Travelogy: Tasmania Road Trip

The world has opened up again, after the pandemic, for over a year now. Meanwhile, airfares have gone up by around 50% compared to the beginning of 2020. And i have only traveled domestically and internationally once each — both for family events — since then, so i decided to blog about those i did in the last decade instead. Hehe.

Travelogy: Natuna

“Dari Sabang sampai Merauke berjajar pulau-pulau
Sambung menyambung menjadi satu, itulah Indonesia”

Indonesia merupakan negera kepulauan yg 70% wilayahnya adalah lautan. Meski memiliki lebih dari 17.000 pulau, rasanya hanya sekitar 0.1%-nya yg bisa kusebutkan, itu pun hanya yg besar-besar dan terkenal saja. Dan berhubung aku lebih menyukai wisata laut daripada gunung, aku mencari destinasi wisata baru yg tidak hanya indah dan mudah diakses namun juga kalau bisa tidak terlalu mainstream. Tujuan berlibur kan untuk menghilangkan penat, dan kalau pergi ke daerah yg ramai pengunjung, penatnya ga jadi hilang dong?

Dan untuk liburan kali ini, pilihan jatuh ke salah satu pulau terluar negeri ini: Natuna.

Post travel syndrome? Not really…

Travel can make you appreciate your home(town) more.

I read something along this line before. I didn’t think i would agree, but i did — and still do. You may be dubious, like how is that possible? The reason we travel, go on vacation, and take time off is to get away from stifling routine, to be refreshed, or to escape ‘reality’ albeit temporarily, isn’t it?

Travelogy: Belitung

Satu lagi tulisan yg terkatung-katung pengerjaan, dan tertunda-tunda penyelesaiannya. Well, with tonnes of distractions and lack of determination work can’t be done right on time, huh? Let’s get it done and over with THIS TIME – let’s start…

*INTRODUCTION* (a super long one. Kindly jump to the tour to go straight to the business)

Travelogy: A Thousand Island

I somewhat forgot that when traveling domestically, expectations have to be toned down… considerably. Not in terms of view/natural beauty, but accommodation, infrastructure, and facilities-wise. At the end, I cannot conclude whether it was fun… since to and from journey was such a pain in the ass, literally, it nearly outstripped all the fun.

Another thing to note: cruising Indonesia isn’t for the princes/princess-y type I guess. It was uncomfortable for me too but I was trying to live with it and not to moan too much. 

Lesson learned: appreciate the luxury of having abundant supply of fresh, clean water.

Turnoff: littering. Gosh; ocean isn’t a garbage bin! Do they think it’d swallow the waste and it’d magically disappear, seriously!?!?

Those things aside, the bright side is: I got to snorkel! What an experience~ *,*

Travelogy: Viet Trip

After going on a holiday, especially with family, it’s expected that you’ll feel and look refreshed, isn’t it? Well… during my family’s SG-HAN-SG holiday this year, it was more of a negative experience than what’s not. Unless until Ha Long Bay 3-day cruise. It was really the highlight of the 6-day trip to Vietnam. No wonder many websites state that should you go to Vietnam, don’t miss out Ha Long. Or ‘worse’, some even stated that going to Ha Long alone is enough – no need to explore the other parts of Vietnam. LOL.

Tertipu wisata belanja tas Tajur

Mungkin banyak yg akan mengoblok-goblokkan aku setelah membaca ini, tapi aku akan tetap maju dan mengeluarkan unek-unekku ini. Selama aku ga mendengar/melihat langsung sindiran orang terhadapku, aku ga peduli. Jadi, jangan menyindirku atas apapun di post ini, janji?

[Buku] Travelers’ Tale; Belok Kanan: Barcelona

Jusuf, Retno, Farah, dan Francis. Empat orang yg sudah bersahabat sejak SD. Mereka kini bekerja di luar Indonesia di bidangnya masing-masing. Lama tak bertemu, undangan pernikahan yg datang dari Francis lah yg akan mempertemukan keempatnya. Pertemuan yg bisa memporakporandakan fondasi pertemanan mereka yg kokoh.

Masing-masing tokoh ditulis oleh penulis yg berbeda. Ga ditulis sih siapa nulis siapa, but from the way the story is written, we can roughly guess it. Inti ceritanya sebenernya sih simpel, tapi unik. Kita dibawa mengarungi puluhan kota dan nama tempat yg mungkin asing bagi kita menuju satu kota: Barcelona. Dengan budget pas-pasan, ketiga sohib Francis memutuskan mengarungi setengah dunia demi misinya masing-masing.