Tirthagangga

East Bali overlooking a stunning sea of rice fields. This one made “explore” on flickr; not bad considering it’s been sitting on my hard drive since last summer and I wasn’t even considering uploading it.Read more
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Facts about Indonesia

I borrowed this list from http://journal.marisaduma.net, (who in turn borrowed it from this discussion on Facebook). Not vouching for 100% accuracy, but I’m sure it’s pretty close. Interesting country don’t you think? Did you know, that with more than 250.000.000 people, Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world? Did you know, that there are 316 ethnic groups which speak 670 dialects in Indonesia? Did you know that it is forbidden not to have a religion in Indonesia?Read more
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This is why I love Jakarta

Any other major metropolitan city of 15+ million residents have two full days of scheduled blackouts or am I full of White Whine today? Dear all, We have been informed by PLN that electricity will be cut off at various times around Jakarta in the next few days. Here is the schedule for Kelapa Gading: Friday, February 22 – 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Saturday, February 23 – 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. *PLN is the sole electric company forRead more