Category: South East Asia

  • Deep in the Sumatran Jungle

    Two Days One Night Jungle Buzz We knew Sumatra as a distant island from its more popular brothers Bali and Java; we knew it from its great coffee beans we often buy in Costco and from the critically endangered Orangutans that can be found deep in its jungles. After some research, we committed on a…

  • Indonesian Hospitality

    Indonesia holds a very dear place in my heart. It was the first country outside the Philippines, my birthplace, that I set out for my solo backpacking trip. It felt like home, the Indonesians looked like Filipinos; their markets looked the same, the streets looked the same, and I looked the same. I blended in…