun peeks above the horizon. We jump on the back of a rickety truck, the driver closes …
Banjarmasin, Asian Venice
The hotel building seems crooked. You know that feeling, hard to identify, that something is wrong? It accompanies me all the time.
Balikpapan
Along the way, stop at one of the numerous crocodile farms. Remember, they don’t like to be petted. Also watch out for elephants, the local ones have a permanent blues.
Tana Toraja, part 2.
Cliffs The residents of Tana Toraja do not bury coffins underground. After the funeral ceremony, they bury their loved ones much higher, in the mountains. …
Tana Toraja, part 1.
Farewell The funeral in Tana Toraja is a very important ceremony, as interesting as the previously described Indian Varanasi. As a ceremony symbolizing farewell to …
Bromo
The awareness that the crack at the bottom of the crater, from which the gray smoke is emitted, reaches the Earth’s mantle creates an atmosphere of mystery. If you, dear reader, have read Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, you know what I mean.