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Off on an adventure to Java (and a bit of Bali)
Hey there, community! Back this weekend, below is my travel journal from my adventure in Indonesia. Enjoy the read!!!
Day 1 - August 10, 2025 New life downloading for three weeks! And for that, Flo and I launched a public tender... A public tender? What’s that got to do with a travel journal???... Well, when you think about it, few destinations tick all the boxes for an August adventure: Meaning, finding a place that’s exotic in the middle of August, not too expensive, not too packed with tourists, warm but not *too* warm, with postcard-perfect landscapes, dreamy beaches, tasty cuisine with a hint of exoticism, friendly and welcoming locals, where you’re free to sleep under the stars among the mosquitos, take transport surrounded by chickens, and even eat from a pig trough if you feel like it—well, turns out it’s not that easy to find! I’d even say, given how thick the list of requirements is, there’s a big risk the tender could be declared unsuccessful for failing to meet just one criterion. Let’s just say the candidates better submit a rock-solid proposal!
After reviewing all the responses and presentations from the candidates, the obvious choice for us is... Indonesia! Except that trying to explore a country as vast as Indonesia and its 17,504 islands in less than five years is a bit like reading the summary of a Proust novel without taking the time to savor each of its 950 pages! Don’t worry, I won’t name them all here. Besides, do they even all have names? No! Only 7,870 have been named—their parents clearly ran out of ideas for the rest. Anyway, our society, which worships the "work more to earn more" mantra, unfortunately limits our adventure time. So we’ll only get to see a small part of Indonesia, and we’ll have to make a tough choice to head for the best of the best in this archipelago of over seventeen thousand islands. Each one has its own selling points: Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, the Celebes, Bali, Borneo, Papua, Timor, the Moluccas... So many names that smell of adventure... Another tender, another list of requirements, another review of proposals... Drumroll... Splash splash... And the lucky winner is... Ta-da... Java, Bali’s big sister, where I’ve already been eight years ago... Java the programming language. The Java of Broadway. We’re gonna *do* the Java. Java the coffee. And yes, Java is also an island!
This island, four times smaller than France, is home to 136 million people, making it the most populated island in the world! Fun fact: Indonesia, with its 260 million inhabitants, is just shy of the podium for the world’s most populated countries, after the winning trio of India, China, and the United States. And it’s on this island of Java that you’ll find Jakarta, the (soon-to-be-former) capital and main airport of the country, where we’ll soon land after our nineteen-hour flight! Yep, nineteen hours! I mean, Indonesia in general—and Java in particular—is a *tad* farther than going on vacation to Grandma Yoyo’s! Not sure where it is? Easy. Grab a map. Plant your finger on the big island at the bottom right—aka Australia for those who struggle with geography—move it up two centimeters, and bam, welcome to Indonesia!
Nice transition, right? Because "Welcome to Indonesia" is exactly what the friendly flight attendant just said to me as we got off the plane! That’s it, our chakras are open, we’ve arrived at our (air)port. Time for rest, pool, cocktails, and a beach with our toes spread out... Wait, if you bought that, you clearly don’t know us yet! Since we still have energy to burn and need to adjust to the flight and time difference, we tackle the long administrative formalities to enter Indonesia, just to earn the right to hop in a 45-minute Grab taxi to the train station. The train station? What train station?... What do you usually do at a train station? Take a train, of course! Off we go for a three-hour train ride to Bandung, where we’ll officially start our adventure tomorrow after our first Indonesian night...
Unfortunately, we were a bit slow off the mark, which meant we missed the 6:25 PM train by two minutes. Oh well, we’ll have to wait until 11 PM. We take the opportunity to stretch our legs in Jakarta, soak up the atmosphere, and enjoy the delicious smells wafting from the *warungs*—those little typical street restaurants. A quick stop at the National Monument, a detour to a night market to devour our first *kwetiaw goreng* and *teh manis* for 60,000 rupiahs (that’s 3 € for two), and just like that, our penalty is lifted, and we’re allowed to hit the road again. Off to Bandung, where we arrive at 2 AM for... a *very* short night...
Day 1 - August 10, 2025 New life downloading for three weeks! And for that, Flo and I launched a public tender... A public tender? What’s that got to do with a travel journal???... Well, when you think about it, few destinations tick all the boxes for an August adventure: Meaning, finding a place that’s exotic in the middle of August, not too expensive, not too packed with tourists, warm but not *too* warm, with postcard-perfect landscapes, dreamy beaches, tasty cuisine with a hint of exoticism, friendly and welcoming locals, where you’re free to sleep under the stars among the mosquitos, take transport surrounded by chickens, and even eat from a pig trough if you feel like it—well, turns out it’s not that easy to find! I’d even say, given how thick the list of requirements is, there’s a big risk the tender could be declared unsuccessful for failing to meet just one criterion. Let’s just say the candidates better submit a rock-solid proposal!
