A traveler in Toraja, Indonesia, chances upon a Ma’nene – an ancient tribal ritual of raising the dead for a celebration. As crowds compete to take selfies with a mummified …
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In 2002, after leaving a university job in New Zealand and moving to Moscow, John Dolan invented the pseudonym Gary Brecher, a character he imagined as a smart, unhappy data-entry …
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Truth is a tricky subject on the best of days, but when you’re talking about a genre of writing that seems to defy easy binaries, well, let’s just say there’s …
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A free-diver swims down to a shipwreck in the waters off the coast of Bali, fighting his instincts to experience life underwater Reaching through the water, I pulled myself down …
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A romance in Bali takes a strange turn when a traveler finds herself banished to a remote Indonesian island with unusual sources of protein. In the early morning, we ferried …
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A traveler to the Spice Islands meets a mythical dugong in the second of three finalist stories selected for our 2020 Chance Encounters travel writing competition. Nothing says quite as …
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A solo and newly sober traveler attempts to navigate Southeast Asia’s hedonistic backpacking scene without the crutch of alcohol. I stumbled out of my Grab car with my trusty black …
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During a midnight trek up a volcano in Java, Indonesia, our writer realizes that her so-called “guides” are not exactly who they claim to be. The night sky passed overhead …
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An Indonesian writer travels to Java’s last provincial monarchy and speaks with a servant of the royal family. On Christmas Day, I went with my parents and little sister to …
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