Penis Gourds in Papua

Dates Traveled: October-November 2007
Singapore
I left the vessel, and Rio, on October 24th for the loooong trip to Singapore. By the time my head hit the pillow in Singapore I’d been awake for over 60 hours, though only 42 of those were spent on flights or in the Rio, Sao Paulo, Washington DC, and Tokyo airports. […]

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Indonesia

Dates Traveled: July-September 2002
Bukittinggi on the island of Sumatra
Leaving Singapore turned out to be a long day - I caught the 7:30 AM ferry for the 45-minute trip to Batam, an Indonesian island. I immediately boarded a ferry for the 6 1/2-hour trip to mainland Sumatra and the town of Dumai. After waiting around for […]

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