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Bali was obviously a beautiful island and I had heard about it already long before even considering to traveling to Indonesia. But this beauty was not as apparent as it seemed and unfortunately for many visitors the experience of Bali simply ended on one of the many nice beaches. Even if the beaches on Bali […]
The beautiful island of Bali was not only offering a wide range of beaches to relax and enjoy the sun, but also a unique cultural experience when visiting some of the many Hindu temples. Known as the island of thousand temples, Bali was actually believed to have as many as 20,000 temples in total. While […]
Bali was this tropical island with empty white sand beaches, crystal clear water and tall palm trees, gently leaning over to provide some shade during the heat of the day, at least that was my expectation. But as usually the case with expectations, the reality looked a little bit different and this was certainly the […]
Travel Day 687 – Yogyakarta and Borobudur on Java, INDONESIA In continuation of seeing the historical sites of central Java, today I went to see the Buddhist Borobudur Temple, another UNESCO World Heritage site… In general, the religious aspect of Indonesia seemed quite interesting as it used to be a Buddhist country at some point. […]
Travel Day 686 – Yogyakarta and Prambanan on Java, INDONESIA While exploring Yogyakarta and the Water Castle had been great, today I was off to something bigger and better, the UNESCO enlisted temples of Prambanan… But before even thinking about going to Prambanan, I still wanted to see the Kraton of Yogyakarta and luckily it […]
Travel Day 685 – Solo to Yogyakarta on Java, INDONESIA Somehow this day started on the wrong foot and when I took the rickshaw after breakfast to the train station, the train was just leaving and I had to wait another 1 ½ hours for the next one to come… Technically this was not even […]
Travel Day 684 – Solo on Java, INDONESIA Initially the idea had been to carry on today and leave Solo behind, but for some reason that wasn’t happening… Well, actually there were a lot of reasons why it was nice to linger in Solo for a bit longer, even if there was technically not a […]
Travel Day 683 – Solo on Java, INDONESIA After the last four days had been really exhausting, the day today simply had to be more relaxed, slow and easy-going… While the last days had required getting up between 4 and 5am, travelling 12 hours a day or hiking on volcanoes and walking around, now it […]
Travel Day 682- Malang to Surabaya to Solo on Java, INDONESIA Since it had become apparent already yesterday that Malang did not have much to offer for me, I decided to leave as soon as possible… Leaving as soon as possible in this case meant walking over to the railway station and catching the 7am […]
Travel Day 681- Cemoro Lawang to Malang on Java, INDONESIA As it was to be expected, the day today started with a really early rise in order to walk up Gunung Penanjakan to enjoy the sunrise over the volcano valley of Gunung Bromo… An early rise in this case meant 3.45am and by 4am I […]
Travel Day 680 – Denpasar to Cemoro Lawang on Java, INDONESIA In order to make my stay so close to the bus terminal in Denpasar worthwhile, I got up really early and caught the first bus of the day, at 6 am, towards Gilimanuk at the western end of Bali… From Gilimanuk it was possible […]
Travel Day 679 – Gili Air to Denpasar on Bali, INDONESIA After a long internal debate with myself regarding how far east I should travel in Indonesia, I finally made a decision today… The main dispute that had been lingering inside of me was regarding the general decision to either travel further east towards Flores […]
Travel Day 678 – Gili Air, INDONESIA After the relaxed daycation ended up being quite busy and after there had possibly been one Bintang too much involved, the day today on Gili Air started really, really slowly… Instead of spending time in the heat of the beach, it seemed a rather good idea to have […]