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Gili Trawangan: Western drug haven amid tropical attractions of Indonesia

November 7, 2015

The island paradise of Gili Trawangan has attracted partygoers for almost half a century.  Yet little has been revealed about the island's methamphetamine problem.  

As featured on The Sydney Morning Herald.

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The Indonesian Motorcycle Diaries III - The Wild West
Mar 6, 2024
The Indonesian Motorcycle Diaries III - The Wild West
Mar 6, 2024

Equipped with a camera, computer, and minimalist quiver, former foreign correspondent Tom de Souza is roaming Indonesia on two wheels, documenting his travels and interviewing characters along the way.

Here, he ventures to West Nusa Tenggara, where itinerant Indonesians work the gold mines while travelling surfers jostle for hollow treasures.

Mar 6, 2024
The Indonesian Motorcycle Diaries II - Bali
Mar 6, 2024
The Indonesian Motorcycle Diaries II - Bali
Mar 6, 2024

Equipped with a camera, computer, and minimalist quiver, former foreign correspondent Tom de Souza is roaming Indonesia on two wheels, documenting his travels and interviewing characters along the way.

Here, he explores Bali beyond the digital nomads and restaurants and wellness centres, and seeks out the advice of one of Indonesia’s earliest surf explorers.

Mar 6, 2024
The Indonesian Motorcycle Diaries I - The Long Road to Grajagan
Mar 6, 2024
The Indonesian Motorcycle Diaries I - The Long Road to Grajagan
Mar 6, 2024

Equipped with a camera, computer, and minimalist quiver, former foreign correspondent Tom de Souza is roaming Indonesia on two wheels, documenting his travels and interviewing characters along the way.

Here, he investigates rumous that the mythical surfing destination, G-Land, is haunted, and finds chaotic perfection at Desert Point.

Mar 6, 2024
The Razor's Edge
Sep 20, 2023
The Razor's Edge
Sep 20, 2023

Wandering Victoria’s wild coast.

Sep 20, 2023
Life Under Cover
Aug 27, 2023
Life Under Cover
Aug 27, 2023

As an undercover police officer, Steven had to change his identity to fit in with the underworld. Immersed in drugs and crime, he soon became the person he was pretending to be.

Aug 27, 2023
The Road Home: Recovering joy after juvenile detention and ice addiction
Jun 18, 2023
The Road Home: Recovering joy after juvenile detention and ice addiction
Jun 18, 2023

Tom de Souza battled drug addiction and a harrowing stint in juvenile detention to emerge on the other side. In this powerful four-part series he explains how his experiences both shaped and stunted his outlook.

Jun 18, 2023
The Outback Undertaker
Jan 6, 2023
The Outback Undertaker
Jan 6, 2023

Paul Cornish is the only undertaker in a wild and remote region the size of a small European country. He deals with snake bites, croc attacks, road train crashes, you name it, but his work has also given him unique insight into the Aboriginal ways of life and death.

Jan 6, 2023
Ride Everything: The Single Fin
Dec 28, 2022
Ride Everything: The Single Fin
Dec 28, 2022

Tom de Souza’s love for a classic 1970s Tom Hoye single fin.

As featured in Tracks Magazine, Issue 588.

Dec 28, 2022
Bush Magic Inspires Remote Living
Mar 28, 2022
Bush Magic Inspires Remote Living
Mar 28, 2022

These people living in remote Australia tread a fine line between abject poverty and the beautiful simplicity of happiness, writes Tom de Souza.

As featured in The West Australian.

Mar 28, 2022
Surfing Australia's Lonely Coast
Jan 4, 2022
Surfing Australia's Lonely Coast
Jan 4, 2022

What it feels like to live and surf on some of Australia’s loneliest and sharkiest coast.

As featured in Tracks Magazine, Issue 582.

Jan 4, 2022