Penglipuran Village... This small village in central Bali is renowned for maintaining its culture and traditions, plus being very well-kept. And a casual visit certainly does impress - but there is much more to the story than the superficial one of … [Read more...]
Photographing Larung Gar in Sêrtar
Photographing Larung Gar... I must be upfront and say that I really had no idea of what Larung Gar was, or how to get there. What I did have was an invite from my friend (still is) and colleague (no longer...) Jun Quan. Jun and I had worked … [Read more...]
The Baliem Valley Festival
The Baliem Valley Festival was my quick and dirty way to finally (figuratively at least...) put my toe in the water of this remote, eastern part West Papua province. Which is after all a troubled area of Indonesia and not the easiest place to get … [Read more...]
Tibetan Sky Burial
Tibetan Sky Burial... My Chinese friend Jun Quan and I had traveled through the Amdo area of the Tibetan Plateau. Arriving in the north-east of Sichuan Province on the border with Gansu Province at the town of Langmusi. We wanted to visit the two … [Read more...]
Pampang Dayak Village in Kalimantan
The Dayaks of Borneo are the original, non-Muslim, indigenous people of this huge island – the third largest in the world. Traditionally they lived in the dense rainforest areas along the upper reaches of the big rivers of Borneo, in small … [Read more...]
Hanuabada Stilt Village in Port Moresby
Hanuabada Stilt Village... Stilt houses, or pile dwellings as they are sometimes called, used to be very common in PNG's capital Port Moresby. But times have changed and today there are only two stilt villages left - Hanuabada on the north-west … [Read more...]
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