#beyondthepostcard

Photo courtesy of Gunung Banyak Instagram Some cities introduce themselves loudly. Malang never had to. My memory of Malang begins with quiet. Not the curated kind of quiet people now chase on weekends, but the ordinary quiet of daily life, the sound of wind brushing through trees, the faint clatter of dishes from a neighbor’s kitchen, the smell of damp earth after afternoon rain. Long before…