The Naked Traveler, Book 1-4

It all started at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2011 which I was attending as a participating author. The chair of the panel I was on, Russell Eldridge, told me I should get my books translated into English. He said Westerners love travelling to exotic countries–as a well–traveled person from an exotic country myself, he felt it would be interesting to read travel stories from my point of

When we travel we are reminded how small we are compared to the world around us. We are reminded we are not the best, nor the most important. It makes us more aware of the greatness of the Creator.

com, I receive direct feedback from my readers, some of whom are foreigners.

There were two girls swimming in office clothes!

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point of view.
As I have my own blog at naked-traveler.com, I receive direct feedback from my readers, some of whom are foreigners. Some have told me I write things that are not politically correct. I have never really understood this. We have a unique sense of humour and are perhaps less paranoid than westerners. We laugh at everything; our misfortunes, our poverty, at corruption,

As soon as we checked in they told us, “Because you are Indonesian I have to ask to see your KTP8.” This was not for the purpose of checking us in but to ascertain my religion. If I were Muslim I would not be able to

Religious police in special uniforms could be seen patrolling the streets, arresting any women not wearing Islamic headdress or unmarried men and women together in a public place.

In the city there were a number of banners with “A woman in tight clothes is the same as the devil”; the “devil” part of the message used a horror movie style typeface with blood dripping from the letters.

I was surprised when the taxi driver told me, “It’s not necessary, Mbak. They can tell you are not a local. Anyway, you look Filipino. Syariah law is only for the locals.”