by Robb Hillman
Singapore, like Venice, is a real challenge for the budget traveler. Our basic budget on this trip is $50 a day, which is more than enough for most of the places we have gone, but just doesn’t cut it in a place like Singapore, especially if you aren’t...
by Robb Hillman
We wanted to get a little bit off the normal tourist trail (relatively speaking, this is still Bali we are talking about) and spent three days on the north west coast in a town called Amed. Well, sort of: our hotel was on the long coastal road and we never actually...
by Robb Hillman
[title type=”h5″ class=”tfuse”]In-flight Entertainment[/title] Towards the end of our flight from Yogya to Bali, one of the flight attendants gave us all a little treat. He got onto the loudspeaker, thanked us for flying with Air Asia, and then...
by Robb Hillman
Indonesia is, supposedly, a country made up of over 12,000 islands. Our first stop was going to be on the island of Java. Our flight into the capitol city of Jakarta arrived late in the evening, and by the time we cleared Immigration and made it out to the curb it was...
by Robb Hillman
Our flight into Phuket gave us some spectacular views of the islands as we approached. Totally amazing. —- We decided to avoid Phuket’s party beach Patong, and instead went a little further south to the more relaxed Karon Beach. Our hotel was cheap since it was...
