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  1. Sailing off in search of dragons

    Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 12 December 2009

    I was faced with three options when it came to getting to Komodo. Would it be the expensive flight on a dodgy Indonesian airline? Or maybe the uncomfortable 31 hour bus-boat-bus-boat overland option? Or perhaps the four-day all-inclusive boat trip island-hopping all the way from Lombok to Flores, taking in Komodo along the way? It [...]

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  2. My new favourite island

    Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 11 December 2009

    I’m planning to head back to the Gili Islands for New Year to meet some mates from back home, so I figured I should check out one of the other so I could decide which one we should agree on. So I spent my last day on the islands visiting Gili Air – which was [...]

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  3. Time to hit the beach

    Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 9 December 2009

    I’d had rather a hectic five weeks since leaving Santiago – 8 long flights, 3 12 hour overland journeys, and staying in 14 different places in 4 different countries, and quite frankly after all that I was knackered. This called for serious measures: time to hit the beach. Now the problem with that is there [...]

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  4. Climbing Gunung Batur, Bali’s Volcano

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 2 October 2009

    We had come to Bali for many things however and climbing a volcano was one of them, so I wasn't about to admit that I was chickening out. As it turns out, Gunung Batur is not a frightening lava flowing volcano at all. Yes, it is an active volcano, but you won't see any lava fields flowing by as you walk up the trail and you won't have to worry or fear that you may tumble into molten lava. I really should have done my research before we climbed and I would have known this. Instead I lay awake all night fretting and waiting for our 2:00 am wake up call.

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  5. Bali and Lombok – Tourist Paradise and Real Life Experiences in One

    Blog: The 4 Season Travel Blog - 23 June 2009

    Bali and Lombok is in many ways Asia’s perfect summer travel destination. While Thailand goes through their rainy season over summer, Indonesia actually has it’s dryest months from May to September.

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