Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
We’re going to take a look at the 2023 cost of living in Asia, featuring some of the major countries and cities across the continent, including those most popular with people looking for a new life abroad. This should give you an idea of how expenses compare across this vast continent. We’ll highlight some of […]
This post details the estimated cost of travel in Indonesia. Read on for suggested shoestring and more comfortable backpacking budgets for this enormous Southeast Asian nation, one of the world’s most populated countries. We also have information about the local currency and sample prices. Indonesia Cost of Travel in 2023 Shoestring Backpacker Budget Like many […]
Southeast Asia is great value for backpackers with Singapore the only notable exception. You can get by on as little as $20/day in some parts of the region but costs do vary between countries and sometimes even within countries. Below, we’ll take a look at the cost of travel in Southeast Asia. There are also […]
Before you decide upon an Indonesia backpacking route, you need to get one thing straight. Indonesia is a very large country which covers a vast area with thousands of islands on both sides of the equator. While it is frequently classed as part of Southeast Asia, many of those islands are a world away from […]
In this post, we’re going to look at the highest mountains in the world. The world’s highest peaks all lie in Asia and most people know that Mount Everest is the tallest. However the highest mountains in some of the other continents are actually relatively little known and we’ll first run through the highest mountain […]
In this post, we’ll run through the most populated countries in the world. There are now 14 countries with a population of more than 100 million. However China and India still are way clear of the rest with not only over a billion people, but over a billion more residents than the 3rd most populated […]
As well as having a really cool name, Yogyakarta has much to wow even the least easily impressed traveller. It’s not a massive town but there is so much in the surrounding area, that it is less a question of what to see in Yogyakarta, but more a question of how much you will have […]
This article looks at some of the best June destinations around the world. Three of these come from Europe, which is well worth a visit at this time of year with long days, warmer weather at last but significantly it is still before the start of the busy summer holiday season when crowds and prices […]
Planning a backpacking trip in any reasonably large region can be quite a headache, particularly when it comes to judging the optimum times to visit the destinations you have in mind. A region like Southeast Asia has some fairly large climatic variations as you move around. Therefore whatever time of year you pick, you’d have […]
If you’ve spent any time travelling around mainland Southeast Asia or backpacking Indonesia, you should have a feel for the region and might want to spend a longer period living in the area. If that’s you, these tips for living in Southeast Asia from guest blogger Jyotsna Ramani should point you in the right direction: […]
