Travel Spot
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
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When I first visited Sumba 20-odd years ago - in pre-democracy, pre-Ring of FireIndonesia - it was a near unreachable destination. Hanging alone like a battered meteorite deep in the Indian Ocean between Indonesia and Australia, the island was known for its periodic ritual warfare, dazzling ikat textiles, and elaborate funeral rites in which hundreds of men dragged twenty-ton stone slabs for thousands of meters over hill and vale through the coun
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