‘The Amazing Race’ visits a different “running of the bulls” in Madura, East Java.

Rhonda flies into Bali and becomes romantically entangled with cabana boy Ketut.

Expat D.C. Guy returns to the States, and western women, and bemoans the loss of the sultry pleasures of Jakarta and its womenfolk.

A good bloke in Greater Kuta; a review of the book “Bali Raw: an expose of the underbelly of Bali, Indonesia”.

The most corrupt parties, political corruption rates: SBY says Partai Demokrat is far from the worst.

Grumblings about the frequent and now large remissions for Marijuana Queen Schapelle Corby.

Indonesians embrace online shopping, with some reservations.

Lady Gaga banned from Jakarta, unlike similar “controversial” performers.

Sumanto the cannibal as he is today, at residence in a Purbalingga pesantren.

The Vice President asks Indonesian mosques to turn down the volume of calls to prayer, as in Egypt.