Streets, Beats & Eats – Gili T Posted by sasha on Jan 18, 2016
The largest of the three Gili Islands, Gili Trawangan is an awesome place for a vacation. Spend your mornings diving with sea turtles, your afternoons exploring the island on a bicycle, and your evenings feasting at the night market and dancing the night away at one of the tri-weekly parties. Tour this cool Indonesian island…
Giving a Speech in Indonesian Posted by sasha on Jan 11, 2016
After a semester of (sort of) studying Indonesian in Bali as part of the Darmasiswa program, I’ve been asked by a lot of people how my Indonesian is progressing. To be honest, it’s not quite as good as I had hoped it would be. That’s partly because my classes aren’t exactly rigorous, and also because…
Darmasiswa Program in Bali Posted by sasha on Jan 6, 2016
See what life is like for a student of the Darmasiswa program in Bali in this short video. There’s a lot more going on than just language classes!
My Experience Studying in Bali Posted by sasha on Jan 4, 2016
For the past four months, I’ve been living in Bali and studying Indonesian language and culture as part of the Darmasiswa program. Having just completed my first semester, I’d like to share some of my thoughts and experiences on the program. An Intro to Darmasiswa This program has been going on every year since 1974…
Top 10 most read posts in 2015 Posted by asimonoff on Dec 31, 2015
These are the ten most read posts in 2015, you might want to take a look. A Culinary Adventure in Bogor Bogor is a bedroom community. Those who live in Bogor mostly work in Jakarta. Even though it is close to the capital city, Jakarta, Bogor has built its identity as a place that is worth…
A Video Guide to Gili Trawangan Posted by sasha on Dec 28, 2015
The larges of the three Gili Islands, Gili Trawangan – or Gili T for short – is full of great activities, tasty food, wild nightlife, and much more. Get a quick snapshot of this awesome Indonesian island in this short video and start planning your trip!
Gili Trawangan Posted by sasha on Dec 21, 2015
Gili Trawangan, or Gili T as it’s most often called, is the largest of the three Gili Islands off the northwest coast of Lombok. It became popular with backpackers in the 1990s and gained a reputation as a party island because of the abundance of drugs and lack of police presence. These days, however, it…