Guide Recommendation: Tana Toraja
January 28, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Inspiration
If you visit Rantepao, in the highlands of South Sulawesi, in Tana Toraja, you will want to hire a local guide for at least a day or two. There are […]
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Tana Toraja- Explaining The Unique Houses
January 27, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
The traditional houses in Tana Toraja are fantastic. Boat shaped beauties with roof lines reminiscent of water buffalo horns, so important to the people of this culture, with walls covered […]
Death in Tana Toraja
January 25, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
Torajan culture is steeped in history and tradition. It’s a beautiful thing, really, from the design of their houses, a long memory stemming from their arrival on ships centuries ago, […]
Reflections on Death: A Funeral in Tana Toraja
January 24, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
It was a combination of the tears on their faces and the high, warbling wail that ran chills down my back. It’s a bit odd, from our cultural standpoint, to […]
Portraits of Tana Toraja: Photo Essay
January 24, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
By far the best part of travel is the people. We so enjoy the folks we meet, the interesting faces in a crowd, and swimming in the rainbow of melanin […]
Life in Tana Toraja: Economics and Elections
January 23, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
Life in Tana Toraja is a world away from the beehive of Jakarta, or even of Makassar, with at 1.7 million is a “small city” by comparison. Rantepao has a […]
Tana Toraja’s Bamboo Orchestra
January 22, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
We took some video for you the other day, of some fantastic kids with a unique musical talent. They play bamboo pipes! These children, 30 of them, live together […]
Tana Toraja: Blood, Cigarette Smoke, Sweat & Testosterone: Losing a Cock Fight
January 22, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
On a ten point scale from Wolfe Island to the road into San Marcos, Guatemala, the roads of the highlands of Tana Toraja are a solid 16. Imagine our driveway […]
Tana Toraja Market: An economics lesson
January 21, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
The weekly market at Tana Toraja is spectacular And we’ve been to our fair share of markets. This is not a tourist market like the one at Chichicastenago in Guatemala. […]
Drive by Shootings: Makassar to Tana Toraja: A Photo Essay
January 20, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
Makassar to Tana Toraja is a nine hour drive Covering about 330 km of the stunningly beautiful interior of South Sulawesi. After spending what’s felt like entirely too much time […]
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