Danau Toba Travel Guide
Tourism is almost dead in Danua Toba. For the local tourism board, this may seem like doom, but for travelers in search of off-the-beaten paths, this spells a great opportunity to feel like owning the largest volcanic lake in Southeast Asia and the largest caldera in the world, even for just a few days. Touted as Sumatra's loveliest lake, Toba was formed some 70,000 years ago by a volcanic tantrum blamed to have caused the Ice Age. Now, Lake Toba, which is even larger than Singapore, carries into its womb the Palau Samosir, an island within the island of Sumatra. Palau Samosir is the home of the Batak tribe, who continue to make friends with tourists through their music, jungle juice parties, and traditional...
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See AllThe Disappearing Reindeer People
The Tsaatan, known to the outside world as the Reindeer People, are one the few surviving tribes that continue to live a lifestyle before technology. But as tourists encroach in their settlements and modernity enters the tribe, other members begin to assimilate to the larger culture. How do they join the modern world without losing their identity. HelloWorld looks for the answers.
Monkeys star in various Asian festivals
In Lopburi, Thailand, monkeys live among the locals while in China and India, they are venerated for being devoted to their gods. Love them or hate them, monkeys are central in the lives of the people, be it cultural, literary and religious.
Notes on the Road: Famous Travel Blogs
With few exceptions, travelers are hardly considered as celebrities. But with the rise of the Internet and the personal blog, these travelers who keep a blog have become famous in their own right, creating their own businesses, writing syndicated columns or starring in TV commercials.
"I had sex in a hostel"
Far from home and savoring a freedom they have not previously known, most travelers become sexually adventurous, even having multiple partners during their stay in a new country. Are backpackers the new sex tourists? Steve Meyer doesn’t think so and believes that travelers are just exercising a deep human need.