After reviewing all the responses and presentations from the candidates, the obvious choice for us is... Indonesia! Except that trying to explore a country as vast as Indonesia and its 17,504 islands in less than five years is a bit like reading the summary of a Proust novel without taking the time to savor each of its 950 pages! Don’t worry, I won’t name them all here. Besides, do they even all have names? No! Only 7,870 have been named—their parents clearly ran out of ideas for the rest. Anyway, our society, which worships the "work more to earn more" mantra, unfortunately limits our adventure time. So we’ll only get to see a small part of Indonesia, and we’ll have to make a tough choice to head for the best of the best in this archipelago of over seventeen thousand islands. Each one has its own selling points: Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, the Celebes, Bali, Borneo, Papua, Timor, the Moluccas... So many names that smell of adventure... Another tender, another list of requirements, another review of proposals... Drumroll... Splash splash... And the lucky winner is... Ta-da... Java, Bali’s big sister, where I’ve already been eight years ago... Java the programming language. The Java of Broadway. We’re gonna *do* the Java. Java the coffee. And yes, Java is also an island!
This island, four times smaller than France, is home to 136 million people, making it the most populated island in the world! Fun fact: Indonesia, with its 260 million inhabitants, is just shy of the podium for the world’s most populated countries, after the winning trio of India, China, and the United States. And it’s on this island of Java that you’ll find Jakarta, the (soon-to-be-former) capital and main airport of the country, where we’ll soon land after our nineteen-hour flight! Yep, nineteen hours! I mean, Indonesia in general—and Java in particular—is a *tad* farther than going on vacation to Grandma Yoyo’s! Not sure where it is? Easy. Grab a map. Plant your finger on the big island at the bottom right—aka Australia for those who struggle with geography—move it up two centimeters, and bam, welcome to Indonesia!
Nice transition, right? Because "Welcome to Indonesia" is exactly what the friendly flight attendant just said to me as we got off the plane! That’s it, our chakras are open, we’ve arrived at our (air)port. Time for rest, pool, cocktails, and a beach with our toes spread out... Wait, if you bought that, you clearly don’t know us yet! Since we still have energy to burn and need to adjust to the flight and time difference, we tackle the long administrative formalities to enter Indonesia, just to earn the right to hop in a 45-minute Grab taxi to the train station. The train station? What train station?... What do you usually do at a train station? Take a train, of course! Off we go for a three-hour train ride to Bandung, where we’ll officially start our adventure tomorrow after our first Indonesian night...
Unfortunately, we were a bit slow off the mark, which meant we missed the 6:25 PM train by two minutes. Oh well, we’ll have to wait until 11 PM. We take the opportunity to stretch our legs in Jakarta, soak up the atmosphere, and enjoy the delicious smells wafting from the *warungs*—those little typical street restaurants. A quick stop at the National Monument, a detour to a night market to devour our first *kwetiaw goreng* and *teh manis* for 60,000 rupiahs (that’s 3 € for two), and just like that, our penalty is lifted, and we’re allowed to hit the road again. Off to Bandung, where we arrive at 2 AM for... a *very* short night...
Itinéraire voyage chez l'habitant Guatemala - Belize
Bonjour
Je pars au Guatemala et au Bélize pendant 25 jours au mois de janvier
j'aurais besoin de quelque conseils et infos :
_ j'arrive et je pars de Guatemala City auriez-vous un itinéraire à me conseiller en incluant 4,5 jours au Bélize
_ auriez-vous des adresses pour loger chez l'habitant car je n'ai pas trouvé grand-chose sur internet ? À défaut des adresses pas trop cher
_ je souhaiterais faire la l'ascension de l'acatenango mais j'ai lu ici et là que c'était assez difficile j'ai 43 ans et une condition plutôt moyenne auriez-vous des retours ?, j'aimerais aussi savoir s'il est possible de louer le matériel pour l'ascension car je souhaite voyager léger et en sac à dos
_ au Bélize j'aimerais faire du snorkeling et un peu de plongée sachant que je n'ai aucun permis
_ auriez-vous des conseils pour Flores et Tikal pour ne pas tomber dans les attrapes touristes ?
