Saving and budgeting for your gap year takes a lot of time and planning, so every single penny counts when you are getting your round the world adventure together. Fortunately there are a ton of tricks and hacks to help you travel further for less, and here are 10 of the best.
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The 10 Best Ways To Travel Further For Less.
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Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
Ministry Of Coffee Review, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The Ministry of Coffee is a boutique hotel in the heart of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with a high standard of amenities at a perfect flashpacker price point, it is more than reachable for any budget backpacker who wants to treat themselves for a few nights.
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Posted in Reviews
Top 10 Things To Do In Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jakarta is often dismissed by many travelers as a simple stopover city, somewhere convenient to fly in an out of, but also somewhere to get out of as quickly as possible. But if you take the time to explore Jakarta, you will be very pleasantly surprised. Here are the top 10 things to see and do in Jakarta.
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Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
Top 10 Bucket List Destinations In Indonesia.
Indonesia is a vast and diverse country with a range of extraordinary sites and places that are worthy of anyone’s bucket list, with majestic temples, otherworldly volcanoes and more islands and UNESCO world heritage sites you can count, in no particular order here are 10 of the absolute best bucket list destinations in Indonesia.
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Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
How Much To Budget For A Month In Indonesia.
Indonesia is a fantastic choice for budget conscious backpackers and travellers, and this article will help you plan exactly how much to budget for a month in this awesome country.
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Posted in Travel Tips
Posted in Travel Tips
An Unconscionable Coffee Delicacy. Should Travellers Be Drinking Kopi Luwak?
Kopi Luwak is a gourmet coffee, a delicacy around the world that is made from the fermented coffee beans excreted by an Asian palm civet. Essentially it is poo coffee. But as much as that divides coffee lovers into those who want the ultimate delicacy or those who are too squeamish to drink it, is that the thing coffee lovers should be most disgusted about? Is the fact that Kopi Luwak is unethical, irresponsible and harmful to the animals not more to the point?
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Why I Walked Across Mount Bromo’s Sea Of Sand.
As an animal lover and a strong campaigner for responsible animal tourism I couldn’t bring myself to ride the horses on offer to experience the famed trek across the seas of sand at Mount Bromo in Indonesia, and ended up walking in protest at their treatment.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Surviving The Cannonball Run For The Sunrise Tour On Mount Bromo
This death defying cannonball run took place on Mount Bromo in preparation for the ever popular sunrise tour, one of the absolute must do bucket list items for any trip to Indonesia.
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Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
Palm Oil Is Burning Borneo.
Borneo is burning. Orang utans are being made extinct and their once beautiful natural habitat is being destroyed by greed and the relentless expansion of the palm oil industry. Here is what travellers can do about it.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Is Indonesia The New Ultimate Backpacker Destination?
Has Indonesia stolen the backpacker crown from Thailand? As backpackers and gap year travellers abandon the increasingly package tourism focused Thailand for more independent travel friendly and off the beaten track countries, is Indonesia now the ultimate backpacker destination?
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Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
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