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A review of Indonesia’s Bawah Reserve hotel in the South China Sea

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Rain hammers down on the tin roof and the tiny ten-seater seaplane rocks from side to side. ‘You’ve chosen a good day to fly with us,’ the barefoot pilot says with a smile. The sky is black as we take off along the sodden runway, and lightning strikes the second the plane lifts off the … Read more

A jaw-dropping voyage to Indonesia’s remote volcanic island realms

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If there’s one memory of the voyage around Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands I cherish above all others it’s the moment I found a pile of lemony sleeping bags on the deck of our boat, the Ombak Putih.  They were there as an invitation to adventure. Abandon your cabin, they said, and sleep on deck. Dream … Read more