How adventurous are you when it comes to eating local cuisine when you travel? To me, being immersed in a culture through food is one of the highlights of my travels. I’ve tried salty, oily, milky tea in Mongolia, pigs’ ears sauted in garlic in the Philippines and squirming live octopus tentacles in South Korea [...]
Archive | September, 2011 
Massage and Spa Treatments in Bali
“Massage? You want massage?” She called out to my fiancé Michael and I from her perch on the steps outside her salon, giving me the once over as she monotonously ran through the words. “No thanks,” I quickly mumbled, barely breaking my stride as I continued past. At the salon next door, another lady looked [...]
White Water Rafting in Bali with Sobek
Do you love the water – but don’t want to lie on the beach or splash around all day? For the more adventurous traveler to Bali, white water rafting is right up your stream. There are a number of companies that offer white water rafting packages, however all go down the same river (at varying [...]
Gili Trawangan – An Island Paradise
Have you ever been to a place that you consider paradise? A place that is so breathtakingly beautiful that you have to think twice about sharing it with anyone else, lest it be overrun with tourists next time you go? For me, paradise is summer weather all year round, cloudless blue skies, crystal clear waters [...]
Bali – First Impressions
Bali is one of the most popular holiday destinations for Australians – it’s not far (from Darwin it’s just over a two and a half hour flight), it’s cheap and it has a lot of the ingredients that Aussie tourists love – sun, sand and cold beer. While the flight isn’t long, we had a [...]
