on kora-kora at tanjung pilawang

Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Experiencing new things and having shifts in perspective. This is probably why I travel so much. Balance is also important. So as much as I love music and movies, I need my walks and rides through nature. My friends and locals are my family so quality time, communicating and spending time with them is important to me.

Once upon a time on an island of spices. I had a really wonderful, simple, but meaningful day. I’ve been in Tobelo, North Halmahera for Congress of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago.

Yeah! The people of Tobelo are proud to call themselves descendants of changa, or pirates.

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Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Oh my. I found this old photos of my friends and I in Ikat style in the National Alliance of Indigenous People Congress. And, I totally choked up with delight and nostalgia.

It our Ikat style. Wear a cool headband from Ikat. Let your inner beauty shine. It was AMAZING!!!

Ikat style vary according to the village and the gender of the wearer, and some styles are reserved for special purposes.

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Stunning view over Tobelo sunset during our travels

Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Once upon a time on an island of spices.

I had a really wonderful, simple, but meaningful day. The world is getting smaller every year.

April 2012, I’ve been in Tobelo, North Halmahera for Congress of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago. Three weeks, I figured it was about time I started to live a bit more like a local.

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[video] Sound From the East by the Social Traveler

Aku adalah Papua, aku adalah Maluku, aku adalah Nusa Tenggara, aku adalah Sulawesi (I’m Papua, I’m Maluku, I’m Nusa Tenggara, I’m Sulawesi). Digidoooooo!

Check it out!, a video clip ‘Voice From the east by Glenn Fredly’ is so coooooool!

It’s pretty good! And Done so brilliantly. The social traveler is hot haha!

Well, this video as well as for promotion of the preservation of culture and nature in Eastern Indonesia. I love his video collection and amazed.

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Traveljunkieindonesia.com – April 2012, I’ve been in Tobelo for three weeks and I figured it was about time I started to live a bit more like a local.

Why did I get skinny dipping in Tobelo?

Travel has done some tremendous things to my life. It’s pushed me out of so many shells and made me open to so many new and different experiences I never imagined for myself. Traveling for so long and to so many new places has certainly transformed me.

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Dodola Sunrise (Image courtesy of Adrian Mulya)

Traveljunkieindonesia.com - Yes I am back home in Dodola Islands. It’s a little island off the coast of Morotai, fringed with white sand as soft as powder snow, paired with an even smaller island by a narrow isthmus which disappears altogether at high tide.

Dodola is a sexy place by day. By night, occupying one of the grandiose wooden beach chalets constructed by the government and then, well, quietly forgotten about, it’s stellar. Cooking on the beach, splashing in the crystal waters with glittering droplets fluttering around you, all under a dazzling night sky.

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Traveljunkieindonesia.com - I have some pretty cool news to share!

I have been invited to attend Congress of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago. And I’m SO GOING!

I am going to take part for Katreji dance at Tobelo, North Halmahera – Maluku. Katreji Dance played in pairs between women and men with an energetic movement of varied and interesting. Exotic!

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Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Side of life. Relaxing and enjoying a lovely natural spa treatment at Kakara island, Tobelo – North Halmahera.

I just love warm, tropical loveland. With friends. Food and drink. The weather was SPECTACULAR!

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Traveljunkieindonesia.com - Once upon a time on an island of spices, an old woman went to the jungle to collect rice. At that time, rice stalks grew in the woods, tall and verdant. On her way home, she slipped and fell into a stream. Stuck at the bottom of the river, the grains that she had collected would grow each year, and the woman’s spirit would become the guardian of the springs.

The story may be true only to the people of Wangongira, a remote village in West Tobelo, North Halmahera, North Maluku Province. However, the rice that grows at the bottom of the river really exists. The villagers call it akere mapine, or river rice, and the crystal clear stream molulu, which means “she who tumbled down.”

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Lukisan Eliza Kissya oleh Peter Gentur (Taring Padi)

Traveljunkieindonesia.com- Anda akan segera dapat mengenali Eliza Kissya, dengan baju hitam-hitamnya dan aksen warna merah yang selalu dipakainya sehari-hari. Anda juga dapat langsung mengenali tas ukulele yang selalu dibawanya kemanapun ia pergi. Ia selalu memakai topi untuk menutupi kepalanya yang sudah tak berambut. Semua orang memanggilnya Om Eli.

Ia menjadi malu ketika ditanya untuk menuliskan namanya karena pengejaan yang seharusnya Elia menjadi Eliza. “Orang-orang selalu berpikir saya ini perempuan sebelum bertemu saya.” Elisa Kissya adalah Kewang (polisi adat) Haruku di Maluku Tengah. Ia adalah generasi keenam dari Kewang Haruku. Ia juga dikenal sebagai sang pemanggil ikan.

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