We woke up in the middle of Borneo’s jungle after three stopovers and far too little sleep – and there sat the orangutans of Tanjung Puting. Then came two weeks of rainforest off the tourist trail, in the village of Merabu and the Meratus Mountains, followed by snorkelling with mantas off Sangalaki. On the way to Bali an unplanned stop on Java gave us the temples of Prambanan. And on Bali itself, a week to catch our breath and my drone series over the rice terraces. Here are all my travel stories from Borneo, Java and Bali.
Almost a year ago we woke up one morning in the middle of the Borneo jungle. Behind us lay a complicated journey with three stopovers, one overnight stay and little sleep. Now we were chugging through the rainforest for three…
First of all: this post is a bit longer and has lots of photos. Our wish was to spend days in the Borneo rainforest, far from the tourist trails. There were moments when we thought: “Fuck, what have we got…
After two weeks in the Borneo rainforest we were drawn to the east coast and the island of Derawan for three days of chilling out. The island isn't overrun yet, and its underwater world is intact and diverse. We hope…
After Borneo a week on Bali was on the plan, but awkward flight connections forced us into a stopover with an overnight stay in Yogyakarta on Java. We had actually wanted to go to the famous Borobudur temple, but a…
After Borneo we went to Bali for a week: relaxing, enjoying the landscape and the good food, yoga for Luisa and a reunion with Nina and Antonio. For Luisa it was the first time; I had been here several times…
When we were planning our trip to Borneo and Bali, I had an idea in my head: a series made only of aerial shots of rice terraces, “Portraits of Rice”. I have since taken my portrait site the-portraits.com offline for…
