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Danau Toba Unwoven

January 26, 2019by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

We entered the small unassuming shop through a low doorway. Housed in a wooden open-air cabin on a grassy hill we had stumbled upon a veritable museum of Batak art, […]

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Ethnography, Indonesia, Sustainable Tourism

Dusk in the Monkey Kingdom

February 9, 2015by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

Several months after the monsoon the landscape of Hampi is desolate and other-worldly. Save the glowing green rice paddies and banana plantations thriving in well irrigated valleys, the occasional stunted […]

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India

An Amateur’s Guide to Birders and Birding

January 29, 2015by Internationally Grown 2 Comments

We were all chatting over a slightly bland but otherwise well prepared dinner at Backwoods Goa birding camp (the guide, used to fickle western tourists, had immediately assured us much […]

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India

The Saffron Coast

January 13, 2015by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

Goa’s horizons are red. A pale pinkish red, the bright saffron of the Indian flag, and the the deep, rust color of dried blood. It exposes itself up and down […]

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India

Mumbai 101

January 8, 2015by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

We’d just finished our first Dosa since Penang the previous winter, its savory potato masala blending in our mouths with tangy mint chutney christening our yearly sovereign to the tropics […]

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India

Minahasa Macabre

April 17, 2013by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

Indonesia’s intrinsic diversity is what makes traveling here captivating. It’s a place that’s easy to drop all expectations and just be amazed by what is waiting to be found. Every […]

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Indonesia

The Cambodian Flow

March 31, 2013by Internationally Grown 3 Comments

“Mister, you buy” “Lady, you buy” Somewhere between a question and a command, these phrases rise in a nasal Cambodian accent from an army of tiny women standing guard at […]

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Cambodia

Togean Turquoise

March 30, 2013by Internationally Grown 1 Comment

We affectionately nicknamed our vessel the “Smog Princess”. Its two massive Chinese engines belched smoke with a deafening roar and required nearly constant attention from the captain’s three sons who […]

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Indonesia

The Headman’s New Chainsaw

February 16, 2013by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

A noisy, sputtering gas generator keeps the village’s satellite TV blaring until midnight, teenagers wearing “I don’t give a F*#k” t-shirts chain smoke cigarettes, and the purr of chainsaws are […]

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Ethnography, Indonesia

Torajan Way of Death

January 18, 2013by Internationally Grown Leave a comment

The old woman’s solemn, weathered face was worn with the passing of decades, transformation of traditions, arrival of modernity, and resurgence of culture. Her calm dark eyes, deeply sunken into […]

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Indonesia

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Kyle & Laura

Internationally Grown

Internationally Grown

Since our luck began in 2010 we’ve been trotting the globe in search of authentic experiences that expose our individual ‘otherness’ and connect us with earth’s natural diversity. Through our stories, thought and picture we hope to portray global diversity as unique, invaluable and intricately connected to our own realities.

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Internationally Grown

Internationally Grown

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  • We're in Borneo, Sumba and Japan this winter, but we think now is the time to start the blog back up so we're start… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 year ago
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Recent Posts

  • Danau Toba Unwoven January 26, 2019
  • Dusk in the Monkey Kingdom February 9, 2015
  • An Amateur’s Guide to Birders and Birding January 29, 2015
  • The Saffron Coast January 13, 2015
  • Mumbai 101 January 8, 2015

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Blogs I Follow

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  • A jungle scientist
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Hiking Photography

My Not So Humble Opinion

An occasional font of wit and wisdom.

phileasfrench - Travel Blog

The Wilderness Alternative

Third Millennium Alliance Blog

Rainforest conservation, permaculture design, agroforestry, and community action in Western Ecuador

A jungle scientist

Conservation, research and travels in the tropics and beyond

Milwaukee & Beyond

Just another WordPress.com site

Biodiversity Revolution

Thoughts from the vanguard of biodiversity research

The Lilac Around the World

I will show you what I have seen

Anthropogen

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