Have you heard the saying: "You don't go to Darwin without seeing jumping crocodiles (or eating crocodiles, for that matter)."…
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The candy guy in Cairns Night Market recommended the swimming hole Babinda Boulders to us when we told him we were going on an undetermined road trip the day after. It was his hometown, he said, and I swear I could see the twinkle in his eyes when he told us about it. I…
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Cairns has always been on my Australia-to-visit list after I moved to Melbourne. It's higher on the list than Brisbane and Perth.…
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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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These 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.…
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I 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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Breakfast – Fried Rice, Fried Chicken, Omelet, Indonesian Pickles, Crackers, Sambal, Danish, Soft Bread Roll, Yoghurt, OJ and Aqua Lunch – Duck Kalio, Steam Rice, Sautee Carrot, Asinan Jakarta, Chili Sauce, Whole Apple, Hard Bread Roll and Aqua Dinner – Kambing Guling Sambal Colo Colo, Steam Rice, Tumis Buncis, Bitter Balen, Acar, Soft Bread…
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5 AM – Coffee Not doing much work today. My mind is elsewhere. My thoughts are scattered. I think! I didn’t bring enough clothes for my time here; oddly enough, I like it. I didn’t even bring a pair of jeans—what’s going on? Did I pack this way for a reason? I miss Fafa.…
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I have passed the mid-point of quarantine. Is it weird that I am a bummed about it? I missed my parents, but I could also use more me-time.…
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Good morning from my Jakarta Quarantine hotel. It's only 6 am here, and I woke up at 3 am and have been unable to sleep ever since.…
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I woke up sweating in the middle of the night in my hotel quarantine room. Before eventually realizing I had forgotten to turn on the air conditioning. Before eventually groggily got up to switch it on. Before eventually went back to sleep only to wake up at 3 am, then at 7 am, when…
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