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Chocolate hills and teeny tiny monkeys: Bohol

Deborah Asia, diving, eco-tourism, Philippines 4 Comments 2826 Views

I first heard about the island of Bohol about 10 years ago while researching a holiday that for some reason never happened. Chocolate Hills and tarsier monkeys are the two features that stuck in my memory. It sounded exotic...

Island-hopping voluntourism – this concept could catch on.

Deborah eco-tourism, sustainable tourism, voluntourism 4 Comments 3523 Views

walking the ridge of Naviti Island, yasawa Islands, Fiji

An initiative of Awesome Adventures Fiji, this voluntourism trip allows you to combine island hopping in Fiji with volunteer work.

Luxury, adventure, fine food and orangutans: Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort

Deborah eco-tourism, luxury Leave a Comment 3935 Views

The Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort has luxurious hotel rooms set in a beautiful natural environment, which they make large efforts to conserve.

INDONESIA BEYOND BALI

Towards the end of April, we were all invited by the Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia to make our way around Indonesia’s unknown beauties. We manage to fit seven locations into eight days on little-to-no sleep, exploring sights above and below water, and making new friends along the way – even a sea turtle!

PHOTOS OF; APRIL ’16

April was quite a busy month.

GREAT OCEAN ROAD; PHOTO DIARY

In late 2015, me and two of my best friends flew down to Melbourne and spent a week cruising down the Great Ocean Road in a bright green Jucy van.

A TRAVELLERS GUIDE TO; PENRITH, NSW

Penrith is a suburb situated by beautiful lakes and rivers about 1.5hours drive west of Sydney. A gateway town into the Blue Mountains, Penrith has much more to offer than just a stop over destination.

HOBBITON; PHOTO DIARY

When I heard I was going to New Zealand, straight away all I knew I wanted to do was go to Hobbiton. It’s pretty much the only place I had on my bucketlist, and thankfully I was able to get myself onto a day tour in the little time I was spending in Auckland.