• you see a motorbike used as a minivan. • street food is better than restaurant food. • you can get a delicious meal for $1. • you see livestock transported on the back of a motorbike. • people try to sell you useless things and convince you that you need it. • you can [...]

Vietnam, by far, had the funniest things being transported by motorbike or pedicab.

Denpasar We arrived here at 9 pm on New Year’s Eve with no accommodation booked. We knew it would be tough to find a room since we had called many hotels earlier to no avail. We walked in the area by the bus station and found a beautiful, high-end hotel. They were fully booked so [...]

Java is filthy. The environmental awareness of the local Javanese rank the lowest I’ve ever seen. They throw trash everywhere! The train station and Cuckoo train had garbage scattered over the ground. The great monuments of Borobodur and Prambanan were competing against piles of trash left by tour groups. Morning risers hoping to catch a [...]