On an island hopping journey from Flores to Lombok in 2017, we learned about Moyo Island and set out to visit this little island paradise. With little research and no idea what we would find on the other end, the journey to Moyo Island became the highlight of my Indonesia backpacking trip. For anyone planning…
On my first trip to Bali, my friend and I went on an ill-planned 8km bike ride (despite the warnings it would be mainly uphill) to the insta-famous Tegallalang Rice Fields just outside Ubud. We arrived around mid-day, soaking in sweat, to a flood of tourists, hawkers selling typical souvenirs, and local “farmers” charging for…
I had never heard of the city of Dumaguete before coming to the Philippines, and barely knew how to pronounce the name when I first came across it. I usually tend to avoid cities when I’m in Southeast Asia – why breathe in motorbike exhaust when the island life was calling? But then I found…