We spent a total of 45 days in Indonesia, traveling with a low-mid range budget, meaning that we slept mostly in private budget rooms and ate two meals out every day, alternating between a restaurant and cantine/street food. The total amount spent was $4,793.96, with an average of $106.53 per day and per couple. Below is... Continue Reading →
Indonesia – 15 days in Sumatra
We landed in Medan after an hour flight from KL. Despite the short distance, Malaysia and Sumatra are two separate worlds. One can tell right away that Sumatra is an underdeveloped region. Crazy roads, dirty and noisy streets, very poorly built houses and all sort of animals wandering around the streets. It felt as though... Continue Reading →
Malaysia – Perhentian Islands
This is our short video from our 6 days spent on Pulau Kecil (the small island of Perhentian islands) in August 2018. It was full of beautiful diving, snorkeling, relaxing days and eventful evenings. https://youtu.be/OwJJrWTPan8
Malaysia – Peninsula
We finally made it to our first country in South East Asia where we would meet with Alex and Joana. Flying from Darwin to KL was only a short distance flight. However, the cultural contrast was more than noticeable. For the following three weeks, we would travel across the peninsula of Malaysia, learning about the... Continue Reading →
Darwin, first target accomplished
We have arrived in Darwin after our Australia Road trip - part 1 of 4,500 km from Brisbane to Darwin. Stops along the way were: Tannum Sands (visiting Joey and Sepi), Townsville (meeting Jodie, Jack and diving SS yongala), Mt Isa, Lawn Hill Gorge, Katherine (Edith Falls, Gorge, Jatbula trail) & Litchfield NP. Now we... Continue Reading →
Walking the Jatbula Trail
After arriving in the Northern Territory, we drove straight to Katherine George. As we had already done some kayaking in Lawn Hill, we wanted to save some money by not hiring a kayak again. Instead, we saw so many people coming back with big backpacks at Edith Falls. We asked them and they told us... Continue Reading →
Lawn Hill
Right before crossing the Queensland border to the Northern Territory, past Mount Isa, there is a mandatory, three hour detour that everyone traveling across the desert from the east coast should take. We didn't even know about it, but we met so many Aussies that came all the way from Melbourne or Sydney just to... Continue Reading →
Diving SS Yongala
SS Yongala is a popular deep wreck dive, off the coast of Air, a town one hour away from Townsville. Many divers say this dive is within the top ten dives of the world. I don't know if that is true, but we absolutely loved it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPUs4z3yQyg