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Travel Essays by Simon Slater
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Category: Indonesia
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Tana Toraja is a land where ancient beliefs about the spirit world and the after life are still clearly evidenced during funeral season.
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Beyond the tourist crowds, the Hindu island of Bali remains a spectacular highlight of Southeast Asia. The fusion of intoxicating spirituality and invigorating natural beauty make it a destination that will leave it hooks in you long after you’ve left it’s shores. The Island of the Gods is truly magical. See…
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As much of America surfaces in a ball park, on a golf links, at a race track, or around a poker table, much of Bali surfaces in a cock ring. For it is only apparently cocks that are fighting there. Actually, it is men. Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures Ubud, Bali. The towering shops…
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“You ate bats with who?” My eyebrows barely had the time to fall back into place as I asked an affable, wide-eyed, jungle guide to repeat himself. “I ate bats with Bill Bailey!” he said again. He was referring to the popular British comedian – a seemingly obscure name drop out in the far throws of…
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