For the first time in 27 months Ana Gayoso looked content, though most home-proud women would have wondered why. Her still unfinished kitchen was a mighty mess of unwashed dishes. Cutlery jostled for space with half empty plastic bottles stacked on books...more

Forget about Bandung with its multitude of shopping and dining opportunities! Choose the natural beauty of the high valley of Lembang just north of Bandung. This valley is formed by a ridge overlooking Bandung and a chain of volcanoes from Gunung Burangrang, Gunung Tangkuban Prahu up to Gunung Bukittunggul...more

The leafy lane is tranquil, almost deserted, save for a zealous street sweeper intent on vanquishing the last stray leaf that sullies his now pristine territory. At the end of the lane, the unmistakable copper-toned crown of the grand dome shimmers in the early morning light...more

The historic Sunda Strait West of Java is infamous for the destruction created when Krakatoa erupted with deadly ferocity in 1883. It is less well known as the resting site of the battleships USS Houston and HMAS Perth and nearly a thousand of their crew...more