The Togian Islands off the northern Indonesian island of Sulawesi offer some of the best diving spots on earth.

There's no mistaking it, Ubud has taken over from Seminyak - with its comparatively garish nightclubs and resorts - as Bali's premiere destination.

Ann Huston and her sons hire a boat and head to Indonesia's Komodo National Park in search of giant lizards.

It has been controversial right from the time of the first pilot project five years ago, but our Government seems set to continue giving aid to the police in Indonesian-controlled West Papua.

Australia has offered Indonesia an "official guarantee" that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.

Ann Huston took her sons on a voyage to Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park to meet their orange relatives.

As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.

The chance to experience life in the depths of a rainforest appears on the wish list of many travellers. Borneo, with its rich history of tribal life and vast natural resources, is a place where that wish can become a reality.

Diana Plater ditches the hotel buffet for authentic, cheap and sumptuous street cuisine.

Though the places we sleep in are often quickly forgotten, food will be at the heart of the stories that, years later, we tell about our travels.

A service to mark today's 10th anniversary of the Bali bombing in which three New Zealanders died was a moving reminder of the tragedy, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.

People around the world attend memorial services to remember friends and family who were killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, which killed 202 people.

Justice has caught up with all of the Bali bombers, a significant comfort for those still grieving for their victims 10 years later.

Katherine Butler luxuriates in one of Java's most pampering hotels, in one of the world's most magnificent valleys, but sacrifices sleep in a quest for enlightenment.

Kristin Edge unwinds in style at the Chintamani Bali Retreat and Spa.

A trip to Bali is also a social lesson for the whole family, finds Donna McIntyre.

Donna McIntyre gets intrepid and takes two teenage boys on a holiday to Bali.

The Indonesian island of Bali is a great place for a holiday, offering everything from popular surf resorts to rural inland towns where traditional Balinese culture can still be experienced.

A 19-year-old backpacker suffered permanent visual impairment after drinking a cocktail containing methanol in Indonesia prompted warnings against drinking alcohol of unverified origin in South East Asia.

As mining makes a political comeback Catherine Masters finds strong local opposition to the prospect of a Northland gold rush