The Three Best Places to Dive Ethically with Sharks This guest post comes to us from Casper Ohm, editor-in-chief at Water-Pollution.org.uk, who is writing to raise awareness of the alarming levels of water pollution in our planet’s oceans. What is Ethical Shark Diving? With the impacts of climate change being felt all over the world, …
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The Benefits of a Homestay while Traveling The following is a guest post from Street & Documentary Photographer, Sebastian Jacobitz, who blogs at Streetbounty. There are many different accommodation options during your travels. From classic hotels to modern alternatives like Couchsurfing or Airbnb. While hotels try to offer some sort of quality standard, they are also often the …
This week’s photo of the week comes to us from Austin Mullen. Minnesota raised, Austin spent the last seven years in Colorado searching for something more. Five months ago he sold everything he owned except for a backpack full of clothes, his camera gear, and his car. He plans to live on the road as long as …
West Timor Travel Official name: West Timor, or Nusa Tenggara Timur Location: West Timor is part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara, situated eat of Java and north of Australia. Noteworthy facts: West Timor shares the island of Timor with independent East Timor (Timor Leste). Up until a few generations ago, headhunting was …
Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any nation on earth. Perhaps not surprising considering it finds itself being pushed and pulled at the whim of four tectonic plates. Journeys to the country reveal a land overseen by these giants, looming over the impossibly luminescent greens of rice paddies and jungle, a beautiful yet ominous …
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Located in the center of weird-shaped Sulawesi island of Indonesia, Tanah Toraja is a land almost lost in time: with lush rice terraces, imposing limestone cliffs, and ancient burial sites. Lemo is probably the most impressive cliff burial site of Tanah Toraja. Lemo is a small village where the rock face of a cliff is …
It’s often said of Kuta that it isn’t the real Bali. My only response to this is that it felt quite real to me and, unless there’s been a gaping error with the maps, I’m pretty sure that it is in Bali. Of course, I’m being facetious but only so as to play devil’s …
6 Great Reasons to Visit Indonesia on your Next Big Trip Orangutans I can’t get enough of the orangutan. I traveled to Malaysia two years ago to see them. This year I went to Indonesia. Visiting the orangutan is accessible through Tanjung Puting National Park in central Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. After a …
I snapped this photo on the way into the Taman Sari, or Water Castle, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The driver was just standing there and I took an interest in his good-looking cycle rickshaw, or becak, as it’s known in Indonesian. Without me even asking, he was happy to jump in and pose for the photo. …
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The Fascinating Komodo Dragon The Komodo dragon is the largest species of lizard on earth. It can grow up to 3 meters long and weigh 70 kilos (150 lbs). The Komodo has a ferocious bite; complete with serrated teeth and toxic saliva. They have attacked and killed humans. They are only found on four islands of …
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