These are the things I can think of, for now, that set us Indonesians aside while travelling, albeit the title Traveling while Indonesian.…
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Keep ReadingSummary of the last 30 days of Kulture Kween, the person and the blog, which are heavily based on the notes I scribbled down in my journal.…
Keep ReadingI flew in this morning and landed at Melbourne Airport this morning. I was groggy and dreaded everything, and I mean EVERYTHING.…
Keep ReadingThese days, my weary self yearns only for one kind of travel, to time travel to the pre-covid era — when I could travel on a whim, even with a very limiting Indonesian passport.…
Keep ReadingI am writing to you mid-flight, in between Jakarta and Melbourne. In between Indonesia and Australia. In between Saturday and Sunday.…
Keep ReadingOn our last night in Tokyo, when my friends were resting in the room, I wandered around Shinjuku to find Dorayaki.…
Keep ReadingWhat is coffee butter? Should I get it? Does it mean we should get a loaf of bread as well? Why none else is getting it? What if it's terrible?…
Keep ReadingDo you remember precisely when Covid turned your life upside down? Mine was when I reached Bali and got a plethora of text messages about the then-new-to-me Covid thing. That was two years ago. Today, I get to eat Amma’s homecooked meal at the dining table together with my parents. And for that, I…
Keep ReadingI have been collecting Japan things to do for years in my notes. Things to do, to eat, to check out that I missed or want to do one day.…
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