Author: The Urban Wanderer
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Rice Rice Baby – Beauty in Northern Bali
This post was originally from February 18, 2025 Sunday we bid farewell to 2 of the 7 of us Java folks and then met another 11 for the next leg of our tour. This is where our friends Ally and David join us, so I’m definitely looking forward to traveling with them as well. Monday…
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So Many Countries, So Many Hospitals
This post was originally from February 16, 2025 You know how blogs that are successful are ones that have niches? Well, I think I have found my niche – getting an inside look at the hospitals in each country. Yes, your presumption is correct – I got sick AGAIN and had to go to the…
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Livin’ La Vida Local – Our Stay near Mount Bromo in Beautiful Ngadas
This post was originally from February 15, 2025 Thursday we drove a full day to from Yogyakarta to East Java. At one point we had to switch vehicles to a smaller 4 wheel drive as we needed to make our way up to the little village of Ngadas that sits at 2150 meters above sea…
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Supa Stupa – Exploring Borobudur Temple
This post was originally from February 12, 2025 On my last post I left of writing about our visit to the spectacular Prambanan Hindu Temple and this post is a continuation of another jaw dropping day!!! We set off in the morning (about 1 hour drive from Yogyakarta) to visit a UNESCO Heritage Site known…
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles/Rickshaws
This post was originally from February 12, 2025 On Monday we set off early to catch the train from Bandung to Yogyakarta. The train ride was almost 8 hours long, but the time flew by as the train was both comfortable and gave us the most breathtaking views. Passing through the countryside, we were able…
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City to City – Jakarta to Bandung
This post was originally written February 10, 2025 Yesterday we left the crowded city of Jakarta, but before we did we visited a couple noteworthy sites. Our first stop was Sunda Kelapa Harbor. Sunda Kelapa is Jakarta’s old port that is currently used for cargo transport between the Indonesian islands. In it’s prime, this harbour…
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Indonesia Bound
This post was originally written on February 4th and 10th, 2025 Can you believe it is 2025 and we have made it through the longest month (for those of you who live in the north where the days are long and cold)? This is exactly why I love to get out of Edmonton and travel…
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Final Goodbyes
This post was originally from February 29, 2024 As our trip has quickly come to an end we only had a few more things on our to-do scheduled this week before we had to say goodbye. On Monday and Tuesday Liza and I had booked ourselves a new tattoo. When Liza worked in the crystal…
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Making Memories to Last a Lifetime
This post is originally from February 25, 2024 The last few days have been a blur as I feel like we’ve packed in so much in such a short time. Thursday started with a trip out to the town of Philadelphia where Liza used to manage a crystal shop (and by crystals I mean natural…
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Penguin Frenzy!
This post was originally from February 22, 2023 After days of visiting with friends we had a free afternoon to be tourist again. We went back to one of my favorite places in Cape Town – Boulders Beach – home to the African penguins. Boulders Beach is an inlet surrounded by granite boulders located in…
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