Indonesia Articles
Below is a selection of articles from Indonesia.
A Weird Kind of Rash and One Hell of a Big Temple
We arrived in the Borobudur car park just a little past dawn. The market crowd was still setting up. The all too familiar smell of Nasi Goering filled the air. "You want film? You want film?" a young Javanese boy repeated as he tugged at the camera in my hand. As a matter of fact I did, it was just the early morning harassment I could do without. We bartered down to a price of roughly double what I would have paid in Jogja. He held the upper hand. I grabbed a black coffee and set off up the hill.
Kuta Cowboys and the Search for Misheard Lyrics
Indonesia is a fair clump of real estate in anybody's terms. Not in the sense of one gigantic landmass such as China or Australia but more like a colossal, spilt bag of Twisties. It consists of some thirteen thousand, seven hundred islands and occupies an area of roughly 1.9 million square kilometres - that's 62 Belguims, about six and a half Italys or almost 15 Englands for those who require a little perspective.
Nasi Goering for Breakfast and Rats the Size of Footballs
After a night in front of Indonesian television game shows I realised just how lucky I was to be Australian. Despite still feeling a little off colour I was now in the right frame of mind to tackle anything Eastern Java could throw at me. Anything that is, but Nasi Goering for breakfast.
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