The experience of a woman in a relationship with a Dutchman in the late 40's.

City of culture, Yogyakarta, takes home the coveted Green Region awards for 2011.

The Dutch ‘retreat’ from Indonesia, and among the tens of thousands of individual ‘retreats’, J. Eijkelboom and the fate of Soemiati.

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

The origins of the song "Surabaya Johnny"; Kipling, Brecht, Hauptmann and others slug it out for the honours.

Duty/tax-free shopping for tourists is coming to Indonesia, sort of.

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

New routes from Wings Air; more options for visiting Sumba and Sumbawa islands.

Plane Sailing (Part 2) - Tips for booking international flights from or in Indonesia.

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

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

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

I loph you full Indonesia, youthful, artistic expressions of nationalism by the roadside.

The worldwide internet broadband speed and quality stakes, where Indonesia ranks.

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

EU lifts Indonesian flight ban, media and public wonder about the reality.

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

A comparison of Indonesian airlines' online booking websites.

Chris receives travel advice from his local caleg.

Usage of religious symbolism in politics, examples of election campaign posters.

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.

A provincial police chief on Java requires policemen to improve their image by being seen as religiously observant.

The importance of rituals, public signs reminding people about their obligations to perform salaat, daily Muslim prayers.

A minority within a minority, organization and numbers of Chinese Muslims in Java and North Sumatra.

Timdog on popular stereotypes about Madura and the Madurese, and the rumoured sexual prowess of the women.