Tag: Dirk A. Buiskool, Poetry, Sitor Situmorang, Sumatra
In search of a lost fatherland (2) Rudy Kousbroek and Sitor Situmorang about Sumatra
april 30, 2021by latadmin
by Dirk A. Buiskool Photo Barbara Brouwer, Marc Vervaart After a stay of more than 30 years on Sumatra, I became attached to the country. In 1990 I came to Medan as a...
In search of a lost fatherland (1) Rudy Kousbroek and Sitor Situmorang about Sumatra
april 18, 2021by latadmin
by Dirk A. Buiskool Photo Barbara Brouwer After a stay of more than 30 years on Sumatra, I became attached to the country. In 1990 I came to Medan as a teacher of...
Community-Based Ecotourism in North Sumatra
december 21, 2020by latadmin
Community-Based Ecotourism as a Way to Ensure Nature Conservation, and Well-being in North Sumatra, Indonesia by Roderick T.J. Buiskool, M.A. Orangutan and infant...
Sumatra is Amazing!
maart 14, 2016by Erik van der Werff
By: Dalih Sembiring Sumatra, also spelled Sumatera, is in its entirety Indonesia’s largest island. One may say that Kalimantan or Papua is larger, but those two...
Poet Sitor Situmorang (90) passed away
december 21, 2014by
Sitor Situmorang got a western education and moved to Jakarta where he worked as a journalist. Because of his strong affiliation with president Soekarno he was a...
Lake Toba, Sumatra’s Gem!
april 10, 2013by
By: Isaac Olson Coming across the words, "supervolcano" and "largest known explosive eruption anywhere on Earth in the last 25 million years" were enough to spark my...
Small and Bigger Changes: Aceh is Moving Forward
juli 12, 2012by
By: Ed Caffin “Tourism has come back to Aceh. That is very good for us”, says Rizki*, as he pours us a morning coffee. Together with his brother Farid he runs a...