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
by Carlo | Jun 17, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia
The land of 17,000 islands as Indonesia is also know as is definitely worth a trip in itself. It’s a vast humongous country that sprawls between Malaysia and Australia, with the equator as its spine. We landed in Bali late Sunday night with after a short 2.5 hour...Tags: backpacking, indonesia, island, travel, ubud
by Carlo | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog, Singapore
Wow wow, weeeee wow! That pretty much sums up our 3 days here in Singapore. We arrived on Thursday and got settled into our hostel which was called the Betelbox packpackers hostel. Very cool hostel with easy access to all the cities main attractions. My original...Tags: backpacking, island, singapore, travel
