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Lebaran in Yogya (3)
After a little more encouragement, he clambered across the gongs and, with a wink and a wry smile, found a space beside one of the large drums. Rubbing his hands…
Lebaran in Yogya (2)
Idul Fitri. Morning dawned bright and clear. The village stirred and the family was up as usual with the sunrise. The yard was swept clean, the house tidied, water was…
Lebaran in Yogya (1)
I arrived with my family in Yogyakarta for the annual pilgrimage on the last day of the fasting month - my wife, Sopan, and two scruffy little boys: Rory and…
In Love With the Pinisi
I had already fallen in love with the pinisi when first I laid eyes on her on the coast of East Kalimantan on the other side of this wide, green…
Orangutan Encounters (2): Central Kalimantan
Between them, Indonesia and Malaysia produce around ninety percent of the world’s palm oil. The product is used in food stuffs, soap, detergents, cosmetics, paints, lubricants and bio-fuel. Now you…
Orangutan Encounters (1): East Kalimantan
Hornbills flew overhead, their great wings thumping the moist air. I once saw a sun-bird the size of a fingernail and wood-eating bees the size of a thumb. A three…
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