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INDONESIA – BANGKA AND BELITUNG ISLANDS (Pangkal Pinang) BANGKA ISLAND Bangka lies east of Sumatra, the  9th largest island in Indonesia with a population of 1,146,581. Most is lower plains, swamps, small hills, and beaches. It has white pepper fields, many palm trees, … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – WEST PAPUA (Manokwari, Fakfak) Tentative WHS Raja Ampat Islands (0Baliem Valley Trek7/02/2005) The Historic and Marine Landscape of the Banda Islands (30/01/2015) Islands Misool Salawati Waigeo SORONG Airports: Kaimana/Utarom (KNG), Manokwari (MKW), Sorong (SOQ) World of Nature Raja … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – NORTH MALIUKU (Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera) Day 5 Sun Dec 14 Flight Lion Air, PGK to CGK @17:10-18:30. CGK to Ternate @01:15-10:30 +1 Day 6 Mon Dec 15 THE LAND BELOW THE WIND: SPICE TRADE ROUTE XIII-XVIII AD Tentative WHS: … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – NORTH MALUKU (Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera) THE LAND BELOW THE WIND: SPICE TRADE ROUTE XIII-XVIII AD Tentative WHS Pulau Banda, Pulau Ternate, Makassar and Kota Tua. Spices as luxurious commodities have existed for thousands of years BC. Several manuscripts … Continue reading →

JAVA Indonesia – Java West (Bandung, Cirebon) Visited by 1191 Nomads OpenStreetMap, OpenMapTiles, ©NomadMania Maps MapLibre countries’ labels cities’ labels     Error! Filename not specified. Indonesia – Java West (Bandung, Cirebon) First visit in: 2014 Last visit in: 2014 Best visit … Continue reading →

FOR SEVEN decades, Tokyo was considered the world’s most populous city. That was 15 years too long, according to data released last month by the UN. Until recently, the organization’s statisticians accepted national governments’ definitions of where their cities began and … Continue reading →

Tempura is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of coating foods with flour and frying. BATTER A light batter is made of … Continue reading →

Money  1.00 USD = 16,693.07 IDR 1.00 CAD = 12,048.74 IDR HISTORY Early history. The Indonesian archipelago has been inhabited since the time of Homo erectus or “Java Man,” with fossils dating back 2 million to 500,000 BCE. Fossils of Homo floresiensis, found on Flores, date around 700,000 to 60,000 BCE, while Homo … Continue reading →

Money 1.00 USD = 16,688.71 IDR. 1.00 CAD = 12,035.10 IDR Intangible Cultural Heritage Cultural practices and expressions linked to Balafon and Kolintang in Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia. The balafon (in Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire) and kolintang (in Indonesia) … Continue reading →

Should adults take colostrum supplements? Claims for “first milk” have been exaggerated, but trials point to some benefits Nov 21st 2025|3 ECONOMIST  A BREASTFED baby’s first food is colostrum, a syrupy, yellowish fluid that, within days, is replaced by breastmilk. “First … Continue reading →