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 Today, the 17th of August, is the Independence Day of Indonesia, my beloved country where I was born. My beautiful country that I left 7 years ago to pursue a new life with Ryan in Canada. To celebrate, I’d like to give a special mention to a time in my travels that reminded me of Indonesia the most. It’s Monaco. Monaco shares an identical flag with Indonesia, except for the width:height ratio. It somehow brought a huge smile to me when I saw this familiar flag [read more...] 
Imagine walking on a crackling surface of dried mud, and you can feel that even though the surface is solid there is movement underneath. Then as you step, your feet break the crust and you drop ankle deep into warm mud. Then as you free yourself and start to creep forward the ground in front of you starts gurgling and belching, shooting muddy water up a half meter into the air. That’s what happened to us when we traveled to a mud volcano field called Bledug Kuwu, located in Central Java, Indonesia. We crossed the field as [read more...] 
We visited the home of Kemal Ataturk in Izmir, Turkey. Ataturk is the famous father of modern Turkey who forged the new country from the remains of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. This photo is from his bathroom, but it looks a little like an office. He’s got a desk and chairs for people to sit. I wonder if he held meetings while sitting in the bath. Maybe he had the idea for the Turkish alphabet while soaking in this very tub. I just hope he dismissed them before he used the toilet! Have you [read more...] 
Basilica Cistern, the largest of hundreds of cisterns found underneath the modern city of Istanbul, was built around the sixth century during the Byzantine era. Throughout its history, this cistern had supplied the water needs of the Great Palace of Constantinople, and then the Topkapi Palace during the Ottoman era. Going down the staircase, you will reach the bottom of this giant water container. Instead of feeling like being inside a water tank, I felt like being inside a dark and ancient sunken palace, or Yerebatan Sarayi, as the Turkish might call it. The big hall is [read more...]  One of our favourite moment in Bali was in Ubud’s monkey forest. We saw a monkey family and I’m amazed by how much they look like a human family, except instead of holding the kids by the hand, they are holding on by the tail.  Hi there! We are a married couple that decided to close down our apartment, limit our possessions into two of 60 L backpacks, and be nomad backpackers, go wherever our hearts desire. The ape of Gibraltar We started our journey on April 2009, with Europe as our first destination. From Ontario where we lived, we flew to Florida, and crossed the Atlantic Ocean with a repositioning transatlantic cruise ship. Yes, like the Titanic cruise. Believe me, it was not expensive as you might think. They are not in high demand, [read more...] |
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