A Roving Lunatic?
Former Asiaweek correspondent Keith Loveard began his journey as a `mad' backpacker throughout the archipelago and elsewhere in Asia. These days he offers confused foreigners and investors alike insights into Indonesian society via website www.asiamad.com. What does he find so mad about Indonesia?
October 9, 2001
Imagine finding yourself boarding a Pelni freighter, back in the days before they only carried passengers, who instead slept and lived on top of the cargo holds, boarding from Kupang, West Timor and setting `sail' for Surabaya, East Java. Perhaps a less than desirable form of transport for those more accustomed to modern air transport, but when you're a backpacker money is often sparse and besides, there's always the adventure factor.
In 1970,
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