I have seen so much in this wonderful world. Toraja is a place that is not only truly unique, but also deeply impressed and touched me. The Tana Toraja area is located in Sulawesi/Indonesia and is particularly known for its traditions and rituals surrounding death. For the people here, it is not life that is … Read more
Ijen This time I booked a tour. Not my cup of tea, but for the equivalent of 42 euros I got transport, an overnight stay and a guide up to Ijen. Not exclusively, of course, but with a few other tourists, but for the price I accepted. 12 hours of bus ride later, I had … Read more
Now the time for traveling begins. In fact, I haven’t done that for a long time. Just get on the bus and travel from one highlight to the next sight, as I did every year for 16 years. I had a good 2.5 weeks to do this before my visa expired, which unfortunately could not … Read more
After 36 hours, my life started all over again. There I was at the airport in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Everything, really everything, is foreign. The environment, the climate, the people, the language, the currency and the rules. Of course, especially at the airport, many things work the same everywhere. Queuing at the immigration desk, collecting … Read more