BALI
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INDONESIA
Kawah Ijen, the volcano with blue flames
🇬🇧English 🇮🇹Italiano 🇬🇧 I had read about it, seen pictures and videos of it and there was no way I could possibly leave Indonesia without seeing it! I am talking about Kawah Ijen which is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. Kawah Ijen is an active volcano that last erupted in 1999, it is popular for its blue flames but there’s so much more to see. 🇮🇹 Avevo letto cose straordinarie sul suo conto, visto foto e video e non avrei mai lasciato l’ Indonesia senza vederlo! Sto parlando di Kawah Ijen, il vulcano dalle fiamme blu la cui ultima eruzione risale al 1999. Scalarlo è stata una delle esperienze più toccanti della mia vita, le fiamme blu sono solo una delle meraviglie che questo […]
When I got lost hiking an active volcano in Indonesia
That’s me happy and proud on the edge of the crater of Bromo, an Indonesian active volcano. It was not easy as it seems to get there! The story is long because a lot happened and I felt so many emotions in such a short time! You don’t feel like reading? Scroll down the screen and you will see all the amazing pictures of this incredible adventure! I am sure you will come back here after seeing my shots, you will need to know what happened ! *** Eccomi qui! Felice e orgogliosa dopo avere scalato uno dei tanti vulcani attivi dell’Indonesia: Bromo. Non è stato poi così facile arrivare alla cima del vulcano, la storia è lunga perchè in poco tempo sono successe tantissime […]
THE BIRDS MARKET AND RANDOM ENCOUNTERS
Quiet and normal days don’t exist in Indonesia… I was going to take it easy that day, I just wanted to visit the birds market and sleep but the unexpected happend: Le giornate banali non esistono in Indonesia… Volevo andare al mercato degli uccelli e dormire ma ecco che cosa è successo: Can you see the man on the left? I met him as soon as I stepped out of my hostel, he’ s a Russian doctor and is volunteering in Indonesia, he was quite a character with his unbottened shirt and baggy trousers. He joined me and asked me to take pictures of him with my camera (I have like 20 pictures of him pretending to be Super Man with some locals, I am […]
The wild rush to Borubudur
Borubudur was one of the things I REALLY wanted to see in Indonesia, I heard of it thank to an italian reality game called Pechin Express and I remember thinking “ I MUST GO THERE”. Matteo and me were supposed to wake up at 2 am to see the sunrise from the beautiful temple but my alarm clock didn’t work and we opened our eyes when it was too late. We had breakfast in our hostel (by the way breakfast was GREAT, we could choose between noodles, eggs and banana pancake everyday) and we met three other guys that wanted to see Borobudur so we decided to go together in the afternoon. Sono una fan sfegatata di Pechino Express (il reality game dove i giocatori viaggiano […]
The Prambanan temple and the carnival in Yogyakarta
I spent my second day in Yogyakarta visiting the Prambanan temple with my new friend Matteo. I forgot to tell you that the day before, when Matteo and me went to Malioboro street by jeca, the driver of the jeca wanted to take us to a shop of marionettes, he was insisting so much that we told him we would go the day after. Well, when we left the hostel in the morning, the driver was there, waiting for us, ready to take us to this marionettes place! We tried to sneak out but he saw us and followed us saying “ today you don ‘t give me a job, no job today”, so we just told him to take us to the bus station […]
My first crazy day in Yogyakarta
When I left Bali to go to Java I was not expecting adventures 24/7, I thought I would have taken my time and relaxed a bit but every single day on the island was unexpectedly crazy! I arrived in Yogyakarta the 28th of February, I left my backpack in the hostel and went to explore the city straight away. The first impression was not that good, I did not feel safe and the heat was killing me even if it was only 9 am. Quando ho deciso di lasciare Bali per andare a Java, sapevo che avrei visto posti bellissimi ma mai mi sarei aspettata di vivere 7 giorni di avventura continua. Sono arrivata a Yogyakarta il 28 febbraio e, dopo aver lasciato il mio […]
Teaching english in Bali
I love kids, that’s why I enjoy to be an au pair so much, I really wanted to go to a school while I was in Bali, I just didn’t know how to get in one. The manager of the hostel where I was staying suggested me to just go to the local school and talk to the main teacher and ask him if I could teach English to the kids for a couple of hours. I did it and everyone was so happy to have someone to help the kids improving, Indonesian people are very curious about us, they love getting into contact with us, especially if we can teach them something good. I bambini mi piacciono moltissimo, per questo ho lavorato come […]
THE MONKEY FOREST
The second day I was in Ubud, I decided to visit the Monkey Forest. I had heard horrible stories about monkeys jumping on people ‘s back, biting them and stealing sparkling things from them and I was kind of worried. I took off all of my bracelets and earring ( and people that know me know I never take them off because they’re too many) and walked to the forest. The entrance was 30.000 Rpe and You can actually see the monkeys even before getting into the forest because they walk around the street looking for food. Around 600 monkeys live in the sacred forest and they are all macaques. Il secondo giorno che sono stata ad Ubud, ho deciso di visitare la foresta […]
This is how I climbed my first volcano
I was on my way to the hostel when a man on the street asked me if I wanted to to climb the Batur mountain for 300.000Rpe, by instinct I said another agency told me they could do it for 200.000, It wasn’t true of course but It helped me to pay 250.000 instead of the full price! Batur is an active volcano located in the middle of two concentric calderas,its last eruption was in 2000 and on his side there’s the largest crater lake in Bali: lake Batur. I woke up at 2 am and waited for the driver at the entrance of my hostel, he was late and I started to freak out because my phone doesn’t work and I didn’t know how […]