Tawi-Tawi is probably the most remote and peculiar archipelago in all Philippines. It is closer to Malaysia and Borneo than to Manila. They speak local languages like Tausug and Sama Continue Reading
The overland log from Makassar (Indonesia) to Tawau (Malaysia)
THE OVERLAND LOG FROM MAKASSAR TO TAWAU This is my land route from Makassar (Sulawesi, Indonesia) to Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. 1) MAKASSAR – PARE PARE, 141 KM, 3 hours, by Continue Reading
10 Days in East Timor (Timor Leste) as a low-budget backpacker
East Timor is certainly not a main tourist spot. A few international expats are living in the capital Dili, but not so eye-catching. Again this a small country for pure Continue Reading
Exploring wild Semau Island (West Timor) as an independent solo traveller
There is one little island opposite Kupang (West Timor, Indonesia) which is at the same time very wild and unexplored; but also quite easily reachable from Tenau Port in Kupang. Continue Reading
How to hike Agung Volcano, Bali, alone and without a guide
The big problem with Indonesia and Bali, especially, is that tourists are the perfect targets for extra-charges. They are indeed responsible for their own doom, as they are flocking in Continue Reading