TG and his parents are small rice growers from kampung Alab Lanas Sook Keningau in Borneo. Here are their thoughts about their challenges and importance of rice in their life. We are growing rice only for ourselves, our personal consumption, for a family of 6, plus the dogs. We have two types of rice: hill and irrigated rice. Hill rice we have 1 acre, and … Continue reading What is to be a small rice grower
Sendai to Aomori To hitchhike in Japan is pretty difficult. Keeping in mind that the whole country is pretty urban with lots of highways, it makes stopping the cars more difficult and sometimes even impossible. The locals are not used to share a car with someone and also a language barrier makes everything more complicated… But I was determined to do it, or at least … Continue reading Hitchhiking stories – Japan
After I got back home from my first trip in Southeast Asia, I was asked to share my story for a local magazine “Panele”. Here is a short recap of why I left and what I was doing abroad. The article was published in 2016, a lot of things would not surprise me much now, but it’s quite interesting to read my early impressions and … Continue reading Article in a magazine
Cambodia has a lot of strange things from the westerners’ point of view, in each corner you can be surprised or even shocked by their lifestyle or eating habits. You have to prepare for many surprises especially when you are visiting a local market. One thing, quite common there, but a big surprise for me was to find that what looked like an ordinary stool … Continue reading Unborn duck – delicacy in Cambodia
I guess that everyone visualizes Bali as a very saint and cultured place, with their unique temples, statues, rice fields and locals wearing traditional outfits. And it wouldn’t be wrong, the Balinese culture and Hinduism affect almost everything on the island. Bali’s culture is felt everywhere; from museums, to hotel lobbies, sacred temples or shops. People wearing their ceremonial attires is a common sight there. … Continue reading Balinese wedding
Messa island, Indonesia I was on the way to Labuan Bajo, a fishing town located at the western end of the large island of Flores in Indonesia. I heard about Flores from my friends Michael and Karina from Germany, whom I met just the first day I arrived in Indonesia. They advised me to come here and to try diving, it should be one of … Continue reading Fishermen island
Local cuisine, is always what I’m looking for to get to know better when I’m visiting a new country.Different cooking methods, spices, ingredients, eating habits,… It can tell a lot about the culture, people and history. Sri Lanka’s cuisine has a lot of influence from South Indian cuisine, but at the same time, it has its own form of cuisine. As you’d expect from an … Continue reading Sri Lankan crab curry
After rooming around dark Colombo market and bus station area, which is probably the worst place to be alone at night in the whole city, I’m finally sitting in the night bus to Jaffna. Sri Lankan buses, I call them “baila buses”, they need a separate article, cause they take a huge part of Sri Lankan experience, where you can smell a variety of aromas … Continue reading A night in Sri Lankan “baila” bus
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