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On September 28, 2026, I bid farewell to the Philippines and flew to Vietnam. In Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, I indulged in Vietnamese cuisine.

On September 23, 2026, as the conclusion of my month-long journey across the Philippines, I have chosen an island that evokes a range of feelings: Boracay.

On September 19, 2026, I travelled from Bacolod on the island of Negros to Iloilo on Panay. Of all the Philippine cities, Iloilo could become my favorite.

After Dumaguete in the southeast of the Philippine island of Negros, I visited its larger rival Bacolod in the southwest in mid-September 2026.

In mid-September, I spent five days on Siquijor Island, an hour's boat ride from Dumaguete City on Negros Island. I would have liked to stay much longer.

Dumaguete in the southeast of the Philippine island of Negros calls itself 'City of Gentle People'. Whether rightly so, I want to find out in September 2026.

In my hostel, they laughed at me when I said I was going out with a 73-year-old,

After the adventures in Tana Toraja on Sulawesi, I set aside some beach days in late August 2026 in Bira, right at the southern tip of the island.

From August 15 to 18, 2026, I was in the Toraja region in South Sulawesi. Here a pronounced cult of the dead and ancestors has remained alive.

A breathtaking karst landscape visited just outside the major city of Makassar in the south of Sulawesi Island on August 13, 2026.

From Flores Island, I traveled to Makassar, a multifaceted metropolis in the south of Sulawesi Island, with a detour via Kupang on Timor.

As the last stop on the Indonesian island of Flores, I reached Maumere on August 3, 2026 - from where I could hardly leave.

At the end of July and beginning of August 2026, I am in Bajawa on the island of Flores visiting several intact traditional villages.

gradually replaced the Jesuits. The Society of the Divine Word was founded about 150 years ago in the Dutch town of Steyl near the German border by the German priest Arnold...

At the end of July 2026, I arrived in the city of Labuan Bajo at the western tip of Flores Island and explored the islands of Komodo National Park,

Adat” are orally transmitted rules for everyday life, agriculture, trade, ceremonies, marriage, inheritance, and conflict resolution that are still practiced parallel to state and...

In mid-July 2026, I took the ferry from Bali to Lombok. In the capital, Mataram, I wanted to extend my visa and have my mobile phone repaired.

Actually, I didn't want to go to Bali; on July 9, 2026, I went there anyway and had different experiences.

By coincidence, I decided at the beginning of July 2026 to visit the million city of Surabaya. Its colonial history and role in the Indonesian liberation war fascinate.

open VW model with its angular body and boxer engine in the rear recalls the army Kübelwagen of World War II. In Germany, the VW 181, originally designed for the Bundeswehr, was...

From Yogyakarta, I visited the impressive Prambanan temple complex on July 3, 2026. The structures, over 1000 years old, bear witness to a former golden age.

as Caca explains) designed in the mid-18th century, was the place where former sultans leisurely enjoyed the company of their wives, concubines, and children. There is a bathing...

I will spend the second half of June 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, delving into the influence of Chinese immigrants and British colonizers.

Independence”; this declaration was made by the first Malaysian Prime Minister after the end of British rule, Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903–1990), on August 31, 1957, at exactly the...

I spent the first two weeks of June on the island of Samosir in Lake Toba in the interior of Sumatra and learned quite a bit about the Batak people.

After spending a few days in Medan, I traveled on June 1, 2026, to Lake Toba in the interior of North Sumatra. The largest crater lake in the world is full of myths and stories.

I arrived in Medan, the largest city in Sumatra, at the end of May. Others only use it as a stopover. I stayed and experienced Medan's fascinating history.

In several stages at the end of May 2026, I traveled from Banda Aceh through Northern Sumatra, via the cities of Lohsuemawe and Langsa to Medan.

In Banda Aceh, I happened to witness the relentless application of Sharia in the province of Aceh - during a public whipping.

After weeks of laziness in Thailand in April and May 2026, I made a radical change of scenery and visited Banda Aceh in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.