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Enjoy Traveling To Manado In Tight Budget

Lots of my friends said that to enjoy traveling in Manado, North Sulawesi you will gonna needs a lot of money. For first time travelers, maybe that’s true but after I lived there for almost a year, I can tell you that’s not completely true. You still can enjoy your traveling time in Manado. Here is some trick to enjoy your time in Manado to the fullest.

1. First, tickets.

Never ever come to…

Found this porridge is like found a needle in a stack of hay. Even in their origin, Jawa Tengah, this food is not easy to find, but lucky me i found one, simbah (grandmother) sell it in the market and she not sell it everyday, only on weekend or when she wants to LOL. This porridge is different from the popular chicken porridge that we know. The porridge it self cook with coconat milk, so it will…

Angklung is one of Indonesia traditional music instrument and also one of world heritage. Closely related with sundanese society. Made from bamboo and shake to play it. In the old time, angklung used to play to honor Dewi Sri, goddess of fertility, so she would bless their land and lives. For some time angklung is like forgotten, abandoned by younger generations, but now angklung bounce back to…

Yesterday a friends from Philippines asked me how to get to Semeru. I said that “it’s been a long time since my last mountaineering but still I know how to take you guys to Ranupani, the last village before trekking.

First, international flight usually arrives in Jakarta or Surabaya, if you arrive in one of those airport, you need to continue your journey to Malang, by connecting plane, car or…

Weekend Escape To Pulau Kotok

When I mention “thousands Island”, 100% I’m sure that you will think about salad dressing, but no that’s not what I mean. Thousands Island or Kepulauan seribu is area in Jakarta that consists of 200 something Island and one of them is Kotok island, an island where we gonna escape from fast and busy Jakarta life for a while. Snorkeling, fishing, camping and off course bonfires. Come join us!

This…