Sungai Asap, the Bakun Dam resettlement: Borneo people on the verge of extinction
Sungai Asap is where the Borneo people (Kenyah, Penan, Kayan) have been resettled to built the huge Bakun dam. Their ancestral homes and lands flooded
Hydroelectric devastation in Borneo: interview with Save Rivers
Save the Rivers
an interview about so-called clean energy in Borneo
The word "Borneo" evokes myths of lush rainforests, strange and dangerous animals and populations of fascinating costumes... all true, unt...
the ghost villas of Kep – architecture lost in time
one of the abandoned modernist villas of KepKep, Cambodia - visiting the ghost villas
Kep is a fallen star, a dream that came untrue, an open wound, a memento, an unwilling memorial. Although ...
Singkawang Cap Go Meh (Borneo, Indonesia): not the usual Chinese Lantern festival
Cap Go Meh (Chap Go Mei, Chap Go Meh) is the name the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival takes in Indonesia. Here in Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, it takes a peculiar form.
Facts about Urumqi: nuclear deserts and group dances
Bicycle touring and hitchhiking a bus to Urumqi. Things to do and fact to know about the capital of Xinjiang. And things you don't know the Chinese do
First World Nomad Games – the history sets foot in Cholpon Ata
Kyrgyzstan, Issyk Kul lake, Cholpon Ata town, First World Nomad Games. Play polo with a dead goat (Kok Boru or Buzkashi), throw your opponent from his horse in a tense Enish fight, or grab your bride (or slap your groom) in a Kyz Kuu race!
Ivanovka: The Last Kolkhoz
Adventure Travel in Azerbaijan: Ivanovka, the last KolkhozWhile looking for interesting things to see and do in Azerbaijan, we found out about Ivanovka, the last kolkhoz in Azerbaijan an...
Baku – where the stinky wind blows
Baku, capital city, core of the dictatorship, temple of the oligarchs. After bicycle touring Azerbaijan we came here to get the Uzbekistan visa.
Our reporter from Kiev: tales from the Maidan
Our journey plan was to go through Ukraine and Crimea. Given the current political situation, we don't know if we will be able to comply with the itinerary. We still don't know yet to wich state Crime...
The Putin’s Olympic circles
Russia. Sochi. February 2014.The Putin's Olympic games are over from a few hours and the Paralympics are starting.Rights issues had been discussed for a few months,seems that the media noticed human right...