As a rather analytical mind I was always a hopeless negotiator in various street situations, either when you want a better price or need to persuade someone to do / don’t do something. No wonder that travelling across Indonesia with my family turned out to be a little challenge. In Indonesia (or at least the […]
Dear diary! I hope you are fine even though I was not writing much lately. There is so much going on that I need time to set things straight in my head and then I am lost for words to describe all this and then more and more happens and when you finally stop to […]
Few years ago I read an article in National Geographic about Tana Toraja. It painted a picture of a mythical, inaccessible land where people have a completely different approach to death. I did not know how I am going to get there but it was a hot spot on our route through Indonesia. It took […]
We started our visit to Java from a small town of Banyuwangi which is close to Ijen volcano. There was a thick layer of clouds covering the volcano so we decided to go to Sukamade first. Sukamade is a remote beach where sea turtles come to hatch eggs. Based on the information from Emiwdrodze, getting […]
While staying in Ubud we made a few more trips to visit temples: Gunung Kawi, Tirta Empul and Goa Gajah. Then it started to rain. After 3 days of rain all our stuff and our rooms started to stink and laundry kept hanging wet, showing no signs of drying. On a side note – just […]
Bali was meant to be our first destination on our one-year journey around the world. Despite volcano warning, we did not change our plans like many Australians, Britons and others and landed in Denpasar with no extra adventures on the 2nd day of October. We arranged transfer to our first place upfront so there was […]
A flip of a coin or rather a promotion in Emirates ended up in an Indonesian island of Bali being our first destination. About two weeks before our departure we learnt that the Bali volcano – Mount Agung woke up. There is smoke, local earthquakes and many people were evacuated. In case it erupts, our […]
