Goodbye Indonesia

Getting off the Togean Islands was a little easier than getting to them. A speedboat took me to the dock where I caught an overnight ferry back to Gorontalo.  Overnight boats, buses, and trains are the best because you save the money on that night’s accommodation and wake up where you want to be. According [...]

Kadidiri Island

The perfect day. After my usual lunch of rice and fish, and telling the lucky divers an envious goodbye as they left on the boat(I can’t wear fins with my feet still bad), I put a shirt on, grabbed my knife and camera, and headed for my favorite place in the world other than the [...]

A journey well worth it

Even with 3 years of practice, I still hate goodbyes. I fumble through them awkwardly, just glad to get them over with.  That’s exactly what I did saying goodbye to Lina and her family before leaving Adonara.  Luckily and unluckily, Bapa was already in the jungle making Moke so I only had to say goodbye [...]

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