Hotel Name: Gardena Hotel Address: Jl. Soekarno Hatta, Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia. Gardena Hotel is a budget hotel/guesthouse type accommodation in Labuan Bajo. The hotel isn’t bookable online and there isn’t a contact form on their site (www.gardenaflores.com) so I called them to reserve. When I arrived my name wasn’t listed (Ahh Indonesia!) Fortunately there […]
Flight Review: Wings Air – Bali to Labuan Bajo [Indonesia]
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Flight: Wings Air IW 1888 Date: 14 May 2014 From: Denpasar Bali (DPS) To: Labuan Bajo Komodo (LBJ) How I Booked: Searched via Skyscanner. I flew with Indonesian airlines Wings Air from Bali to Flores. Wings Air is a subsidiary of Lion Air – the largest privately owned airline in Indonesia. Wings Air operates as […]
Guesthouse Review: Lolo House, Legian Bali – Indonesia
Hotel Name: Lolo House Address: Jl. Melasti Gang Lebak Bene, Legian, Bali – Indonesia. I stayed at Lolo House while I was in Legian. I found this place as I was staying across the road at the Rosani Hotel. There isn’t a website for this guesthouse so I just walked in off the street. I […]
Hotel Review: Rosani Hotel, Legian, Bali – Indonesia
Hotel Name: Rosani Hotel Address: Jalan Melasti, Lebak Bene, Legian, Bali – Indonesia. I stayed at the Rosani Hotel in Legian, Bali. I booked it online and selected it for its proximity to the beach and because there was a good deal offered on Agoda. [Rosani Hotel Pool] The Rosani is an old-style building that […]
Guesthouse Review: Ubud View Bungalows, Ubud, Bali – Indonesia
Hotel Name: Ubud View Bungalows Address: Jalan Hanoman, Padang Tegal, Ubud, Bali – Indonesia. Ubud View Bungalows is a budget guesthouse in Ubud, Bali. The guesthouse is well located just off Jalan Hanoman at the Monkey Forest Road end. I was in Ubud for three nights and I booked it online for its price and […]
Sleeping in Airports: Staying overnight at Singapore Changi Airport
While booking flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Denpasar (Bali), the two cheapest flights on offer were overnighters with connections in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur (Low Cost Carrier Terminal). If you know anything about LCCT you would know not choose to do an overnighter there, so I picked the luxurious SIN. Usually I would […]
Guesthouse Review: Pink Guest House, Bangkok – The cheapest hotel on Sukhumvit
Hotel Name: Pink Guest House Address: 2/7 Sukhumvit 53, Bangkok – Thailand On my last visit to Bangkok I stayed at what might be the cheapest hotel on Sukhumvit. Technically it isn’t possible to say that anywhere is the cheapest place due to the nature of hotel booking sites that offer steep discounts at various […]
Guesthouse Review: The King Guesthouse, Phnom Penh – Cambodia
Hotel Name: King Guesthouse Address: #149 and #151, St. 110, Phnom Penh The King Guesthouse is a budget guest house in Phnom Penh, not far from Wat Phnom (the principal Buddhist temple of the city). This is within my recommended area to stay in Phnom Penh. At under $10 a night, it was one of […]
Saturday Night’s Alright (For Writing)
When you work for yourself you soon find what hours are the most productive for you. I was reflecting on this when I found myself in a Hanoi-style cafe in Saigon on a Saturday night. I usually walk around everywhere with my laptop, but this night I only had my notepad and pen at hand. […]
Tsunami sites in Banda Aceh
“I lost 16 members of my family in the Tsunami”. When I arrived in Banda Aceh I wondered if people would be receptive to discussing the tsunami. I needn’t have worried as my taxi guide started telling me his experience as soon as we left the airport. He was at the airport when the tsunami […]
