Destination: Indonesia

The porch

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By aialasuso | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry

There we were. All of us. Gathered together after a remarkable day which started with a professional bargain process to rent four motorbikes with board rags to go to the Cenningan point, where the waves were breaking, and ended up with our gang chilling ... Read more >

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The Belly of the Beast

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kirstharry | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry

We shed our packs and stood momentarily awestruck. We had stepped into a sheltered world. A world of peace and solitude. Before us stood a pool of water as vast as an ocean, guarded on all sides by mighty walls. Its hillsides dripping with greenery, ... Read more >

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Feel the tropical nature

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By traveltopadang | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry

People love unique places. They always try to discover miracles of nature and enjoy from them. "Travel to Padang" is the first nostalgia of my life. I want to describe my awesome admirations and share with you a cruise experience of mine. There are really ... Read more >

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Mount Ijen and the Midnight Hike

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By samia | Views [275] | Scholarship Entry

Being awake at 2-3 AM walking into a volcano with the open sky calling out to appreciate the stars; a surreal night. My friend Alejandro and I arrived in Java, Indonesia and volcanoes were one of the off track reasons we chose this island. On this very ... Read more >

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3 Beautiful Beaches

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ckira | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry

I never thought Banyuwangi was so beautiful. So there I was, sitting in a 14 hours train with my group of friends, to Banyuwangi from Jogja. It was ten past 9 at night when we finally arrived at the Karangasem station. Our friends had been waiting to ... Read more >

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This is The Story We Will Tell

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By letthebirdfly | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry

The fireworks greeted the Indonesian new year sky like a thousand stars being born at once. I stood mesmerised on a third story wooden patio that teetered on stilts carelessly stuck in the sand below. The Balinese air clung to my skin like a good memory, ... Read more >

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Bali Blues

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By riane | Views [212] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

I stare out at the vast expanse of blue, lulled into a comfortable rhythm. Up and down, the boat slowly bobs as I turn to my diving instructor who hands me a snack. It was to be our last dive here in Bali and my best friend and I were resting on a traditional ... Read more >

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Journey to the Afterlife

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By vgnwn | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry

It was a journey to the afterworld in a midnight bus. My mom told me not to go there. She holds strong superstition about the dead—they bring bad vibes. She always takes an immediate shower every time she goes to a funeral. So, the idea of me visiting ... Read more >

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Photos: Bali Bliss in a Polka Dot Bikini

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lifelessordinary | Photo Gallery

Welcome to the Jungle

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By brittq | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry

“Wait, stop - I smell orangutan!” I pause behind our guide, frozen still except for my craning neck searching the canopy of trees. Snap! A branch breaks just a few meters to the east. We quickly and quietly walk in the direction of the sound. “There, ... Read more >

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Bali

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By she-wrote | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry

On a beach where I, a young and naive Australian girl sat, the air was warm and the waves were at a perfect four feet before the point of breaking. Afraid of the Balinese sun, I marinated my body in sunscreen. Though I wanted nothing more than to surf ... Read more >

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Bali Bliss in a Polka Dot Bikini

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lifelessordinary | Views [316] | Scholarship Entry

As the sun peeped over the horizon, I gazed out at the rice fields. My heart raced at the thought of departing on an adventure tour to Lombok that I no longer had the desire to take. Having arrived in Ubud only three days prior, I felt deeply drawn to ... Read more >

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Gunung Leuser National Park

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By hcscarr | Views [340] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry

I was crouched down in the pitch black with my shorts around my ankles and there was a bee on my behind. This was not your average honey bee; this was a bee to be taken seriously. We were camped at the top of a 400m hill in the middle of the Gunung Leuser ... Read more >

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Sumatra's Air Panas

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By norad | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry

Our second day at Lake Toba takes us on a motorbike adventure across the island of Tuk-Tuk in Northern Sumatra. We set out with a homemade type written map and intend to follow the dotted line to the hot springs that we hear exist just a day’s trip away.... Read more >

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Window on a bus

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By followpierre | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry

When I was 8, I remember running and pressing my face against the glass of the window in the zoo. Covering my hand over my head, so I could peer into the world on the other side. Nothing else existed, just small little me and this gentle, powerful, lowland ... Read more >

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