Indonesia travel

The first time I went backpacking around the world, I spent much of that time traveling Southeast Asia. I moved slowly through Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and then Thailand again.  On two trips around the world after that, I ended up in the region again, adding Laos and Vietnam, plus a trip to different islands …

The terms “dark tourism” and “dark tourists” have been around a long time, but the Netflix show that has been running the past couple years shined a brighter light on the fascinating and even dangerous places that pull in tourism based on death, tragic history, or disasters. I’ve never been one to seek out these …

With a strange subject line like that, you know it’s time for a new issue of Perceptive Travel online magazine, home to some of the best stories on the web, written by wandering book authors. In the May issue, we take you to four continents through four traveling tales, long-form narratives that dig deeper and …

Please don’t ask me how many countries I’ve been to. I lost count long ago and don’t care. Some people collect countries visited like that’s something to brag about. They’ll put in their social media feed that they were the youngest person to visit every country in the world, or they’re “on a quest to …

The last time I visited Bali was so long ago that it was getting less than 1/10 the amount of visitors it does now. The Indonesian island has become a digital nomad hotspot though, a prime choice for many who want to live abroad. Here’s a cost of living in Bali guest post from a …