Notes From The Road
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Nine Things Worth Knowing First
Each one ends with the trips it refers to, so you can go straight from the argument to the thing itself.
Nusa Penida In One Day: What's Actually Worth It
Planning · 3 min read
The island is bigger than it looks on the map. Here is the realistic route for east or west, and why doing both in a day ruins it.
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Open Trip Or Private Charter In Komodo?
Liveaboard · 3 min read
What you actually get for the price difference, how the cabins compare, and the seasickness question nobody warns you about.
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Rainy Season Isn't The Enemy
Local tips · 2 min read
November to March means greener rice fields, fuller waterfalls, half the crowds and mornings that are usually clear.
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What Climbing Batur In The Dark Is Actually Like
Doing It · 5 min read
Six hundred vertical metres of loose volcanic gravel, a 02:00 pickup, and breakfast cooked in a steam vent. The honest version.
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Jeep Or Trek? Two Ways Up The Same Volcano
Choosing · 4 min read
Same mountain, same sunrise, same price. The difference is an hour of sleep and about six hundred vertical metres.
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Tegallalang Before The Buses
Timing · 5 min read
The terraces are a working irrigation system a thousand years old. The swings are a business built on top. Here is how to get both right.
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A Hundred Men, No Instruments: The Kecak At Uluwatu
Culture · 5 min read
No gamelan, no orchestra, just a hundred voices in interlocking rhythm on a clifftop at sunset. What it is, and how to sit well.
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Bali's Best Snorkelling Is Four Hours From Seminyak
Water · 5 min read
Menjangan has wall reef that drops from a metre below the surface into the blue, and visibility the south coast cannot touch. The catch is the drive.
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ATV In Ubud: What You're Actually Signing Up For
Adventure · 4 min read
The tunnel waterfall is real and it lasts about ninety seconds. The other two hours are mud, and that is the point.
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