Travel Reads > Indonesia
• Bali is not “ruined”. It’s not the same as it was a decade ago, and nor should it be. [Lilarwrites]
“Notes from three years in, inspired by Nyepi.”
• The ‘big durian’: one day in Jakarta, the world’s largest city [The Guardian]
“The UN has officially designated Jakarta the world’s largest city, home to 42 million. We explore a day in the life of the ‘big durian’.”
• A land before time [Scott Monaco]
“Among dragons and drifting reefs, control is an illusion.”
• Kindness of strangers: stranded on a tiny Indonesian island, a local took us under her wing [The Guardian]
• Discovering Cempedak Island – and an antidote to city life [Eastside]
• I’ve been traveling to Bali for 40 years. This is how it’s changed for better and worse [Adventure]
• Is Lombok the new Bali? Some think so – but not everyone’s impressed (archive) [BBC]
• How a century of tourism shaped the Bali we know today [Travel + Leisure]
“A designer and author traces the lines between memory and marketing, place and performance behind tour beloved Bali.”
• An orangutan sanctuary in Borneo is giving the endangered primates a second chance, just when they need it most [Smithsonian Magazine]
• Raja Ampat: is it really as good as people say it is? (Spoiler: yes it is) [Dive Happy]
“This time around on the Very Long List Of Asia’s Best Scuba Diving is one of the biggies, a place that’s been constantly hyped as The World’s Best Diving over the last 20 years: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat.”
