‘Veiled female ISIS terrorist’ is shot during gunfight in Indonesia’s national police headquarters 

Veiled ‘female ISIS terrorist’ is shot dead during gunfight in Indonesia’s police headquarters days after newlywed fanatics blew themselves up in cathedral suicide attack A woman wearing a blue veil has been shot by police in Jakarta, Indonesia today Police said the woman believed in Islamic State ideology and was a ‘lone wolf’ She had … Read more

Strong quake in Indonesia’s Sulawesi kills at least 7 and injures hundreds

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake kills at least seven and injures hundreds as it topples buildings and triggers landslides on Indonesian island of Sulawesi A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesia island of Sulawesi today At least seven people have been killed and hundreds left injured by the tremor Rescuers were searching through rubble of collapsed building … Read more

A review of Indonesia’s Bawah Reserve hotel in the South China Sea

Rain hammers down on the tin roof and the tiny ten-seater seaplane rocks from side to side. ‘You’ve chosen a good day to fly with us,’ the barefoot pilot says with a smile. The sky is black as we take off along the sodden runway, and lightning strikes the second the plane lifts off the … Read more

A jaw-dropping voyage to Indonesia’s remote volcanic island realms

If there’s one memory of the voyage around Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands I cherish above all others it’s the moment I found a pile of lemony sleeping bags on the deck of our boat, the Ombak Putih.  They were there as an invitation to adventure. Abandon your cabin, they said, and sleep on deck. Dream … Read more