If you’re a vegetarian, eating in Southeast Asia can be frustrating to say the least. In Vietnam, I can’t even convey how many times I repeated the phrase “no fish sauce” just to smell the overwhelming aroma of nước mắm (fermented fish sauce) wafting from my bowl of vegetarian phở (Vietnamese noodle soup). In Thailand my requests for “no…
I was so excited to see Mount Bromo, the sulfur-gushing Javanese volcano, that the 10-hour journey from Yogyakarta to the cool mountain town of Cemoro Lawang didn’t really faze me. One look at this otherworldly landscape and you’ll understand why. The holy trinity of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park consists of three uniquely picturesque…
After traveling in Southeast Asia for six months – visiting six countries, exploring 35 cities, and inhabiting 46 hotel rooms – I was in need of a break. When I arrived in Indonesia, all I wanted was a beach to collapse on and coral-free water to swim in. So, based on a recommendation, I boarded…