Our second month on the road has been much less dramatic than the first – we’ve really started to find our groove and have visited some amazing, one of a kind destinations. There are probably three phrases I would use to summarise this month – aching muscles, looooooong travel days and dodgy hotel rooms. Here’s the low down on what’s… Read more →
Kawah Ijen was never part of our original travel plans – simply because we hadn’t heard of it. But once we did learn of its existence – ‘it’ being the largest acidic crater lake in the world, of turquoise colour and that shoots ‘blue flames’ at night – well, we had to go! Getting there was our first hurdle. We… Read more →
We’ve had an amazing time so far in Indonesia and visited some beautiful places. However, to be perfectly honest – nothing has quite made our jaw drop as of yet. Nothing we have seen has been particularly ‘unique’ or new – the beaches back at home in beautiful Perth rival everything we’ve seen so far. That’s why we have been… Read more →
We cannot believe it’s already been a month since we left Perth and our friends and family behind, to pursue our nomadic existence on the road! It feels as though we left just yesterday, but at the same time – like we’ve been doing this forever! I think it’s fair to say we’ve experienced a bit of a ‘baptism by… Read more →
Indonesia is a massive country – there are over 17 000 islands that make up the nation. Travellers to Indonesia find it difficult to decide where to spend their time – with incredible destinations, sites and activities all over the country. The other factor that makes travelling difficult, is the restrictive visa conditions. Currently, Australians are entitled to a ‘Visa… Read more →
They’re on the street corner in just about every Asian country; the women standing outside with their brochures beckoning you in – and no, I am not referring to certain establishments with seedy undertones – I’m talking about massage parlours. Spas, salons – whatever they are called, you can understand why there are so many – with one hour massages… Read more →
It was one of the first destinations I’d eyed off when putting our itinerary together – Pulau Weh, north of the Aceh province in Sumatra. The sandy shores, world class diving and snorkelling, lush rainforests and beach-side bungalows. It seemed the perfect first stop on our nomadic existence journey… Getting there was the first hurdle. Not realising it was Ramadhan,… Read more →
On all the occasions where we’ve travelled, we’ve planned our trip meticulously. We read our Lonely Planet from front to back, read reviews, pre-booked all our accommodation and major activities and tracked it all on a very well kept spreadsheet. Being that we only had a certain amount of time to travel, we wanted to make sure we made the… Read more →
