by Carlo | Jul 5, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
The Perhential Islands are a backpacking magnet for those who venture to the East coast of Malaysia. The islands(two of them, one small and one a little bigger) are situated about 40 nautical miles for the mainland in the Northeast. We spent three days there after we...Tags: island, malaysia, perhentian
by Carlo | Jul 2, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
A Plane, train, boat, bus and car was how we made our way from Gili Trawangan in Indonesia to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It was a trip that last just over 24 hours by the time we eventually got to our hostel in the Bukit Bintang area of KL. We landed in KL just after...Tags: jungle, kuala lumpur, malaysia, trek
by Carlo | Jun 26, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia
After spending a nice long week on the Island of Gili Trawangan, we decided to leave. Not because we were fed up of the endless beach time or the exotic tastes of the local food there, but just because our feet got itchy and we wanted to explore more. We talked about...Tags: backpacking, bali, gili, indonesia, island
by Carlo | Jun 23, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia
Back when I was starting to plan our trip to Asia, I was surfing the different forums on the net looking at the different locations that people visit. Initially I really didn’t plan on going to Indonesia but during one online conversation with a forum member on...Tags: backpacking, bali, gili, island, paradise, travel
by Carlo | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia
Having never trekked a volcano before I was really looking forward to this. We were picked up from our accommodation in Ubud at 2:30am Saturday morning and we drove for a little over 80 minutes at a constant uphill incline the whole way until we reached the foot of...Tags: backpacking, indonesia, island, travel, ubud
