Hey, Explorers! We are supposed to be in the midst of the dry season, but it is still raining quite heavily now and then in Jakarta – and other places I visited recently. The unpredictable weather makes it challenging to make plans sometimes. However, one advantage is that it cools down the dry season heat! Phew…Well, […]

Hey, Explorers! I hope the title of this newsletter doesn’t scare you off! I went to Komodo National Park with a small group of friends from UAE. While there, I realized that I had almost forgotten what it felt like to live on board (LOB) in the National Park. Our group had last done the […]

If you have been with me for more than five years, you should have known that we used to have a Meetup Group called “Indonesia Explorers” – that was how we started, as we shared the story here. Unfortunately, I didn’t see much of the activity on the platform plus the three-year shutdown period that […]

Hey, Explorers! A while ago, we visited Misool, one of the islands part of the “Four Kings” – Raja Ampat. Yes, Raja Ampat consists of four islands, Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, and Misool. We first visited Raja Ampat in 2015 with the group. At that time, not all islands were ready for visitors and we only explored a small […]

Hey, Explorers! I apologize for the late updates! We are back from Ambon and Banda Neira! There was a bit challenge during this trip because our flight from Ambon to Banda Neira got rescheduled to days later than our original date. Because of that, instead of spending time on an hour-long flight, we had to […]