Sunday 29th April Moni I picked up Uly and Hans at sunrise around 6.30am at their aunt’s house. They were still a bit sleepy. We started walking to Kelimutu and the three of us had sore legs and feet and walked quite slowly. After all, they are only 12 and 10! Although they are used … More Moni Days 2 and 3
Friday 27th April Bajawa to Moni I took the bemo going to Moni at 6.30am. When I entered it, the music was already really loud and 5 cigarettes were lit in it. Luckily, I managed to get a window seat. I hate the cigarette. It’s not that I don’t like the cigarette. I really, really … More Moni Day 1
Thursday 26th April Bajawa I started the day with a breakfast in the living room downstairs. An ojek guide with some cool rasta called Marselino came to seat with me and offered me to take me around Bajawa and the traditional villages for the day. Half-hour later, we were on the road. We started the … More Bajawa
Tuesday 24th April Here is a map of the entire island of Flores. Here is a map of Western Flores, to give you an idea of where Labuanbajo, Ruteng and Bajawa are. I stood in front of Komodo Cruises around 6.40am waiting for the local minivan (called bemo here) for Ruteng to pass. Jan, the … More Ruteng
Thursday 19th April We checked out at noon, took the sky train and then a bus to the airport. Our flight for Denpasar was in the afternoon. We arrived in Denpasar on Bali around 6pm. We went directly to the domestic terminal to purchase tickets to Labuanbajo on Flores but the counters were closed. We … More Labuanbajo 3 days diving
Tuesday 17th April Kuala Lumpur We didn’t do much that day, except going in the afternoon to the big park complex nearby where we had seen the hibiscus the day before. We had actually bought discounted tickets for the Bird’s Park in the morning to our hotel, but when we arrived at the entrance, the … More Kuala Lumpur butterflies and birds
Saturday 14th April Taman Negara to Cameron Highlands We took the boat to exit Taman Negara National Park. It was a 2-hour ride to the exit point. The river was brown, and we were surrounded on the 2 sides by the beautiful jungle. We saw two beautiful birds. Then we saw another beautiful one later. … More Cameron Highlands
Thursday 12th April Taman Negara We started with some breakfast where we chatted with John again as well as a couple from Holland. The five of us decided to go for the Canopy Walk. Here is the map of the paths possible to walk alone in Taman Negara. The Durian Chalet on it is where … More Taman Negara
Thursday 5th April Kuala Lumpur We arrived in Kuala Lumpur around 11pm local time. It is 1h30 ahead of Yangoon. We took an hour bus from the airport and arrived in Chinatown. We walked around and got lost for 40 minutes before to find the hostel where we had booked a double room. We went … More Malaysia – Week 1
Monday 2nd April boat to Hpa An We decided to go from Mawlamyine to Hpa An by boat with 4 other tourists from our hotel, as the local boat had stopped running a few months before. The jetty where we took the boat had a lot of charm. Here was the boat we took. There … More Hpa An and Yangoon
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