Outside the tent I can hear muttered Bahasa Indonesian. Lights, headlamps presumably, criss cross scan the walls of our tent for a 2am light show. The summiters are gathering to make the attempt to the 13,000 foot peak of Rinjani. …
Indonesia Day 3-4: A wonder of the world? Ascending Gunung (Mt.) Rinjani
I had never heard of Gunung (Mt.) Rinjani before opening the Lonely Planet Guidebook. I’d seen dozens of the ‘Top 100’ travel lists sent around Facebook, and they are very Euro-centric. There’s no harm in that. I expect them not…
Indonesia Day 1-2: Return to China – our overnight in Hong Kong
This is the first epic vacation since 2012’s Africa expidition and I’m doubting my plan already. I traded in frequent flyer tickets for puchased ones because I found an ultra cheap fare – less than $950 each from the US…
Indonesia Itinerary 2015 and a new tagline
Here it is! After postponing this trip last year, we are finally going to Indonesia and it will be epic. Our last huge adventure was Africa in 2012, and though we’ve been to some cool places since then (Turkey, Iceland,…
Turkey Day Eight: Greatest travel day ever? Cappadocia above and below ground.
3:45am: Beeep Beeeep Beeeep. We get up earlier on vacation than we do at home. I throw my pants on and hope the front office is open with some coffee, and it isn’t. I can’t blame them (although I wish…