Backpacker budget for travelling Southeast Asia. How much can you expect to spend and on what?
Backpacking Packing List for Warm Climates
Packing list for travelling in warm climates. Such as countries around the equator and tropics.
6 Months Travelling Southeast Asia – A Summary
Now that the most incredible 6 months of my life have unfortunately come to an end. I thought I would write a final post for the trip summarising my thoughts, feeling, recommendations, regrets and love regarding this truly astonishing part of the world. I’ve chosen to break the post down into various categories meaning you... Continue Reading →
Komodo National Park
As I said in the last blog on the 16th of April I flew from Lombok to Labuan Bajo, which is on the island of Flores and the base camp for exploring Komodo National Park. I was a little apprehensive about my flight as when I booked with Wings Air I was only allowed 6... Continue Reading →
Gili T & Lombok
After completing our sunrise hike of Mt. Batur and jumping straight into the waiting minivan which whisked us off to the port. Fred and I boarded the ferry to take us across to Gili Trawangan (Gili T) where we would meet back up with Con and the group he had been travelling with for the... Continue Reading →
Bali
On the 2nd of April after very little sleep due to the sunrise tour of Mt. Ijen, I made my way over to Bali to meet back up with Fred and Con after being solo for a couple of weeks. The journey from Banyuwangi to Bali involved a short ferry crossing before around a 3... Continue Reading →
Jakarta to Bali
Before I really get into talking about the start of my time in Indonesia I want to quickly describe my journey from Cebu in the Philippines to Jakarta in Indonesia as actually rather a lot happened. My travel route wasn’t direct, I first flew to Singapore where I had a 2-hour layover before flying onto... Continue Reading →
Final Week in the Philippines
As I said at the end of the last blog, on the 20th of March I made my way solo from Malapascua to Panglao, an island connected to the bigger island of Bohol. The journey was rather a long one, comprising of a ferry, bus journey, taxi, another ferry and finally one last taxi. Taking... Continue Reading →
Malapascua
On the 14th of March, I flew from Puerto Princesa to Cebu City. The flight was once again uneventful however I was seated in the very first row of the plane, free of charge due to my seat allocation which was very nice. Extra leg room and all that. It was short lived however as... Continue Reading →
Port Barton
As I originally said at the end of the last blog about El Nido (sorry it was a little while ago, the Philippines is too distracting) I made my way solo to Port Barton on the 10th of March. The journey wasn’t too long but I must admit I was rather sad and a little... Continue Reading →