Asia
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Farewell to Asia in Denpasar
It’s Ebru’s idea to head to Bali a couple of days ahead of our flight and see Denpasar. I’m not keen. I’ve had enough dealings with Bali transport and the idea of going…
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The Gili Islands
The Gilis are a string of three little islands just of Lombok in Indonesia. These islands are completely without motorized transport and have a reputation for being quite well removed from normal every-day…
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Planting Around the World Mission 8 (Gili Trawangan, Indonesia)
In our Planting Around the World Mission our challenge is to plant at least one tree for every country we visit during our world backpacking trip. Why? With all the talk about carbon…
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Bali to Gili Ferry Crossing
Ferries from Padangbai to the Gilis are available via Lombok or direct, with the former being much cheaper but taking up to 9 hours and taking you through through an alleged hellhole called…
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Yogyakarta to Bromo
We take a train from Yogyakarta to Malang. Here we plan to journey to the village of Ngadisari in order to visit Mount Bromo (Mt Bromo is an active volcano). To get there…
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Dieng Plateau
We make the journey to the Dieng Plateau via public bus. Yogyakarta to Magelang and change to Wonosobo. It gets rather wet along the way. And in fact, it stays wet for the rest…
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Yogyakarta
We depart in an Executive coach on the train from Jakarta Gambir station to Yogyakarta on Java, better known as Yogya (“Jogja”). We’re armed with a packed lunch from Dunkin Donuts which is…
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Singapore Spectacular!
WOW! Five days in Singapore and there’s so much to tell you about that it’s hard to decide what to leave out. I really have to restrain myself on the photos as well…
