Waiting for the man behind online store kemana.com – Indonesia’s version of Amazon.com – to come out and greet me, I sit and flip through the website’s press release for the third time, not wanting to sound like an airhead during the Q&A...more

Designed by Cheong Yew Kuan, the estate is a vast wellness compound swathed in all of nature’s elements. Located on hilly and grassy terrain, surrounded by the holy Ayung River, the energy of the property really resonates the moment you step foot on the grounds of the estate...more

The first step to an awesome Java adventure is getting to Java in the first place. Thankfully, this just might actually be the easiest leg of a modest journey. The beginning of our trip is marked by an early morning arrival at the central bus station known as Terminal Ubung. A little windowed booth in the middle of the station is staffed by uniformed employees who can direct passengers to one of the many buses loitering in the station...more

My earliest memory is of my mother reading to me. She was reading a book that showed a picture of a man on a camel in Egypt. I told her that one day, I too would visit the Egyptian pyramids and ride a camel, and I did.”...more

I was still teary-eyed from the freshly prepared sambel embe – handmade in front of me on an elegant Jenggala-made rectangular mortar – I had greedily consumed just moments before when the food tray came. “Here comes the duck,” I thought. To be honest, I wasn’t excited in the beginning...more

breathing underwater isn’t as easy as it looks. however, while there are indeed a lot of things to master before you are allowed to dive in open waters, the view of what lies beneath is worth all of the hard work ...more