Train tickets are available now for Idul Fitri in mid-late August.

Review of the Bali Baruna Holiday Inn hotel in Tuban, good choice for a family holiday.

Ubud officially becomes the “Top City in Asia”, as a hoop dancing festival approaches.

Chris wonders if expats don’t get (m)any visitors from home.

Want to get away and lie on a beach? Read on.

Chris wonders about travel writers’ priorities when selecting Indonesian tourist attraction highlights.

Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.

Perseus on white girls not going for Asian guys, and differences between white women and Indonesian women.

Some of the better hotels in North Sulawesi or northern Celebes, Manado.

A list of the best villas and hotels in Seminyak beach, Bali, at discounted rates.