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Sumbawa Hard Way Round. Tepal - Sumbawa's Timbuktu

Fri, 9 Aug 2013 | By merantau | Views [2754]

SUMBAWA HARD WAY ROUND. TEPAL – SUBAWA’S TIMBUKTU My wrists and arms ached as I slowly negotiated another torturous descent some way along the track to Tepal, a remote village deep in the mountainous hinterland behind Sumbawa Besar city.... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, off-road, road trip, sumbawa

Alas Purwo National Park - East Java: Feb'10

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 | By selizabeth | Views [2563]

After spending the night at Meru Betiri National Park, we went to Alas Purwo National Park: Sadengan (pic. 3), the forest itself (pic. 2 & 4), Parang Ireng beach (pic. 5), 'waiting for the car' beach (pic.6) and Plengkung beach or G-land (pic.... Read more >

Ramayana

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 | By ansku | Views [1540]

Once upon a time there were two kings, Rama of Ayodia symbolizing good and Rahwana of Alengka symbolizing evil. Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Laksamana were living in a forest near Nandaka Mountain. One day they see a golden deer. Sita not knowing ... Read more >

Tags: culture, kecak dance, tradition

Bali on my doorstep

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By lisaf | Views [1376] | Comments [1]

Bali has had an impact on every stage of my life so far. When I was a child, a family friend returned from the exotic island and brought me back a tshirt of batik design. Emblazoned with palm trees, but was far from tacky. I wore that T-shirt ... Read more >

we were like gods

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 | By the_whaleys | Views [1164]

Our flight to Bali, Indonesia was scheduled for 4:30 pm on Feb 25 so we arrived at the Singapore airport at 12:30 so we would have enough time for the check in. While we were waiting, a gentleman told us the flight had been rescheduled for 7:30 . ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Big Tour in KL

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 | By davidpearlman | Views [868]

Yesterday I started the day doing a few different things. I took an excellent tour from the hostel, called 7 secrets of Kuala Lumpur, which was just that. The tour, done through the hostel, was actually great. The tour guide knew his stuff and answered ... Read more >

JAKARTA

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 | By zofia | Views [748]

Jakarta is loud, dirty, smelly and uninteresting - just as everyone said it would be but I had to check myself anyway. It looks like outskirts of Bangkok and you often find yourself wondering what is it thatyou're looking ... Read more >

Tags: indonesia, jakarta, no chewbacca, six degrees

Bali

Mon, 6 May 2013 | By magdalena | Views [647]

We arrived into Bali late at night coming from Ho Chi Minh city via Singapore. The airport in Singapore was really nice, except for the nasty carpeting --apparently it is voted the best airport in the world?! --it was very clean, very efficient, and ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - Siger Lampung

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 | By thetravelicious | Views [424] | Scholarship Entry

I have made a very memorable story inside Lampung. First time I came there, I can see lots of people have a unique material in front of the shops and houses called siger. Then, I asked my friends 'why it should be put there?' they assumed it was the tradition ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Getting there

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Views [254]

So the first week is over and it has just flown by. I have been making friends; Gobey has been getting minor surgery and settling into work. Poor Gobey works 6 days a week. So the only day off we get is half day Saturday and a full day ... Read more >

The ascent to Mount Agung in Bali

Mon, 18 May 2015 | By | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry

The ascent to Mount Agung in Bali Top Agung - the highest point on Bali, which offers a beautiful view of the entire island. The path to it is not easy, so those wishing to climb the volcano is not so much, but there are still brave, and we are among ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship