Sumbawa Island What changes you will find across that short stretch of ocean. Sumba was a limestone island, with the population split between the religions of Marapu Animism, Dutch Calvinism, and Roman Catholicism. Sumbawa is the ultimate volcanic island and totally Moslem. During the 170 kilometer crossing of Sumbawa you Read more…
Region#6; Country#16: Indonesia You will see the difference as soon as you cross the border, more farms, paved roads, but still lots of motorcycles. The benefits of the Dutch infrastructure, as opposed to the ignored Portuguese colony are obvious. It makes you really wonder why the East Timorese were so Read more…
Region#6 Country#15: Timor-Leste There could be no better place to begin our trip through the islands that surround the South and East of the Eurasian Continent than East Timor. The very existence of this tiny nation epitomizes the Region in which it lies…. Living at the crossroads of everything, absorb Read more…
After the challenges of Antarctica, it is only fair that you get a reprieve to collect yourself for the remainder of this long journey. Tasmania is that reprieve. No climate extremes. No altitude sickness. No imminent danger of death from volcanoes, avalanches, crevasses, earthquakes, tidal waves, or bandits; just a Read more…
Region#5 Country#14: Australia I know what you are probably thinking; “Don’t we go to Tasmania first?” Even though we tend to think of them as separate entities, Tasmania is actually a state of Australia. And even if they were independent countries, when it comes to Region 5, there is just Read more…