I was politely asked through my mailbox by one of the hotel managers from Sriwijaya Hotel, Jakarta. From the name of the establishment, I instinctively thought that it was one of those hotels in Palembang, South Sumatra. So they say that it is the oldest hotel in Jakarta. I, too, asked for further details of the place accordingly so I can compose something out of the glimpse information. And here it is, the whole bunch of historical essentials of the hotel that Eva,...

Legendary underwater explorer and conservationist, Jacques Cousteau is said to have called the Wakatobi islands – then known as the Tukangbesi islands:  an "Underwater Nirwana" Now a National Marine Park covering the entire Waktobi District, it comprises a total of 1.4 million hectares, of which 900,000 hectares are decorated with different, colourful species of tropical coral reefs. For Wakatobi is widely recognized as having the highest number...