Rachel and Leone
7–12 gen 2024, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Visited Elli's cousin Rachel and her partner Leone
Kay, Bonnie and family
9 gennaio 2024, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Seeing Chris's Aunt Kay, her daughter Bonnie and family
Craig, Jo, Azi, Allana
9 gennaio 2024, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Chris's cousin Craig, his wife Jo and their kids
Sydney layover
12 gennaio 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Outside Tabanan, Bali
12–15 gen 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Staying a bit outside of the chaos to regroup after 24 hours of travelling, starting at 3am NZ time
Jatiluwih rice terraces
14 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Drove up to the rice terraces and around
Ubud, Bali
15–19 gen 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
A few days in Ubud, experiencing the Eat Pray Love phenomenon first hand and eating double portions for dinner
Canggu, Seminyak and Kuta
18 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
A tour round exploring Bali's beaches, featuring not as many drunk Australians as we expected and an ice cream float
Pemuteran
19–21 gen 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Stopping on the way to Java to go snorkelling
Menjangan Island
20 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Snorkelling around Menjangan island - part of the Bali Barat National Park and home to an incredible array of sealife in its coral reef.
Menjangan means deer and indeed there were plenty keen for aLeggi altro
Banyuwangi
21–24 gen 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
A couple of days in Banyuwangi in East Java as a base for climbing Mount Ijen.
Mount Ijen
23 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We woke up at 00.30 to climb Mount Ijen, an active volcano in East Java which has the biggest acid lake in the world in its crater, and is home to sulphur deposits, which produce a rare phenomenon ofLeggi altro
Yogyakarta
24–29 gen 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Took the 12 hour train to Yogyakarta, cultural capital of Java. Features a surprisingly high quantity of car accidents and a volcano that's currently erupting.
Mount Merapi
26 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Took a ride up to Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta's local volcano, which erupted on Sunday. It was very foggy and we saw absolutely nothing but we had a fun (if slightly stressful) day out 🤷♀️
Borobudur Temple
27 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Went to visit Borobudur Temple, which is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. It's 8th/9th century though was only used as a place of worship for about 100 years before it was abandoned andLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreOh yeah it's still going. It's starting to sun fade so who knows, I might have a white hat in a few months 🤷♀️
Yogyakarta Airport
28 gennaio 2024, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Some surprisingly cultural experiences for an airport. Had to wait to go through security due to the daily national anthem, and a bizarre cartoon
Kuala Lumpur
29 gen–4 feb 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
We arrived in KL on Monday night after some last minute decision making about where to go next, in the end buying the flight on the same day(!) We spent a few days chilling out in central KL, eating aLeggi altro
Mee Tarek Restaurant
30 gennaio 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Normally a restaurant wouldn't be worth a footprint, but this place was something else.
Ordered on an app, drinks and first food arrived in 2 minutes, the final plate was here in 5 minutes. All cheapLeggi altro
Batu Caves
3 febbraio 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Visited the Batu Caves, a complex of Hindu shrines set in limestone caves just outside KL. Lots of steps and worth it for the amazing rock formations and temples, despite being super busy!
Malacca
4–6 feb 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Took the bus to Malacca City, which is a frequent stopping off point between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and for good reason it seems: it's a UNESCO World Heritage site and has a long history as a portLeggi altro
Forest City, Johor Bahru
6–10 feb 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We spent a weird and very wonderful few days in Forest City, an almost deserted new city. It was built by a Chinese property developer on an artificial island near Johor Bahru (just across fromLeggi altro
Georgetown, Penang
10–17 feb 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Came to Penang for Chinese New Year, braving the travel rush in some slightly last minute plans to meet our friend Ash in Georgetown. We had to fly in the end as every bus and train was sold out(!)Leggi altro
ViaggiatoreLove the temple lights. ❤️ Interesting food. 🍛 How was the durian?
ViaggiatoreAsh thinks it's God's own fruit, Elli thought it was good, I thought the texture was interesting but the taste was not great. I think Jackfruit tastes nicer, although the texture is a bit rubbery
Padang Besar
17–18 feb 2024, Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
An overnight stop in a border town. We arrived on the last train to Padang Basar, and the bridge to town was closed, so we had to walk all the way around, through a pitch black underpass, as we hadLeggi altro
Koh Lanta
18–26 feb 2024, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
A week on the beach in Thailand, enjoying the sunshine, cocktails and local poisons and learning to scuba dive (with a few ear related hiccups).
Bangkok
27 feb–2 mar 2024, Tailandia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Bangkok is the classic passing through city for travellers. So we took the night bus from Krabi and here we are passing through, for a few days, featuring a lot of lazy days, more sushi than you wouldLeggi altro