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 […]
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 […]
The Big Durian: Why first-timers to Durians and Jakarta should be with supervision
Jakarta is the city known as The Big Durian. Just like its fruity namesake, Jakarta has the ability to repulse first-time tasters and have them running, swearing never to return. I have tried durian a couple of times and I still haven’t acquired a taste for it. The last time I tried it made me […]
Kopi Joss – The charcoal coffee of Yogyakarta
When I’m on the road I’m always on the lookout for interesting cafes and new coffee experiences. On my trip to Yogyakarta I found an unusual brew called Jopi Joss: charcoal coffee. [Kopi Joss – it tastes better than it looks.] Kopi Joss preparation starts off in the usual Javanese style, with loose coffee grinds […]
Notes on Pangandaran, Indonesia – An alternative beach destination to Bali
[Pangandaran Beach, Java – Indonesia] Up until a few days before I arrived I had never heard of Pangandaran. This fishing village on the south coast of West Java is a popular beach resort (if you can describe it as that) for domestic visitors, but like much of Indonesia beyond Bali, it is not on […]
Notes on Kota (Old Jakarta)
Kota (Old Jakarta) is the area around the old port area of Jakarta. [Remnants of Old Jakarta] The remaining heritage buildings here are remnants from the Dutch colonial era when the city was known as Batavia. [Jakarta History Museum] Like seemingly every big colonial city in the region Batavia was an “x of the east” […]
