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Bali Hot Springs - We should have cupped our ‘bits’!

Wed, 22 May 2013 | By connectlocally | Views [5323] | Comments [1]

A tale of inappropriate (un)touching on the road. It was a cultural faux pas of epic proportions! The old women of the village looked like they wanted to throw us into the nearby volcano. The young women giggled behind their hands. It was clear ... Read more >

Tags: bali, connect locally, inappropriate touching on the road, mount batur, travel

End of Southeast Asian Days

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By justine | Views [3740]

First it was mere weeks, then suddenly mere days, and now just mere hours until my Southeast Asian sojourn comes to an end. It is unreal that this life of traveling will end, unreal that in 26 hours I’ll enter the space and time shifting machine ... Read more >

Tags: bali, end of the journey, fears, observations, poetry, writing, yoga

On Monkey Forest Road

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 | By justine | Views [3122] | Comments [4]

I arrived in Ubud on a wave of flow. My guesthouse, Narasoma , was beautiful – very simple, but with lovely accents like carved wood beds draped romantically with mosquito netting, statues of Buddhas and Hindu gods surrounded by flowers, sweeping ... Read more >

Tags: bali, heat exhaustion, solitude, ubud

Bali

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By seesea | Views [1920]

Bali is one of the 17,000 islands in Indonesia and is probably the most visited by tourists from North America, Europe and Australia. We have heard that many visitors don’t even realize that they are in Indonesia! South Bali is the over-touristed ... Read more >

Homeless Kids

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By adventurers | Views [1417] | Comments [5]

At 8:30 this morning we saw 10 young homeless kids asleep on the footpath in the city of Medan. We bought chicken satay for all of them & water & milk drinks & some other food. When we came to give it to them, they were all just waking ... Read more >

Tags: drink, food, homeless, homeless children, indonesia, medan, sumatra

Ending my trip... and laughing at myself

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By julio_martinez | Views [1324] | Comments [5]

Today, it's been six months since I started this trip... and today, I'm back in Spain, back in Madrid... I'm coming for a friend's wedding, as planned.... but I'm also considering this trip over, finished... and this was not planned... I was supposed ... Read more >

Indonesia

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By andylillicrap | Views [1160]

Indonesia . Arrived 6/01/2009 Left 4/02/2009 Time GMT + 7 Sumatra/Java GMT + 8 Bali Currency/Exchange rate Rupiah ... Read more >

Update v/d kids

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [1079]

Lars: We hebben dolfijnen gezocht op zee. We hebben twee groepen gevonden. Ze kwamen ook langs de boot. Heel dichtbij. Het was heel leuk. Vandaag zijn we naar een hotel geweest waar je met dolfijnen kon zwemmen. Papa en ik hebben samen dat gedaan. We ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

JUNGLE TREK PART 2

Tue, 5 Aug 2014 | By adventurers | Views [1039]

Trekking uphill is tough but I always think going downhill is harder. After slipping & sliding a bit & getting rather muddy somewhere deep in the jungle, we saw elephant footprints in the mud, partly filled with rainwater. That’... Read more >

Tags: camp, elephant, fire, jungle, trekking

Crappy & Wet in Indonesia

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 | By shaz | Views [767]

This holiday was booked a long time ago with Explore and the last 3 months there was a question whether the tour would run or not. This is because of the volcano eruptions since October. The tour started in Yogyakarta which is about 30kms from ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - What’s Hiding Behind This Amazon Salt Water River

Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry

South America has The Amazon—the second longest river in the world. Here, in the far east of Indonesia, they also have its miniature - The Passage. You will not find fresh water here. Sip it, and it’s definitely salt, because it is actually part of the ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By ryn | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Three years ago, I took a few days off work, packed my backpack, and boarded a flight to Jakarta. I knew no one except an online friend by the name Mutiara. Travelling on the bajajs, Angkots, and trains; seeing how others lived; and meeting Mutiara’s ... Read more >
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010