Is swimming with whale sharks on your bucket list? Come to Saleh bay in Sumbawa and you can tick that off your list! David and I have been trying to see whale sharks for so many times, in the Philippines, in Mexico and in Australia, but we never…
Bali has so many wonderful rice terraces and Jatiluwih is probably the most spectacular of them all! Jatiluwih is an Unesco World Heritage site that can be found on the highland of central Bali. BEFORE YOU GO How to get here: We hired a car from Ubud…
When people comes to Bali they will likely have a stop at one of these three small beautiful gilis (island): gili Air, gili Meno and gili Trawagan. If you haven’t been there before, we absolutely recommend you to have at least a day on one of these islands.…
We have been snorkeling all around the world and snorkeling in Indonesia was so far our best. Unfortunately there aren’t many good snorkeling spots in Bali compare to what other Indonesian islands have to offer. But if you happens to be on the island and wish to go…
Bali is famous for lush green rice terraces and there are many rice terraceas for you to discover. If you happens to be in Ubud, Tegalalang is the most well-known and the most touristic rice terraces in the area. For this reason we hesitated going to Tegalalang rice…
Unfortunately Ubud doesn’t have many long walking trails unless you are walking on the rice terraces and even there, they aren’t a proper trails. Sometime the trail ends up by a muddy field or a river etc. And you have to go back and try to find a…
Did you know that Indonesia has about 147 volcanoes spread all over the country? Luckily, there are many volcanoes open for visitors and Mount Bromo must be without a doubt the most visited! Mount Bromo is to be found in east of Java, in Bromo Tengger Semeru National…
In Tana Toraja on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the water buffalos are used as sacrifical animals. Here on the land of the Toraja, the water buffalos play a big role and are very important on the funeral ceremonies as the Toraja people believe that the buffalos leads the deceased…
Living in montaneous Switzerland we are used to difficult and long hikes but climbing the volcano Rinjani in Indonesia almost made me collapse of exhaustion. Not even hiking ten days to the Annapurna BS in Nepal came close to the fatigue I felt while ascending Rinjani . Mount…