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 …
Tana Toraja, part 1.
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.
Jakarta
Indonesia is a Muslim country where religion is treated in a fundamentalist way. Few people know, but here candidates for the parliament take a compulsory …
Bombay
Bombay I don’t like this term, but…. It can’t be otherwise. Mumbai (or rather Mumbai) is a city of contrasts. And you can’t compare it …
Aurangabad
The city of Aurangabad would not be worth describing if it were not for the “Poor man’s Taj Mahal” (Poor Man’s Mahal) and Ellora and …
Jodhpur
The city of Jodhpur stretches between two landmark structures. Built in the fifteenth century, a fortress and the twentieth century palace of the maharaja, the …
Bikaner
Rats A long time ago, a rat plague appeared in the Indian town of Bikaner. Since in India they appear even at airports, it is …