As with anything that ends, I get unbelievably nostalgic and sort of melancholic (whoa), and this SE Asia trip ending is no different. Hence, I find myself sitting here thinking over all the lessons I have learned and the new things I have picked up, as well as the things I left behind during the [...]
I remember when my sister and I first embarked on our backpacking trip around South America in 2008, I took with me my ancient Nokia cellphone, that only sometimes made phone calls and could maybe send a text if you asked it nicely, but that was about it. In order to find out information it was [...]
I really like the saying 'We all need the darkness, to see the light'. And it got me thinking of my time in South East Asia and some of the good and...not so good things that happened over there. So I decided to write a post on some of the highs - the good decisions [...]
So, to celebrate being on the road for three months (yeah, I know, where did that time go!?), I thought I'd spend some time coming up with things that I can now do, that I wasn't able to before I'd left home. Some of these may seem like little victories, however, sometimes a day can [...]
1. Money is everything here (well, it is everywhere in the world, but I found it more assertive and cunning here). You can get anything or do anything you want, but for a price. And there is almost no way to get an upfront answer on the 100% cost of anything. For example, make sure [...]
After 5 weeks in Bali (including the Gili Islands and Lombok), it was time for us to explore more of Indonesia (damn you Bali for being so awesome that you took so much of our 2 month tourist visa!). The obvious next step for us was to head to the island to the west, Java. [...]
After a few days in Ubud, we decided we wanted to explore some places a little further afield - and, I'm not gonna lie, we just loved riding our scooters everywhere! So the vague plan was to head north to the township of Singaraja (the island's old capital) over the mountain ranges in the centre [...]
