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Tana Toraja: South Sulawesi

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:22:11 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

Let’s get this out of the way first: Tana Toraja is not a suitable holiday destination for any of the following: committed vegetarians, animal rights activists, or anyone with a pressing sense of their own mortality. But if you like your meat, don’t get squeamish at the sight of trussed-up pigs on their way to [...]


Greenpeace Camp in Monas Park: Jakarta, West Java

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:59:42 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

Greenpeace launched the Forest Defenders Camp Satellite Station (FDCSS) at Monas Park in Jakarta yesterday. The FDCSS will showcase the beauty and destruction of the pristine rain forests of Indonesia, highlighting their impacts on biodiversity and climate in an exhibit of photos, cultural performances, lectures and short films. The event will disseminate information compiled by [...]


Safe Viewing at Anak Krakatau: West Java

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:46:41 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center believe the status of Mount Anak Krakatau, located in the Sunda Strait between Banten and Lampung, is still within a safe limit to observe from a distance of three kilometers. Head of the center’s volcano observation division, Agus Budiarto, said material from Anak Krakatau’s eruptions had begun to [...]



Padang Bai Beach Development: East Bali

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:24:13 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

The beautifying of Padang Bai’s front beach on Bali’s central east coast has improved the area no end. Gone are the Rasta shacks and edge of water warung ready to flop into the blue seas like fish just caught; along with kitchen waste and sewerage. Today the front beach is instead awash with the colors of [...]


Purbalingga Reptile and Insect Park: Kutasari, Central Java

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:15:41 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

Thousands of dried beetles and butterflies are arranged neatly in glass cases. There are also various kinds of dried grasshoppers and scorpions that have been placed artistically on shelves. Information about the insects is provided but visitors who want to know more can always ask the guides who will be only too happy to help. [...]


Soothsayers Sought to Predict Eruption: Mount Kelud, East Java

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:23:24 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

With volcanologists apparently unable to determine the exact day Mount Kelud will erupt, villagers in the area have turned to local mystics and soothsayers for their opinions. While their predictions have been varied, they do all seem to agree on one thing: The mountain will erupt in the next seven days. An elder of Sugihwaras [...]


Becoming a ?Greener? Traveler

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:43:54 +0000 | Indonesia Logue

Next month much world attention will focus on Bali as representatives of national governments from around the world gather there for a climate-change summit which, it can only be hoped, will result in substantive new treaties (that will also be implemented) to address the increasing woes the world is facing from changes occurring to our [...]


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