Indonesia
Oh, Bali. The name carries so much emotion. It’s the place symbolizes peace, tranquil, and healing. Bali has been a popular destination for a long time but it attracted more people after the Eat, Pray, Love phenomena. Thankfully, Bali still remains as charming as before. There are so many great hotel options in Bali ranging …
It’s that time of the year again. Let’s look back and review the 10 best destinations of 2016! This year was full of new experiences and visiting familiar places that I adore. I spent a lot of time in Korea this year so it was a great opportunity to explore more of my home country. …
Best Destinations of 2016: Alaska, England, Quebec, and More Read More »
Flores Island is Indonesia’s next big thing Flores Island is emerging as one of the most fascinating islands in Indonesia. Rightfully so. Here you can swim in pristine lakes, dive at some of the world’s best dive sites, explore caves, experience the local resident’s traditional lives, watch the most beautiful sunsets, and more. See these …
An afternoon in an Indonesian-Chinese Storybook Indonesia is a wonderfully diverse country. That might even be an understatement. The world’s largest archipelago country has hundreds of distinctive native ethnic groups, the world’s second highest level of biodiversity, rich natural resources, six official languages, and more than 17,000 islands. So, I shouldn’t be surprised to see …
Experience a Bit of China in Bintan: Senggarang Chinese Village Read More »
Why Indonesia Should be Your Next Holiday Destination Indonesia is still a mysterious place to me. Understandably so, I’ve only seen a small part of this diverse country. Only 9 islands out of 17,000! It’s one of the places where you can’t see everything at once. So what do we do? We should revisit, again …
Hiking to the active volcano in Indonesia Have you ever thought about visiting the active volcano? The volcano is the living evidence of the life of the earth. As a science-minded person, I was always wondering what would it like to see the exploding lava from the mountain top. Maybe that’s why places like Hawaii …
Hiking to the Active Volcano in Java, Indonesia – Mount Bromo Read More »
Introducing Borobudur Temple Borobudur temple is a Buddhist temple in central Java. The name Borobudur is from the Sanskrit words biara and bidur. Biara means temple and bidur means hill; temple on the hill, it means. It was built around the end of the eighth century but it took three generations to finish it. During …
As traveling two weeks in Indonesia, I got to see the major attractions around the country. While I was visiting nine different islands, these were the first impression I got. Have you been to Indonesia? What do you think? There are many islands Roughly, there are 17,000 islands Indonesia. 8,844 of them have been …
Mount Bromo, A Spectacular Indonesia Mountain Winter jacket, gloves, winter hat, hiking shoes, and hiking pants; we were prepared to see the sunrise. Even in Indonesia, we have to prepare for the low temperature when we’re 2,000 m high up from the sea level. Hiking up to Mt. Pananjakan was a lot harder than I …
How much do we know about orangutans? Recently I visited orangutans at Camp Leakey run by Orangutan Foundation International (OFI). The long history and inspirational work of OFI touched all of us. I’ll tell you the story in another post. First, I wanted to share the photos of amazing orangutans. It’s hard not to appreciate …
