The Jakarta Post

The Venetian set to lure tourists, shopaholics to Macao

admin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:45:15 +0700

Facts at your fingertips

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:42:28 +0700

A glimpse of Capri, the isle extraordinaire

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:43:22 +0700

Pull on your Capri pants and let's head to this Italian resort island, located off the Sorrentine Peninsula on the south of the Gulf of Naples.

Getting to Siena

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:43:43 +0700

Siena has no airport. The nearest destination that does is Florence. There are buses that go daily every two hours to Siena from Florence, and it takes less than an hour.

Don't miss - best picks

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:12:18 +0700

- A cruise on the estuary and around the canals to see Bottlenose dolphins jump and play in their natural environment.

Paying a visit

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:16:26 +0700

Suja captures plastic existence of modern man

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:01:20 +0700

A young Balinese painter reveals the plastic nature -- both literally and metaphorically -- of modern man's existence in an ongoing solo exhibition in Bali's cultural capital of Ubud.

Fishermen at greater risk of HIV

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:55:11 +0700

With over 17,000 islands and 755 ports, Indonesia's maritime and fishing industries are a major source of national income.

Indonesia has over 425,000 marine fishermen (estimated by Graham Hugo in 2001), and over five million "fisherfolk" involved in all aspects of Indonesia's fishing industry (estimated by Kissling et al. in 2005).