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May 26, 2010 •
Banda Aceh, Reporting Trips •
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by Angie We wanted our last day in Aceh to be an adventurous one, so on Sunday we booked a ride into the Indonesian jungle an hour from Banda Aceh. Our guides were a Dutch expat named Mendel and his posse of five former fighters from the...
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May 25, 2010 •
Bali, Photos, Reporting Trips •
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by Erin Among the over 17,000 islands in Indonesia, Bali has a truly singular culture. Over 93% of the population is Balinese Hindu, a strain of Hinduism quite distinct from Indian Hinduism. Balinese Hinduism is a syncretism of traditional...
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May 25, 2010 •
Banda Aceh, Reporting Trips •
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by Catherine Like Bali, Banda Aceh has a distinct personality that you can grasp far quicker than you can Jakarta’s. The similarities end there, however. A professor from the Islamic University, where we visited Thursday, said it...
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May 25, 2010 •
Reporting Trips •
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After reuniting in Jakarta, the Globalist is now in various stages of transit back to the US, to other parts of Indonesia, and to other parts of the world for the rest of our summers. Internet was hard to come by in Banda Aceh and several...
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May 24, 2010 •
Bali, Photos, Reporting Trips •
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May 23, 2010 •
Bali, Reporting Trips •
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by Tonia I came to Indonesia to find out something about the economy. To all appearances, Indonesia is an economic success story: in the 13 years since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, it has experienced remarkable success and growth. But...
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May 23, 2010 •
Reporting Trips •
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