I always feel a little uneasy taking photographs in religious buildings, particularly when worshippers are scattered around me. This was the case inside Vihari Dharma Bhakti, the oldest Buddhist temple in Jakarta and in Indonesia.I did my best to give those praying around me space and peace and I read more

So there I am in Jakarta with this irrational but convincing fear that I was going to get mugged, kidnapped by the police while also contracting the bubonic plague. I know, quite the cool, calm and collected traveller, huh?  Well, read this post to understand how I got to read more

It was on our third day in Jakarta that I finally admitted to myself I was scared.Yes, we'd had a long day's travel to reach our destination so spent the first day recovering. Yes, we'd each had a pile of work, emails and internet procrastination to catch up on read more