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We ate lunch at this headman's house, then he took us out in his dug-out. The village got swept away by a tsunami a few years later ... his village was right on the shore ... by: simon_monk Views[371]

Exploring a volcanic island by motorbike

INDONESIA | Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 | Views [215] | Comments [1] | Video

In our younger days one of the great joys of travel was to just wander, to have no real plan except to get lost and see what eventuated. Sometimes it really didn't work and we'd end up in some tricky situations, more often than not it was a pleasing ... Read more >

Tags: bali, volcano, island, beauty

The other Bali

INDONESIA | Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [703]

Ah, Bali. Tropical, friendly, easy, stunningly beautiful, lush, and interesting, somehow even the crass commercialism of Kuta doesn't dirty the experience. The Balinese know only too well how to alter their environment to best effect, turning the smallest ... Read more >

Tags: bali, gods, island, culture, magic, terrorism, fear, travel with children

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