Author: Libbytes

  • Resting in Senggigi

    Resting in Senggigi

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    From Rinjani, we really wanted to visit the South of Lombok and the Kuta (yes same name as in Bali) beaches. But it was quite far to travel in one go, so we stopped briefly in Senggigi on the West coast, just North of Mataram, the capital. My knee was still extremely sore, so we…

  • Snapping my ACL climbing Mount Rinjani

    Snapping my ACL climbing Mount Rinjani

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    From Gili T we took a fast boat to Bangsal on Lombok’s main island. We wanted to climb the volcano of Mountain Rinjani as the view from the top is said to be stunning, as well as viewing inside the volcano where there appears to be ‘a volcano in a volcano’ surrounded by a sulphurous…

  • Turtles in Gili Trawangan

    Turtles in Gili Trawangan

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    The fast boat arrived from Padang Bai in to Gili Trawangan (Gili T), one of 3 small flat islands off the coast of Lombok, fairly late in the day. It was funny watching lots of holidaymakers arrive alongside us struggle with their massive suitcases that were not very practical for island living! There was no…

  • Learning to Love Bali in Padang Bai

    Learning to Love Bali in Padang Bai

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    After not really feeling like we saw the ‘real’ Bali so far, we headed out on a bus East to Padang Bai. Here is supposed to be more chilled with lots of Balinese temples in the foothills of Gunung Agung. After a slow, albeit short, journey on the bus, we checked in to a room…

  • “Culture” in Ubud

    “Culture” in Ubud

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    We took a minibus from Kuta to Ubud and arrived quite late. We checked into a place that had been recommended to me by several people, Happy Mango, but we found it to have little of the atmosphere and friendliness that I’d been promised, so the following day we moved across the village to Sania’s…

  • Spontaneous Trip to Bali…

    Spontaneous Trip to Bali…

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    After almost a month solo travelling in Malaysia, and this time it was really solo – The whole time travelling up til then I met people who tagged along with me in a little group. We travelled together and hung out. Sometimes only for 1 or 2 days, but still. It means that often, when…

  • Partying in the Perhentians

    Partying in the Perhentians

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    I slept so well that night in the little hut on stilts that I woke up late, but still decided to get a bus over to Kuala Besut to grab a boat to the Perhentians. Awi offered to take me to the bus station in KT and on the way took me via his house…

  • Kayaking in Kuala Terengganu

    Kayaking in Kuala Terengganu

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    My plan after Kuantan (mainly because of the weather) was to get a bus all the way to Kuala Besut to grab a boat to the Perhentian Islands. Unfortunately, I missed the bus in the morning that would allow me to do that. As an alternative, I decided to simply get a bit closer to…

  • Raining in Kuantan

    Raining in Kuantan

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    I arrived in Kuantan late at night and the weather was already starting to get bad. I checked into Kuantan Backpackers where, once again on my trip, I had the dorm to myself! In the morning, the rain cleared a little so I headed to the town. But the rain had made it super humid,…

  • Side Track to Singapore

    Side Track to Singapore

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    From Melaka I took a small detour out of Malaysia and into Singapore. I was quite excited about visiting Singapore City, especially to see all the amazing buildings like the Marina Bay Sands building and the iconic skyline. I got up early to catch the bus which drives you through the border where you get…