Travelblog LA#27: San José – Costa Rica

25th – 27th August, 2023   Costa Rica, another country that was not in my original itinerary but I squeezed in at the last minute. With that in mind, my first stop in its capital was at the national museum, situated within the walls of an old fortress. It has many different exhibitions which togetherContinue reading “Travelblog LA#27: San José – Costa Rica”

Travelblog#29: Lake Toba – Sumatra, Indonesia

3rd-7th December, 2014 Danau Toba is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. What makes this fact even more impressive is that it is actually a crater for a gargantuan volcano. Thought to have caused a period of ice-age when it erupted 70,000 years ago – the time when geneticists believe the population of the humanContinue reading “Travelblog#29: Lake Toba – Sumatra, Indonesia”

Travelblog#25: Padang – Sumatra, Indonesia

25th November, 2014 The end of my time in Sulawesi coincided with the expiry of my 60 day tourist visa, so, after a thirty hour journey involving three flights and transits in both Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, I exited Indonesia and entered again. This time into a different region; Sumatra. Indonesia is so large andContinue reading “Travelblog#25: Padang – Sumatra, Indonesia”