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Coping with Jakarta’s Traffic Jams

Jakarta is not exactly the best place I would recommend to a tourist. Rather than a city for sight-seeing, I see it as a city of contrast. The poor co-exists with the rich, huge malls stand surrounded by slums, middle class citizens carves out their own income as best that they can. As a frequent…

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Caught in a Stinking Puddle

It was dark. I was not paying attention and I stepped into a puddle. My feet stank. This sounds like life, doesn’t it? But no, this was not a hypothetical theory. It happened. To me. I sneaked out from my friend’s wedding in Palembang, Indonesia, to have dinner near her house. It was a very…

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Travel as You Like It

This is a debate that I often have with my friends. It made me realise that many people have different perspectives on travel and different ways of enjoying their travels. Some people like to splurge on their travels, some like to scrimp and budget their spendings on their travels. That one weekend, however, my mum…

The dream holiday of many..Bali

When I first thought of travelling to Bali, images of beautiful sandy beaches, clear waters and tranquality in the air came to my mind. These images stuck to my head until I actually got to visit Bali itself.. It is so not what I had imagined. Rather, think busy roads with the honking of cars…