Indonesia – Sumatra, Aceh – Searching for a Needle In a Haystack

What is the smallest commercial plane you’ve ever been on? I have been on quite a few small planes in my day, but when it

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Indonesia – Time For a Boat Trip! – Bangkaru & Babi

Indonesia is an island nation most famous among international tourists for the beautiful paradise that is the island of Bali. But let me tell you,

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Nimbokrang – West Papua – Chasing Dinosaurs

On our flight over to Nimbokrang after the Arfak Mountains, Stephan and Ross prepped Claudia and myself by basically saying how miserable Nimbokrang would be.

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Buru – Indonesia – Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Buru Hantu

We have learned that there is always a look of enlightenment that occurs after we say the words buru hantu, Indonesian for owl. When people

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Kai Islands (Kecil & Besar) – Indonesia – What the Fako?

Our visit to the Kai Islands was certainly one for the books. When Google Maps and Maps.me both showed the small town of Fako in

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East Java – Indonesia – Would You Like Chips With Your Dip?

Java is the most populated of the islands in the Indonesian archipelago, not surprising since the capitol of Jakarta is located there. The original itinerary

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Alor – Indonesia – Alluring Alor

Alor. Allure. Two words that sound the same and in all honesty, probably don’t have all that different meanings. Alor is a pretty alluring place

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Timor – Indonesia – Lots of Birds, Not a lot of Pictures

Ross and I skipped over to the island of Timor a little ahead of schedule. (Because as you may have heard, everything went right on

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