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 […]
Timor cuscus – year 2006 The villagers of Makaleb were getting ready to stew these 2 little marsupials so I decided to attempt to buy them and take themĀ to my friends place in Pante Macassar on my motorbike. Phalanger orientalis (timor cuscus) Timor Cuscus in Oecussi – pardon the misspelling kus kus – ha […]
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 […]