Peaceful morning on the waterfront in Dumaguete. Sometimes the noise on the highway along the seawall can be a bit much but this really is a special place to relax and walk in the mornings. There is no beach but the view is great. Good place to talk a walk. Big shade trees ! The […]
Traditional bareback horse races in Oecussi – East Timor. Horse racing is one of the big events in Oecussi. The other is waiting for the rainy season to start. The horsemen camp out near the airport under the trees and start racing in the late afternoon. I was able to go down and meet them […]
Irian Jaya – Papua Barat There is some political tension in Papua Barat because of an independence movement by some of the Papuans. The whole transmigration thing annoys them. The island of Java has a fairly high population so the government transplants Javanese throughout the island network of Indonesia to ease the population pressure at […]