Alun-Alun: The Centre of Community in Indonesia

Our correspondent charts a journey around the many squares that punctuate Indonesia and attempts to unravel their importance.
[In]Expert Travel Insight
[In]Expert Travel Insight

Our correspondent charts a journey around the many squares that punctuate Indonesia and attempts to unravel their importance.

Our correspondent compiles other locales for visitors to forget themselves for a while.

Our correspondent, having so recently found the perfect calm spot, examines a few similar locations for travellers to rest their weary bones and brains.

Our correspondent, lost in the swirl, continues compiling out-of-the-way spots for a reflective traveller to consider.

Our correspondent shares an animalistic take on the naming of East Java's capital city.

Our correspondent uncovers the memory of something sinister in Semarang.

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Our correspondent observes the fishing platforms that silently dot Indonesia's waters.

Our correspondent learns more about Cambodia: in this case, how to make oneself understood.

One of the lesser-heralded joys of visiting Indonesia is that of simply exploring without purpose, as evidenced by traipsing around this selection of treasure chests.