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An absolute highlight of the last few months, sailing from Lombok to Flores
Ijen in East Java is an active volcano and the largest acidic lake in the world Truly one of the most unique and amazing things I’ve ever witnessed, it’s also a working sulfur mine. The locals work in dangerous and strenuous conditions, I couldn’t even lift the basket that they carry for most of the day! If you go down further to the crater you need a gas mask because the fumes are so strong A little bit off the tourist trail and an absolutely unreal place
Tumpak Sewu in East Java Indonesia was hands down the best waterfall I’ve seen so far. To get here you can take the train to Malang and book a tour or hire a driver or bike to take yourself, there’s no proper road to get down here so you’ll need a bike for the last few metres. It’s truly worth the journey, on the drive back we also passed an Independence Day celebration and got convinced into joining in. Afterwards I’ve never taken so many selfies, we couldn’t get back onto the bus! 😂
Penang, Georgetown 🇲🇾 My last stop in Malaysia and one of the best! Georgetown is a UNESCO world heritage site famous for its street art, temples and food! It’s a super pretty city to wander and spend a few days, recommendations include hiking to the top of Penang hill, you can take a cable car but where’s the fun in that? Touring the street art of the city, visiting the Maskid Kapitan Mosque and Kek Lok Si Temple and generally eating your way around. Like most of Malaysia the culture is a blend of Indian, Chinese and Malay but the food here is the best, head to little India to try the best Samosas ever !
Island paradise 🏝️ The Perhentian islands are a small group of islands off the east coast of Malaysia. My main reason for coming here was to get my open water qualification, the diving is fantastic and the water is the bluest I’ve ever seen! The smaller of the two islands Perhentian Kecil is the backpacker islands with most of the dive schools offering super basic budget accommodation. It’s a quiet island but I made some amazing friends here hanging out on the beach in the evening and all for under £200 with accommodation. Unreal! 😍
It’s wet season so we didn’t get so lucky with the weather but there was plenty to do including sampling some of the Singapore nightlife #singaporetravel #hajilanesingapore #southeastasiatravel
Up in the sky ☁️ If you want a pretty epic view of the skyline in Kuala Lumpur, Heli Lounge Bar is the place to be, a former Helipad the cocktail bar offers a 360 view of the city, including the Petronas towers. It was about £17 for 2 cocktails included with the ticket up here, a boujee but worthwhile experience 🍸 #heliloungebar #kualalumpur #petronastowers #malaysiatravel
🇲🇾The colourful Batu Caves just outside Kuala Lumpur are one of the most popular Hindu Shrines outside of India. Climb the 272, yes 272, steps to reach the top and enter the cave. Watch out for the monkeys, they’re everywhere and will be after you if you have anything for them to eat. The main shrine is free but the other caves on the site cost between 10-30 RM to enter. #kualalumpur #batucaves #malaysiatravel #southeastasiatravel
The most obvious Singapore tourist attraction Gardens by the Bay is a nature park near the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. There’s a light show every evening at 7:45 and 8:45 and the sky bridge offers a panoramic view of the city. Go during sunset for the best views
Valletta is the capital of Malta, housing many of its grand buildings. The architecture is very much a blend of North African and European with stone coloured buildings coupled with modern shopfronts and design. I visited the upper and lower gardens which offer a great panoramic view of the city and surrounding areas and checked out St Johns Cathedral and Fort St Elmo which walls Valletta. You can also take a ferry to the ‘three cities’: Vittoriosa, Senglea and Corpicula, historical sites kept alive by years of preservation. The fortified cities sit like a trio of villages in the heart of Malta's historic centre, directly across the Grand Harbour of Valletta.
In an ideal world I’d live multiple lives, one as a single, high-powered business woman who lives and works in the city, one as a writer who backpacks her way around the globe, drinking in beach bars and having short but exciting relationships on every continent and one as an activist and campaigner who dedicates all her time to charity and one day settles down to have a couple of kids. I’m so consumed by the thought of what I want to do next that I’m not living enough in the present I think it stems from a constant pressure to be doing it all in early adulthood whilst you aren’t shackled to the demands of mortgages, children and pension pots, which are scary shadowed demons that creep into your mind every so often and are quickly waved away as a problem for later. as if as soon the moment you hit thirty the grim reaper knocks on the door and hands you a ticking clock, a bank loan, 10pm curfew and wrinkles to welcome in the new decade
a grieving for the old life of 12 months ago, passing through each of the five stages in roughly a 2-month incremental period: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance. Although it’s hard to think back to a time before words like, unprecedented, self-isolate, pandemic, stock-pile, lockdown and social distancing had entered our daily vocabulary, until March things were totally normal. I attended a dance competition that I had been practicing for months prior, it was a great success and despite the 4am alarm I was buzzing off the energy of the day and joined my friends on a fab night out afterward. At times, I will admit I felt like reverting back to toddler tantrums, stamping my feet and wailing that I couldn’t get my way, I couldn’t have what I want.
Bangkok 🇹🇭 The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings that are even more shiny that these pictures do justice. As you can imagine this place gets really quite busy so it’s probably best to visit early in the morning or just before it closes. It was built in 1792 and used to be the residence of the king and is one of the main tourist attractions in Bangkok. If you’re in here I’d say it’s definitely worth a visit although the entry fee is quite pricey.
Despite how peaceful this looks it was one hell of a hike! Wet season in Laos meant it was drizzling rain on the hike up (Hence being covered in mud!). 🌧 The views were some of the best I’ve ever seen and was so so worth it. I’ve never been that outdoorsy but I loved this and really want to do more hiking in the future. Coming down was super muddy though so really slippery! Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the decent, as I was trying to hard to cling onto a tree and not fall to my death!