How to Travel by Yourself (but not really)

Over time, I’ve gathered a lot of websites… I mean, a lot. Here’s your one-stop-shop for research information

The life of an Ubud local

One surprising truth about travel is that the cliche isn’t true: you don’t always get what you pay for. A cafe on a busy street may charge the same as a cafe in the middle of a mango grove… A home-stay infested with bedbugs may charge the same as a home-stay with a porch and…

East Java: Rice fields + Traditional Batik

9 captured shots of two separate shoots; one in the back of a traditional batik artist’s home, and the other on the outskirts of a sidoarjo rice field.

Top 10 Travel Mistakes You WILL Make

Here’s a few mistakes I learnt the hard way (no, really, all of the following has happened.)

Colours & Candids of Bali

10 captured shots of villagers & architecture in Kuta, Sanur, Ubud, & Lombok. Bali is a palette of colour.

Climbing Mt. Rinjani at 2 A.M

HAVE YOU EVER HIKED UP A 3726M ACTIVE VOLCANO AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING IN TOTAL DARKNESS, WITH NOTHING BUT YOUR BACKPACK AND A FLASH LIGHT? IN LOMBOK?

NO?
IS THIS JUST ME?

Saving Sea Turtles in Bali

A MAN IS SHOUTING IN THE WATER WITH DOZENS OF PEOPLE STANDING AT ATTENTION AT THE SHORELINE… YOU’RE TOLD TO STAND STILL! DON’T MOVE YOUR FEET! …YOU MIGHT STEP ON A BABY SEA TURTLE!

12 Travel books to feed your Wanderlust

  You know that saying, “you are what you eat”? I’m going to take a spin on that and say, “you are what you read”. Granted, I read a lot – but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that all of the novels I love most have fed my passion for travel…