Can Tourists Buy Authentic South Sea Pearls in Lombok Villages? (The Honest Haggling Guide)

Can Tourists Buy Authentic South Sea Pearls in Lombok Villages? (The Honest Haggling Guide)

Lombok’s Best-Kept Luxury Secret Few tourists realize that the shimmering South Sea pearls sold in high-end jewelry stores in Paris, Tokyo, and New York very likely started their journey in a modest floating farm off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia. Lombok — and its surrounding waters near Sumbawa — produces some of the finest South […]

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How Locals Actually Drink Coffee in Indonesia (And Why Kopi Luwak Is Not What They Order)

How Locals Actually Drink Coffee in Indonesia (And Why Kopi Luwak Is Not What They Order)

The Coffee Culture Gap Nobody Talks About Here’s something most travel blogs won’t tell you: the vast majority of Indonesians have never tasted Kopi Luwak — and many of them find the whole concept a little strange. Indonesia is the fourth-largest coffee producer in the world. Coffee runs through the veins of daily life here,

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