Monthly Archive: September 2010

Sun-drying cloves on blue tarpaulin by the roadside. Pulau Ternate, Maluku, Indonesia.

Harvest Time in the Spice Islands

Ever wondered where cloves come from? Well. They come from many places now. But in the beginning, they came only from the Moluccas, the mysterious...

bunch of plastic pink and white flowers

Who You Gonna Call?

The following episode takes place between 9am and 10am on the day we were hoping to leave Manado. INT: A surprisingly posh hotel room. Z...

scarlet hibiscus covered in dew, pulau kadidiri, indonesia

#theglamoroftravel

It was on the golden sands of Pulau Kadidiri, in the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia, as a wave of what I would dearly like to...

little girls in marching band, Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

A Fistful of Dollars

Our favoured local, back in Rantepao in the Tana Toraja, was the hangout of the local Guides Association, a Teamsteresque conglomerate of the most amiable...

Maiting River swirls around dark rocks in gorge. Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Rafting the Maiting River

We spent our last day in the Tana Toraja whitewater rafting. An activity, which in the mind of the child, now forms a kind of...