Menso Heus, Page 2

This is part I in a series about Toraja, view other parts: Part II, Part III, Part IV The Bugis people, mainly …

X is gay but then he is also not gay. Because in Indonesia, nobody is gay. He has a sort of girlfriend, …

Santi cooks at Salassa, a homestay in Bira that she operates together with her husband Eric. She tells me she’s originally from …

Near the small town of Bira is another small town known as Tanah Biru. Both towns are the homes of the Konjo …

“I’m originally from Makassar been travel back and forth to bira, as soon as you arrive, take taxi to terminal sungguminasa, from …

The first time we got passed by the people from a banjar on their motorcycles, waving their flags, I had the impression …

Wayan makes kites. A lot of kites. He’s been making kites since he was a kid. He says his father knew how …

Like his father, and his father’s father, Kacek makes art out of coconuts. He spends his days, with family members like his …

In one of Ubud’s main road’s side streets I notice a small shop called Asu Art Attack. With it’s brightly painted exterior …

Where Amed is a sleepy stretch of towns connected via small roads and strings of simple, local warungs, Ubud is something else. …

Budakeling is a town in the east of Bali, somewhere along the road between Amlapura and Amed. The town owes it’s name …

Unlike the younger kids using simple lines and hooks, Gede uses an actual fishing rod with a plastic lure. He’s fishing for …