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 →
Author: Amy
100 Thoughts Whilst Having a Massage in an Asian Country
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 →
Pulau Weh – Learning Patience in Paradise
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 →
Our Travel Plans (Or Lack Thereof…)
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 →
Living a Nomadic Existence: What’s Been Involved So Far
When you make a decision to go full-time travelling, it’s not quite as simple as booking a flight, packing a bag and off you go. We really wish it was, but there’s generally a few little things to sort out before you move on – like the whole job situation. The housing situation. The what on earth do we do… Read more →
Travelling Full-time: How We’re Making It Work
A year ago, when we made a joint decision that travelling the world together was what we wanted to do more than anything, we realised that we’d have to make some big changes in our life. There was no ‘having our cake and eating it too’ – keeping our fabulous life, apartment, job and hobbies here in Perth as well… Read more →
Leaving It All Behind: Why We’re Off to Travel the World
We live an incredible life here in Perth, Western Australia. We both have amazing careers, which are a result of study and hard work over the last several years. We live in an amazing apartment on the river, with beautiful city views. Both of us enjoy various hobbies, classes and volunteering that we dedicate lots of time to each week.… Read more →