Tourism Helping Orangutans? Kalimantan in the Burning Season
Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesia, which Todd and I visited in October 2015, was permeated by smoke. Parts of [...]
Domestic Animals in Asia: Not Pets, Yet Not Always Feral Either
We saw lots of dogs and cats on the street in Asia, but they were not pets in the American sense. [...]
Wandering Smoky Jakarta, and Staying in Kemang
Jakarta, a city of around 10 million people, has a couple of central districts where tourists like to stay, namely [...]
Ojek Nation: Indonesia
Jakarta was our first stop in Indonesia and our first Asian city, and many people seem to think it's a [...]
Christchurch After the Earthquakes: A Story of Resilience
At the last minute I emailed Emma Healey of Money Can Buy Me Happiness to see if we could meet [...]
Wellington a Canvas for Its Residents
We spent two and a half days in Wellington, and what I remember of the city is a swirl of [...]