Backpacking - Nomad Travellers

Cheow Lan Lake: flora, fauna, facts and legends amid the cliffs

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Thursday, 12 November 2015 14:00; Written by Davide Vadalà

One of the peaks in Cheow Lan Lake submerged by the reservoir

Cheow Lan Lake is a place of impressive beauty, where karst cliffs as high as 960 meters (3150 feet) and totally covered in luxurious vegetation, are protruding out of the water creating a dreamland environment. That's about 3 times as high as the world famous rock formations in Phang Nga!
It is located not far from Surat Thani in

Bad Review - Putri Komodo boat tour and Mr Jeffrey Buana: dangerous and unreliable company!

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Saturday, 29 August 2015 01:10; Written by Davide Vadalà

Komodo dragon in Rinca Island

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Pre-trip: delays and bad communication

Our agreement

The bout tour is delayed

Mr Jeffrey Buana becomes violent

The shock

Putri Komodo boat doesn't leave

Final Review of Jeffrey Buana

Please BE CAREFUL before booking a Komodo tour

Travel Sustainability and Flight emissions

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:19; Written by Davide Vadalà

Flights cause a lot of harmful emissions

One life = One flight. Yes, that' not a mistake, if the world would be a fair place, and everybody could use its resources sustainably and equally divided among its population, utopia that we are far away from reaching, we could fly only once in our whole life.
Unfortunately I couldn't locate the source of this affirmation, but

Mahakam River: visiting the Dayak village of Tering Lama

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Wednesday, 06 May 2015 14:58; Written by Davide Vadalà

The over sized Mosque dominating the skyline of Tering

After some great days passed with Yana and her friends in the surroundings of Melak experiencing Dayak life and nature, it was eventually time to say goodbye, going back to Mahakam River in the village of Tering to take the Kapal Biasa and head toward Long Bagun.

This was best location of the many available in the area, Melak

A real Dayak Funeral Ceremony in Borneo

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Wednesday, 06 May 2015 14:58; Written by Davide Vadalà

Men sitting at a commemorative funeral Dayak ceremony

Right after our arrival in Borong Tongkok, our host Yana, started to look for real Dayak experiences, and soon we were told of a sacrificial Buffalo killing and commemorative Dayak Funeral celebration not far away. Coherent with our beliefs and ethics, we declined the beheading of the Buffalo, but we were enthusiastic to accept

Longhouses, Dayaks, Waterfalls and nature around Melak

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Wednesday, 06 May 2015 13:28; Written by Davide Vadalà

Luxurious vegetation fron the top of Inar Waterfall, West Kutai

Of all the places we have visited along the Mahakam River, the area of Melak in West Kutai (Kutai Barat), was probably the one that left us the best memories, three days dense of attractions and experiences: real Dayak celebrations, still inhabited longhouses, waterfalls and peculiar vegetation just to name a few.

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