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.
Balikpapan
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.
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 …