Over the past few weeks, we’ve grown accustomed to the quiet anchorages and rural villages in the undeveloped parts of Indonesia that few people ever think about, let alone visit. From our new position here on Gili Trawanga, one of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Pulau Bungin, Sumbawa, Indonesia
It’s not easy to imagine a city without land – go ahead and try. Yet that’s exactly what we’ve stumbled across here in Bungin, a small fishing village on the north coast of Sumbawa. Instead of land, Bungin has just … Continue reading
Komodo Island, Indonesia
Komodo is one of those places that almost everybody’s heard about but almost nobody’s been to. It does make sense when you think about it, given that the island’s fame comes from its large population of giant man-eating lizards, a … Continue reading
Maumere, Flores, Indonesia
With its population of 270 million, Indonesia has more people than all but four of the world’s nation states. That factoid is an easy one to forget when you’re sailing here, partially because there are more than 17,000 islands in … Continue reading
Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia
Asia at last. And such a huge cultural change that it’s difficult to believe we were in Australia just 500 miles ago. Here in Kupang we’ve found all the obvious signs we’ve arrived back in the developing world: wooden outrigger … Continue reading