8 months ago, after my controversial column about Bali, I received some very nice emails from you guys. Thanks a lot. Some others were pleasant too, like, “Sebastien Laurent, you are a f***ing French bastard!” or, “Sebastien Laurent, don’t even try to land in Bali if you want to stay alive!” One email was a [...]

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What makes a great Monday morning? Sleeping in? Not wearing any clothes until lunch? How about summiting one of the world’s most active volcanoes via a treacherous three-hour trek through dense jungle at night with only a torch as your eyes, followed by a one-kilometre climb at a 70-degree angle atop loose rocks? If you [...]

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Halo Mie Cornoedus! The photographer cum entrepreneur who is passionate about sustainable tourism and the empowerment of women in Jogjakarta.   You’re quite the influential woman – tell us how you began your journey in Jogjakarta. I came to Jogja in 1995 with a very concrete goal of setting up ViaVia. I had travelled for [...]

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Hi Jeremy Allan! The Canadian writer who lives in a bungalow in the village of Penting Sari, Jogja.   Canada is a long way away from Indonesia – why have you decided to make this archipelago your home? I was taking advantage of the airline price war in the late 70s to travel around the [...]

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