Travel
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Abu Dhabi 41° Celcius
This month will be another travelling month for our family. Rani and Noe flew to Jakarta last week and tomorrow they will fly to Surabaya while I travel back from Abu Dhabi to Singapore. The day after I will…
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Jakarta: Culture Shock
Hellish Traffic and Relaxed Service I know, the traffic in Jakarta has always been hellish. But after living away from Jakarta for more than 5 years, it seems that I need to get used to it again. And somehow, my…
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Jakarta: Getting Connected
I arrived in Jakarta on the evening of 4th of July, for my sister’s wedding and Anggi’s sister in law’s wedding. Somehow many people are getting married in July 2007, I think about three or four of my high…
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Michael Moore Should Have Come with Us to Cuba
‘Hasta la Victoria Siempre’. Michael Moore is now under investigation for having visited Cuba for his recent film SiCKO (this film does for the US health system what Fahrenheit 9/11 did for Mr Bush and Bowling for Columbine did for…
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Reading the Sea: Learning from the Polynesian Voyaging Society
Sometime in April 2002 when I was staying with Rani in Honolulu, Hawaii, I attended a talk by members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society on how people in Polynesian sailors have been able to navigate thousands of nautical miles without…
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Understanding Phinisi or Pinisiq: Indonesian Traditional Sailboats Influenced by European Modern Design
I am sure some of you may have heard about the legacy of Phinisi as something Indonesians can be proud of but have you really found out what the word really means and what it refers to? In fact, the…
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Sailboat Charters in Indonesia – Operated by Non-Indonesians
I thought I should share with you a list of sailboat charters for you scuba divers or surfers for Indonesia. Below are some of the charter sailboats that I have found on the internet. Surprisingly, most of these attractive boats…
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Sailing Blue Eagle with Mas Judhi
Yesterday we went sailing again with Derek Mazzone on his beautiful 37 feet ketch Blue Eagle from Changi Sailing Club. Mas Judhi came with us and it was his first time sailing, too. So, he had every reason to be…
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Sailing Turmalin from Raffles Marina in Tuas
Last Saturday we chartered Turmalin, a beautiful 54 feet ketch built in Hong Kong. Our friend Puput (who is relocating from Havana to Jakarta), my parents Hindro and Tuti, and the entire Blass-Hernandez family were aboard with us on a…
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Sailing Blue Eagle on a Sunday Afternoon
I had the pleasure of cruising on Blue Eagle with Derek Mazzone (owner/skipper), Francis (from Changi Sailing Club) and Derek Wee (relative of Mazzone from Adelaide). It was Yodhi’s first time being on a sailboat and he was enjoying it…
