Stories about Literature in Indonesia
What is Bali?MaryLou Driedger - marylou [2,422] Bali is so many things- great food, friendly people, brilliant stars, rejuvenating massages, fascinating monkeys, gorgeous flowers and perfect weather.
Destinations:
Bali |
Indonesia
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School Visit in BaliMaryLou Driedger - marylou [2,422] I was greeted by happy teachers and friendly children when I visit a school in Bali.
Destinations:
Bali |
Indonesia
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Eat, Pray, LoveMaryLou Driedger - marylou [2,422] The 'Love' section of Elizabeth Gilbert's book Eat, Pray, Love takes place in Bali. Wayan, a traditional Balinese healer and restaurant owner is a key figure in Gilbert's book. I visited her establishment in the town of Ubud.
Destinations:
Bali |
Indonesia
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Film Review: The Spiral RoadCeleste Heiter - cheiter [20,914] In this 1962 film adaptation of the novel by Jan de Hartog, Rock Hudson plays Dr. Anton Drager, a young doctor assigned by the Dutch government to serve out his five-year internship in colonial Indonesia.
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Indonesia
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Film Review: Paradise RoadCeleste Heiter - cheiter [20,914] Film Review: Paradise Road by Celeste Heiter How silent is this place The brilliant sunshine filters through the trees The leaves are rustled by a gentle breeze A wild and open space By shrubs...
Destinations:
Malaysia |
Indonesia |
Singapore |
Japan
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Girls with Flowers in their HairKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] Review of Herman Melville's Typee
Destinations:
Indonesia
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Islamic superheroes invade IndonesiaAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [22,438] Jabbar the Powerful, the alter-ego of teenager Nawaf Al-Bilali, is the first of 99 superhero characters in an Islamic culture-based comic book series called "The 99" just launched in Indonesia...
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Indonesia
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Baliem valey's mummiesCarlo Ottaviano Casana - cocasana [40] Wim Tok Mabel's mummy held by one of his descendant. Apparently the mummy is 362 years old. Wim Tok Mabel was a "big man" and everybody in the valley wanted his advices. Even nowadays somebody is...
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Malaysia |
Indonesia |
Singapore |
Hong Kong |
Mekong River |
Cambodia |
Laos |
Burma |
Indochina |
Maldives |
Thailand
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Pico PoloKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Bali |
Indonesia |
Tibet |
Tokyo |
Manila |
Hong Kong |
Mumbai |
India |
Lhasa |
China |
Kathmandu |
Thailand |
Japan |
Philippines |
Bangkok
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Charles Baker's Drunken Oriental JunketKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] An NPR interviewer once asked writer David Sedaris why he had left New York and moved to Paris. His answer must have sent a frigid wind into every local chapter of Bores Against Anything Pleasurable.
Destinations:
Bali |
Indonesia |
Thailand |
Tokyo |
Japan |
Manila |
Philippines |
Bangkok
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