Travelogues Indonesia

Today we would continue to the neighboring island of Siladen. This time, very luxuriously in a resort with a house reef. The biodiversity is once again impressive, and the reef...

Today we borrowed two mopeds in Tomohon and went to a volcanic crater. Afterwards, we passed by rice fields, where people were flying kites along the edges. After dinner, we went...

Today we took a flight of about four hours to Manado. On approach to the island, we saw vast areas of rainforest. Laki, our driver who picked us up at the airport, took us to the...

My accommodation in Manado was quite a dive despite the Christmas tree at the reception, but given that I had to be at the airport at 4:30 AM the next morning and it was only a...

After the temples of the past few days, some action was now on the agenda. The Ayung River near Ubud offers good rafting opportunities, which means that the 20 or so providers...

Today was our first change of location. The new base camp for the next 5 days is in the spiritual stronghold of Ubud, located in the center of the island. Our journey first took...

Today we went to Mount Batur to see the sunrise. It was time to get up early again. The alarm went off at 1:00 a.m. and we left at 2:00 a.m. The distance from the accommodation...

Today, after two days of chilling on the beach, there was some action again. We went to Lovina to watch dolphins at sunrise. The alarm clock rang accordingly early this morning...

March 19, 2024 Lombok In the morning I saw the film “Justice League” in the cinema. Not particularly remarkable. At lunch our "100 days at sea" was celebrated with a...

My last days in Indonesia - surfing and eating. What could be better?

A little spoiler in advance: I'm sitting at the airport again - especially in Bangkok - and waiting for the onward flight to Frankfurt. With the last post I already hinted that...

Another day of special sightings.

Yes, dear, sentence with x, was probably nothing... Unfortunately, our last days in Bali were different than expected. First David lay flat and then it was my turn....

After an extremely early transfer to the airport (shuttle at 3:30 a.m.) and a rather disorganized boarding for our taste (3 planes with 3 different destinations at the same gate...

Coming from India, we landed in Jakarta - as a stopover to see the Orangutans in Borneo. We changed this flight very late in the planning, and since we didn't want to redo the...

Woher kommt denn eigentlich Reis ?Habt Ihr schon mal was vom Luwak Kaffee gehört ? Und was wird auch als das Land der Götter bezeichnet?Yeeeees, wir sind auf Bali ! Nach 6...

Today we took our second trip; this time on our own. We booked the ferry and taxi to the port online ourselves because it was easy and would have cost twice as much to book at...

After a short ferry ride, we reached the Bukit Peninsula and thus the Balinese "mainland" again. We had chosen accommodation near the airport and found a really nice hotel in...

We flew to Jakarta on the island of Java, making it our fourth country of the trip: Indonesia. After Singapore, this bustling city with lots of noise, dirt, and traffic was a...

Do you remember the beginning of the year? When I said after my volcano hike in Panama that I would never hike up a volcano at night again? Now I already have 2 more on my list...

The departure time from the boat changes daily due to the tides. Initially, we left at 7:30, but now it's 9:30. But the routine is still there... and the days fly by. Wake up,...

Today, the Campuhan Ridge Walk was on our agenda. Although it was nice, we liked the short hike two days ago much better. The highlight of the walk was the coffee we had at...

Day 3 - Continued journey to Ubud On day 3, our main goal was to get to Ubud, the most touristy city in Bali. That may sound negative at first, but it actually means that there...

The first month of my journey has already passed and it feels so good to finally be here, enjoying life, knowing that there is still so much excitement to experience and every...

about Tentena to paradise - guest article by Lisi After a 14-hour bus ride, which initially took us through the highlands with fir trees and then past countless exotic mango,...

Ubud - Bali - Indonesia Since the distances to other interesting places in Sumatra were too far, I decided to fly over to Bali a week earlier. I have been wishing to visit the...

Guest post by Julie Selamat Pagi Makassar... Selamat Malam Rantepao/ Toraja Tana! After we arrived in the big city and had our first encounters with the tropical nature and...

To do something more active on Flores, we decided to visit the Kelimutu volcano on our way to Maumere. We took a Bemo (public minibus) to the village of Moni, located on the...

After our tour of Bali, we started from Padangbai with a speedboat to the Gilis (Gili = small island). Gili Trawangan, Meno, and Air are the three largest and most famous "small...

06.08.19 Long time no scooter ride, so it's time again. We rent one directly at our accommodation for an unbeatable €3.30/day - because it's so convenient. Since the scooter is...