by Florence Murphy | Jul 7, 2016 | Asia, Blog, Chiang Mai, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Remember the experience of landing in Southeast Asia for the first time? Stepping off the plane was like lifting a veil from your eyes that you never knew you were even wearing. Well, that’s how it felt for us anyway the first time we landed in Bangkok. The...Tags: backpacking, southeast asia, thailand, tips, travel, vietnam
by Carlo | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
This is the first of two posts in which I’ve been asked give some information about. The other one will be about what I’ve packed in my backpack to last me for the seven months on this trip. Food! Well I’ve certainly eaten my fair share of it since arriving in Asia....Tags: backpacking, food, photo, travel
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
