End of the trip

And then I went home. I've been back in the USA for almost a month now. Although originally intended to document my travels, I'll continue to update this blog with any decent pictures I have, from concert photos to wildlife shots, pretty much anything I'd like to share, and hopefully, if I'm lucky, another trip abroad.

Thanks for taking interest!

Yogyakarta

Borubudor

Jakarta

On board a Bugis ship

Berastagi Again

Cabbage monument

Mt. Sibayak

Fields

Lake Toba

"Tourism ruins"

Mr. Tambunan the instrument maker and his family

Funeral dance

Bnda Aceh

Takengon

The road

by the lake

a monument

Debus in Blenkejeran

The newleyweds

drummers prepare

Stabbing his leg

Blenkejeran is a small town in the interior of Northern Sumatra. Our plan was to breeze through on our way to Banda Aceh, but Adam learned that there would be a Debus that night in honor of a wedding that happened earlier that morning. During the Debus men danced in the middle of a drum circle and stabbed themselves with knives, swords, axes, and, in one case, a flaming stick. One of my favorite nights of the trip.

Kutacane and Ketambe

Berastagi

Catholic church built in a Batak Karo style

Traditional Batak Karo house

Steam vents on Mt. Sibayak

This woman liked that I look somewhat like Jesus. She had many pictures taken with me.

Penang

British building

Chinese Temple

Hindu Temple

Satun

Boats in the river

Little Rascals

Monkey

Farm

Buddies