Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Australians were recently shocked by dramatic scenes of animal cruelty in footage shown in ABC’s Four Corners documentary on the cattle live export trade. Cattle are shipped from northern Australia to Indonesia where thousands were dying “slow and hideous deaths”. After the program aired and a public outcry, the federal Government banned live export of [...]
The earthquake in Sumatra and how travel makes me a better person. When I hear about natural disasters or wars in far-away countries, it doesn’t always feel very immediate and real. Sometimes a graphic piece of television footage or a moving first-person account will strike an emotional chord. Other times, I’ll know intellectually that people [...]
Life is changing for the Minangkabau people of Sumatra, Indonesia, reports Caitlin Fitzsimmons The emerald terraces of the rice paddies stretch to the edge of the valley, bordered by sheer cliffs and a fringe of dark green forest. A makeshift tent is perched at the edge of the fields, almost swallowed by the dramatic landscape. [...]
Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else. Debates, trends & reflections Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in [...]
Samosir Island, Sumatra, Indonesia; December 2008 I said that the kids in Sumatra were shy. Well, not these ones. As we journeyed back across Lake Toba from the waterfall to our guest lodge on Samosir Island, we slowed the speedboat to pass by remote fishing villages. Typically each village was a cluster of about six [...]
Lintong, Sumatra, Indonesia; December 2008 We made quite an impact when we visited the local market in Lintong, Sumatra. I wasn’t even with the camera crew but we had children following us and people screaming with laughter when we asked to take a picture. No one gave us any hassle or used the hard sell. [...]
In which our heroine rides a motorbike and swims at a waterfall in Sumatra, dashes out for Christmas shopping in Singapore, then flies home to Europe. I didn’t have time or a reliable internet connection (or at least not both at the same time) to update my blog after last Thursday’s post (now with added [...]
Blogging from the road in central northern Sumatra. It was a short hop from Singapore to Medan in northern Sumatra with Silk Air – the sister airline to Singapore Airlines. It was very quick for me to get my visa on arrival and clear customs but it took longer for some of my traveling companions, [...]
Flying KLM from Amsterdam to Singapore and on to Medan in northern Sumatra tomorrow. I’m writing this from the Crowne Plaza hotel in Singapore’s Changi airport – we’re right in terminal 3 and I can literally hear the whine of the aircraft from my hotel room. Tomorrow we move on to Indonesia via Silk Air [...]
* Lydia from The Perfect Pantry presents the vanilla bean and shares a delicious looking pear and vanilla recipe. I’m loving the series – earlier it was rose petal risotto, which sounds amazing! * Antonia from Food, Glorious Food serves up chicken with ginger marmalade. It sounds great… though I think it would be even [...]
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