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
by Carlo | Jun 5, 2011 | Blog
The time has finally arrived! After an almost unbearable last few months of waiting, researching and what not, the trip starts tomorrow. I’ve already described the bones of the trip in a recent post so I won’t start repeating myself. Nothing has changed in the...Tags: asia, backpacking, travel
by Carlo | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
Its been a year to the day since I made my last post here and with good reason. As I’ve not done much travel in 2010 there was no need for any update. I did get to Berlin(stag weekend), Manchester(godfather duties),Vilamoura(a wedding) and to visit my...Tags: asia, backpacking, travel
