Archive for May 2022
In the Mood For Kopitiam
Kopitiam, or Chinese coffee shops, are important to the lives of millions of people in Southeast Asia, but for Vema Novitasari of Surabaya, they have played a more particular role in her life.
Read MoreFinding Myself (and Others) in a Yogyakarta Coffee Shop
Wahyu Nur Cahyo was reluctant to open up to people. Then, amid pandemic loneliness, he began to visit Dasmu Works cafe.
Read MoreMount Sumbing Was Instagrammable. The Journey Up It Was Not.
The plan was for a family holiday – with my sister and her family, my parents, my younger brother, my grandmother, my uncle and his family, plus me and my husband – to the slopes of Mount Sumbing…
Read MoreNight at the Mosque
One rainy dusk in Yogyakarta, a young man stops in for the Maghrib prayer and gets more than he bargained for.
Read MoreWhy Do Equatorial Trains Have Antarctic Temperatures?
A frostbitten night crossing Java.
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