Surprisingly one of my travel companions suggested an activity outside our usual Bali choices. They wanted to venture outside our box to learn more about the local culture. I told them that’s exactly what I had been doing during the day, separate from the group. At night I would catch up with the group at [...]

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Today I decided to spend almost a whole day at the beach since I hadn’t yet spent time with my fellow travellers on previous days.  I started my day with a full blown local style breakfast. Rather than cereal and toast, the local breakfast here is fried rice. I find it odd to eat dinner [...]

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Two days just passed where I did little sightseeing. I spent these days chilling and relaxing at my villa with my travel mates. We had a great night out and one day, we hired a motorcycle each and rode around the island. When I told my local guide he looked really surprised and told us [...]

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Despite the beautiful beaches Bali has to offer, Ubud has to be one of my favourite places to stay. Ubud is surrounded by beautiful and tranquil rice terraces and luscious forests. Ubud is also where the local artists tend to reside and I feel in touch with my creative side when I am in the [...]

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Ibu Oka Jalan Suweta / Tegal Sari No. 2 Ubud, Bali, Indonesia I first encountered “Ibu Oka” when I watched Anthony Bourdain’s ‘No Reservation’ Travel TV Show. Having lived in New York and travelled the world, he bragged about how Ibu Oka’s Roast Suckling Pig (locally known as Babi Guling) has to be the best [...]

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I,  like most Australians, love Bali very much and decided to kick start my Easter holiday early . I have been to Bali numerous times, mostly to relax in their villas and beaches. Other than this, I have actually never learnt about Bali culture except for the friendliness of the locals and how much fun [...]

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While visting Mount Bromo, I decided to stay a little bit longer to explore a less touristy mountain (Mount Ijen 2380 meters above sea level) which is further east of Java island. First of all, it’s less touristy because it’s hard to get to. I would recommend you follow closely to what is advised in [...]

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While we were in in Java (Indonesia), home to the Java coffee and the now instinct java tiger, a local colleague recommended me to climb the volcanic mountains. I didn’t realise Indonesia consisted of so many islands. Volcanic mountains can be found in many places in the country. Anyhow, lets go back to our topic of [...]

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After 2 days on a boat exploring the islands of of Komodo and Rinca for komodo dragons, I was finally back on dry land at Indonesia’s island of Flores. I was staying overnight at a little town in West Flores called Labuhan Bajo. This town has nothing much other than simple local life and is a launching [...]

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  After a night of sleeping on the rooftop of a boat I woke up and had breakfast. We sailed for a further 2 hours and finally reached Komodo Island. There are 2 main islands in Indonesia where you can see the majority of the Komodo Dragons – Rinca Island (Loh Buaya), which we just [...]

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