Je vous remercie d'avance pour vos réponses
Olivier
Je vous remercie d'avance pour vos réponses
Olivier
Sikkim ou Népal
Bonjour
je pars pour un mois en Inde du Nord, avec pour débuter une semaine soit au Sikkim soit au Népal, quel choix feriez vous et pourquoi? Auriez vous un circuit d'une semaine a me conseiller sachant que j'aime la nature les rencontres et sortir des sentiers battus sans toutefois avoir une condition physique d'enfer... ensuite quelle région la plus simple pour rejoindre ensuite Varanasi , suite de mon voyage. Merci d'avance
je pars pour un mois en Inde du Nord, avec pour débuter une semaine soit au Sikkim soit au Népal, quel choix feriez vous et pourquoi? Auriez vous un circuit d'une semaine a me conseiller sachant que j'aime la nature les rencontres et sortir des sentiers battus sans toutefois avoir une condition physique d'enfer... ensuite quelle région la plus simple pour rejoindre ensuite Varanasi , suite de mon voyage. Merci d'avance
Du Sikkim au Rajasthan
Bonjour
Je projette de partir un mois dans le nord de l'Inde idéalement de la province du Sikkim jusqu'au Rajasthan en passant par Varanasi et le taj mahal . J'aimerai faire les classiques mais aussi sortir des sentiers battus des suggestions ??sachant que je suis plutot nature que ville est ce faisable en un mois en prenant son temps?si oui des idées d'itineraire?? quel est le moyen le plus rapide de se rendre au Sikkim depuis Calcutta ou Delhi? j'y serais durant le Holi des conseils de ville ou le feter ? certains prennent des taxi/guides , une idée de budget par jour necessaire? merci d'avance pour vos réponses
Je projette de partir un mois dans le nord de l'Inde idéalement de la province du Sikkim jusqu'au Rajasthan en passant par Varanasi et le taj mahal . J'aimerai faire les classiques mais aussi sortir des sentiers battus des suggestions ??sachant que je suis plutot nature que ville est ce faisable en un mois en prenant son temps?si oui des idées d'itineraire?? quel est le moyen le plus rapide de se rendre au Sikkim depuis Calcutta ou Delhi? j'y serais durant le Holi des conseils de ville ou le feter ? certains prennent des taxi/guides , une idée de budget par jour necessaire? merci d'avance pour vos réponses
Se rendre au volcan Mayon (Philippines)
Bonjour
je comptais me rendre au mois de mars au volcan Mayon, au vu des evénements , pensez vous que si il n'est plus en eruption il sera possible d'y s'y rendre?
Olivier
je comptais me rendre au mois de mars au volcan Mayon, au vu des evénements , pensez vous que si il n'est plus en eruption il sera possible d'y s'y rendre?
Olivier
Manille - Batad à moto
Bonjour
j'aimerai me rendre dans la région de Batad mais me cogner 10h de bus ne m'enchante pas... Hors j'ai trouvé un site ou l'on peut louer a des particuliers des deux roues j'aurai donc plusieurs questions: -cela vaut il la peine d'aller voir les rizières début Mars? - les routes aux Philippines sont elles sures? - les routes jusqu’à Batad et autour sont elles praticables en scoot? -google maps annonce un trajet de 11h depuis manille en voiture , est ce aussi long en 2 roues? quelles sont les limites de vitesse? -si je veux faire une étape quelle ville sur le trajet me conseiller vous sachant que les grandes villes ne m'interessent guere et que je voyage pour rencontrer les locaux? -est ce que c'est risqué de laisser son scoot sans surveillance dans la rue ?
En vous remerciant d'avance pour vos réponse
j'aimerai me rendre dans la région de Batad mais me cogner 10h de bus ne m'enchante pas... Hors j'ai trouvé un site ou l'on peut louer a des particuliers des deux roues j'aurai donc plusieurs questions: -cela vaut il la peine d'aller voir les rizières début Mars? - les routes aux Philippines sont elles sures? - les routes jusqu’à Batad et autour sont elles praticables en scoot? -google maps annonce un trajet de 11h depuis manille en voiture , est ce aussi long en 2 roues? quelles sont les limites de vitesse? -si je veux faire une étape quelle ville sur le trajet me conseiller vous sachant que les grandes villes ne m'interessent guere et que je voyage pour rencontrer les locaux? -est ce que c'est risqué de laisser son scoot sans surveillance dans la rue ?
En vous remerciant d'avance pour vos réponse
Hôtel proche de la plage à Ko Chang
Bonjour
Je vais sur koh chang d'ici peu et je recherche la perle rare à savoir un hôtel proche de la plage , dans un lieu pas complètement reculé mais pas touristique non plus et proche de spot de snorkeling... Merci d'avance
Je vais sur koh chang d'ici peu et je recherche la perle rare à savoir un hôtel proche de la plage , dans un lieu pas complètement reculé mais pas touristique non plus et proche de spot de snorkeling... Merci d'avance
