Sumatra

Ranau Rhapsody Sumatran Sojourn

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:23:43 +0000

Secreted within the Marching Mountains of southern Sumatra, the serene volcanic Lake Ranau remains all but undiscovered by foreign visitors and accessible only by an epic journey overland. Huddled...

TOBA, TOBA, TOBA

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:42:01 +0000

Clouds of clove-scented cigarette smoke, diesel fumes, second-hand air: it takes a few gusts of fresh air off the mountain waters to dispel a fug like that. The four-hour ride from the steaming Medan...

Sumatra Campus for Tsunami Orphans

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:16:06 +0000

News Release: January 20, 2005 Sumatra Campus to be Built for Tsunami Orphans in Aceh, Indonesia New York -- Orphans International (OI) Worldwide founder Jim Luce announced today that OI America has...

Slithering Down Sibayak

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:29:57 +0000

Drops of rain the size of teacups emptied on my head, my camera, and down my boots, drowning the blood-sucking leeches that had put Dracula to shame. On this wild, wet side of the volcano, drenched...

Indonesia's elephants outsmart humans

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:06:41 +0000

Conflicts between wild animals and humans have long been on the rise on Sumatra, where jungle habitat is being increasingly taken over by encroaching settlements, plantations and industrial estates.