Category Archive: Lombok

Travel Tips: Overdeveloped Beaches and Islands to Avoid in SE Asia

Koh Bulon beach

Travel Tips: Overdeveloped Beaches and Islands to Avoid in SE Asia My idea of a great tropical island or beach is one that is ‘au naturale’. When I head to a beach I want to be completely surrounded by nature: sky, clouds, sun, sea, sand and trees. I want to hear nothing but wind in …

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TRAVEL TIPS: How to Extend an Indonesian Tourist or Social Visa

TRAVEL TIPS: How to Extend an Indonesian Tourist or Social Visa  In my Guide to Indonesian Visa Options I detail the three types of visas available to travelers to Indonesia. In brief, they are Visa On Arrival, Tourist Visa and Social Visa. Not surprisingly, each has its own particular rules for extensions. Before you head …

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TRAVEL TIPS: Guide to Indonesian Visa Options

TRAVEL TIPS: Guide to Indonesian Visa Options  Recently I’ve met a lot of travelers who don’t know that it’s quite easy to visit Indonesia for 6 months at a time, without leaving the country. Many are veteran travelers who have been moving around Asia for many years, even many decades. But even they don’t know …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Traditional Boats of Asia

PHOTO GALLERY: Traditional Boats of Asia Asia is a vast continent with a huge diversity of countries and cultures. One thing most have in common is a lot of water. Many are island nations. Others have long coastlines. Still others harbor long rivers or large lakes. All that water means boats. All sorts of boats: …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Gili Meno Island – Lombok – Indonesia

Gili Meno - Lombok - Indonesia

PHOTO GALLERY: Gili Meno Island – Lombok – Indonesia I’ve landed in paradise! A Robinson Crusoe-style white-sand island with thatched huts, no motorized vehicles, crystal-clear aquamarine seas, a fringing coral reef, ‘restaurants’ on sand and very few people. At Gili Meno I’m simply surrounded by the soothing sounds of nature: gentle waves lapping the shore, a distant …

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