Category Snapshot in time

Batuputih: The Limestone Quarries of Madura

Our correspondent shields their eyes from the glare of Madura's distinct mining operations.

Our correspondent traces the tracks to Semarang and discovers a pivotal cog in Central Java's rail history.

Our correspondent washes up on Maluku's Pulau Saparua and catches two glimpses: one endearing, the other disturbing.

Our correspondent gazes in wonderment at an unexpectedly eye-catching Kalimantan masjid.

Our correspondent descends to the netherworld as the Ijen Crater, Java's acidic crater lake, ensnares yet another victim.

Our correspondent witnesses the profound reach of folklore in Flores.

Our correspondent channels who-knows-what as the spirits of Thailand's former capital make themselves known.

Our correspondent, in search of Africa's outliers, absorbs the historic colonial past of Mozambique Island.

Our correspondent materialises in another realm, where the heat is so intense as to defy conception. That'll be Ethiopia, then.

Our correspondent heads for Tanzania's Usmabara Mountains, only to encounter an elemental kind of atmosphere.