Jakartass Home thoughts from abroad. Alien thoughts from home.

Disasters
Indonesian Disasters – all categories
Sidoarjo Mud Volcano – manmade

Living in Indonesia
Tempo
Jakarta Post
Jakarta Globe
Indoleaks.org
Down To Earth – quarterly reports on Indonesia land issues
Loads of Advice
Inside Indonesia – email magazine of articles
Green Indonesia – my occasional blog
Gunung Bagging – clamber volcanoes
Hobson’s Choice
Indahnesia Online
Maps of Indonesia
Indonesia Organic
Indonesia For Kids – blog
Faces of Indonesia – blog
Photos of Indonesia
Indonesian Publications
International Crisis Group
Indonesian Engaged Travel – blog
Outside The Indonesian Box – occasional blog
Indonesian Corruption Watch
News and Events Aggregators
Indonesia’s Vegetarian Restaurants

Living in Jakarta

Culture Shock! Jakarta – 2011 edition of ‘my’ book
Bataviase – loads of info in Indonesian
Rujak.org – for a sustainable Jakarta
Jakarta Kids – stories of street kids
Jakarta Events – as it says in the title
Dream Catcher – life on Jakarta buses (blog)
Map of Jakarta
Jakarta Nite Out
Jakarta Nite Out – for Francophiles
Jakarta Java Kini – upmarket magazine
Jakarta Green Map
Jakarta Daily Photo – as it says in the title
Jakarta? Been there!
Protecting Jakarta Bay
Jakarta Restaurant Reviews – as it says in the title
Listen to Jakartass on BBC – re the Jakarta floods in 2007

Living in Bali
Hector – at Bali Times
Bali Spirit
Mark Ulyseas – in Ubud
Bali Expat Forum
Nusa Lembongan News

Education Matters
Education 21
Performing Monkeys – my occasional ‘schooling’ blog
Yayasan Goodwill International

Pre-Independence History
1941-1942
My Odyssey – an exploration of Indonesia’s ‘social’ history.
A Family Tale

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Nulis Buku – online self-publishing

Ethos Travel – Son No.1
Derek Bacon – my multi-talented co-author
Avita Travels – a friend
Indo Fair Traders
Merdeka Coffee
Arum Dalu Mekar – Bali-based handicrafts
Java Ixora Denosindo – crafts and furniture
Forum Fair Trade Indonesia

—–Blogroll of Honour

Indonesian Blogs in English
Top Blog Ratings
Merdeka – aggregator
Elyani – good stuff
Therry – more good stuff
Om’Bak – group thoughts
Maureen – a single mother, working it out.
Yosef Ardi – business gossip
Budi Putra – former Country Editor Yahoo! Indonesia
Treespotter – his serious blog
Milk Tea Girl – poems and stuff
Café Salemba – ekonomi +
Enda Nasution – The Guv’nor
Aroeng Binang – a neighbour
Harry Nizam H. – legal practitioner
Muli’s Commune – defunct but good links
Julia Suryakusuma – columnist and author
Rasyad A. Parinduri – ekonomi

Indonesian Expats
Naz – a “12.5% Indonesian” in Norway
Bleu – in Malaysia
Anita – in Australia
Maya – in Antibes
The Writer – in Denmark
Spew-It-All – in Australia
Jennie Bev – in SF
Rima Fauzi – in Belgium
Nadia Febina – in Angola
Foreign Prophecies – Indonesian American in Kentucky
Society of Spectacle – in Berlin
Overseas Think Tank – for Indonesia
Indonesians Living Abroad Forum – as it says in the title

Expat Bloggers in Indonesia
Oigal – in Kalimantan
PJ Bali – oil worker
Alterity – a friend and fellow Brit
Mat Solo – Malaysian oil worker
Dr Bruce – retired teacher in Bali
Spruiked – Brett’s take on things
Ravespot – hates the tobacco industry here
Amor Fati – good links
Jave Post – about the Dutch East Indies, in Dutch
Metro Mad – former Jakarta Globe columnist
Mata Pribadi – irreverent take on expat life
The Mad Rotter – Henk loves Indonesian music (downloads a-plenty)
Duncan Graham – journo archives
The Instant Expat – nicely cynical, with interesting links
Indonesia Matters – loads of stuff
Gangs of Indonesia – good photo-journalism
White Monkey News Bureau – a fascinating read

Selected Aseanist Blogs
Pelf-ism is Contagious
Java Jive – original photoblog (now in the Philippines)
Brommel – usually in Indonesia
Klong Walking – an Addick in Bangkok
Bubbington Dump – Dan Quinn in Hong Kong NEW
Dave Jardine R.I.P. (1948 – 2011) – Collected Writings ………………………………………………………………
SARAwho? – Southeast Asia Aggregator