No looking back; the final installment of J. Eijkelboom's story "The Retreat".

An excerpt from 'Report from East Java' detailing examples of 'crushing actions' in 1965.

Scenes from a colonial era love between a Dutchman and a village girl in Priangan.

Plans to install CCTV surveillance cameras in the red light district of Surabaya, Dolly, as the noose tightens around it.

Lonely Planet's picks for the best hotel and hostel accommodation in Indonesia.

The many low-cost or free tourist attractions in the cities of Jakarta and Surabaya.

Indonesian democracy, sinking to new infotainment lows or the popular will in action.

Co-wives battle it out in Kediri elections while their husband takes a well earned rest.

A discussion of Indonesia's finest, according to Indonesia's best travel guide, Lonely Planet.

Visiting charitable homes for children and homeless in Malang, with Madrotter and a Dutch tv star.

The shame of Indonesian football, Bonek, Persebaya Surabaya supporters, run amok.

Women's hair issues dominate discussions at an East Java clerics' meeting.

Mystics and Islamists battle it out in a Javanese village, Andrew Beatty's "A Shadow Falls".

The tabloid sensation of sex change recipient Agus Wardoyo aka Nadia Ilmira Arkadea.

A day in Indonesian soccer, locker room rage, racism, Persipura & Arema slug it out.

State imposed religiosity and conformity, or freedom from woeful ignorance of holy texts.

Surabaya's Juanda Airport tops the class of 2009 in the airport toilets' quality stakes.

Quench your thirst, a survey of Indonesia's tastiest drinks and beverages.

Problematic religious schools on Java, which ones and police monitoring of them.

Blasphemous farting attempts in Probolinggo see police swing into action against a kejawenist rebel.

A visit to Lusi, the Lapindo hot mud eruption site in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java.

The swine flu scare, H1N1, effects on tourism and industries, and whether it is manmade.

Press freedom issues over an alleged money politics scandal involving Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono.

Chris receives travel advice from his local caleg.

Chris recommends inter-city trains for tourists, and maybe locals too.

Bright ideas are coming thick and fast from the East Java police chief, this time headscarves for policewomen.