Unveil Hundreds of Smiles With Simple Words (3)
11/08/10 •
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If not for an accidental business opportunity, I might not have ever discovered Indonesia. I accepted a writing assignment in 1994 that took me to Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Bali. What was supposed to be a two-week trip became four [...]
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Indonesia Has Many Active Volcanoes (2)
11/01/10 •
Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any other country on earth. It has more than 400 volcanoes, including 128 active ones.
Most Foreigners Don’t Learn to Pronounce Indonesian Vowels (1)
6/01/10 •
A critical building block to speaking proper and effective Indonesian is to master the vowels.
Travel To The Beautiful Indonesian Islands (19)
6/30/09 •
With more than 17,500 islands, Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), and Papua (Indonesian New Guinea) account for about 90 percent of Indonesia’s land. Indonesia has more coral reefs than any country in the world. The islands rise from the deepest points of the oceans to the [...]
Have You Ever Seen A Sumatran Tiger? (5)
6/21/09 •
Most visitors to Indonesia hope to see the Sumatran tiger. However, this beautiful animal rarely shows itself. Unfortunately, human development has already pushed two other tiger species in Indonesia into extinction. The Javan tiger was declared extinct in 1994 and the Balinese tiger was last seen several decades before that. Fewer than five hundred Sumatran [...]
The Island Of New Guinea Is Like A Lost World (0)
5/24/09 •
Papua (Western New Guinea) New Guinea is the second-largest island in the world, and it stretches from warm equatorial sands to icy glacial peaks. Indonesia shares the island with the country of Papua New Guinea, which controls the eastern half of the island. Papua (PAH-poo-AH) features abundant natural resources, including the second-largest tract of rainforest [...]
Java, The Heart Of Indonesia (0)
5/17/09 •
In many ways, Java (JAH-vah) is the heart of Indonesia. It is the historical center of Buddhist and Hindu culture and home to the nation’s sprawling capital city, Jakarta. With more than 100 million people, Java (locals say JAH-wah) is the most populated island in the world. It is the thirteenth largest island on earth [...]
Indonesia’s Beautiful Temples (4)
4/24/09 •
Almost 90 percent of Indonesia’s population practices Islam, with Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism making up the remaining 10 percent. Hinduism thrives on Bali, and Christianity has a significant presence on Flores, Timor, Sulawesi, and other islands. Indonesia’s religious history created a trail of beautiful temples in its wake, most of which are found on the [...]
The Komodo Dragon (2)
4/02/09 •
There are only about three to five thousand Komodo dragons alive in the wild, and they are limited to a few volcanic islands in Indonesia. The island of Komodo is now a nature reserve where the dragon is protected. The dragon is a large and deadly monitor lizard with close ancestors that date back more [...]
Beautiful White Sandy Beaches In Lombok (2)
3/21/09 •
Lombok (LOHM-bohk) is often compared to Bali. The neighboring islands have many similarities and many differences. They are only about twenty miles apart. Both islands have Hindu and Muslim influences, but in opposite proportions. Both islands have beautiful highlands and white sandy beaches, but Lombok is quieter and dryer than Bali for the most part. [...]
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