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29 August 2013

You may have seen the articles and media from last time I was in Indonesia. A few weekends ago I was again involved with being interviewed in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia where my friend, Irene has a vegan restaurant, Montong Cafe & Resto.   Th...

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19 February 2013

So, my South East Asia adventures have come to a close. I had a wonderful time and met some amazing people. Even though I hadn't planned to, I was involved in a lot of vegan activism, outreach, food demos and talks - my friends would say, "of course!...

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15 February 2013

I've got a blog on my Leigh-Chantelle.com website about my South East Asia adventures - all in Tweets. Here's the rest. Here's the Blogs: Part 1: Bali, Indonesia Part 2: Java, Indonesia Part 3: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Part 4: Amed & Nusa Dua, Bali...

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05 December 2012

Tuesday 6 November – Bus from Chiang Mai to Mai Sai I finally arrived at 01:20 at the Chiang Mai train station – 5 hours late and after 16.5 hours on the train. Exhausted. It was easy to get to the Poi De Ping Hotel from the train station. A driv...

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04 December 2012

I'm taking part in the upcoming HELVI Expo just before Christmas this year in Surabaya, Java, Indonesia

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02 December 2012

Thursday 25 October – Butterworth to Bangkok by train The Butterworth, Malaysia to Bangkok, Thailand train was meant to leave Butterworth at 14:20 and arrive the next day in Bangkok at 11:24. I booked a KTM sleeper train with Air Conditioning in a...

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21 November 2012

Thursday 11 October –Palembang I arrived about 15:20 at the Palembang airport where I noticed a lot of smoke/fog/pollution when flying down. Santi and her partner, Gary picked me up. This was the hottest I’ve been since arriving in Asia on August...

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17 November 2012

Friday 21 September – Solo Square talks Today begins a month-long journey for me, speaking at various IVS veg events in Indonesia. Sumatra will be in a couple of weeks, first up is the island of Java. Chindy and Santhi  from IVS picked me up at t...

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08 October 2012

Saturday 8 September – Kuala Lumpur I arrived in Kuala Lumpur (KL for short) a bit after the scheduled flight arrival time of 00:20. I had met a great guy, Satri on the flight who works with Air Asia. He ended up giving me a lot of tips and helping...

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04 October 2012

As part of the events I'm speaking at in SE Asia, I was in Jakarta, in Java, Indonesia for their World Vegetarian Day Food Expo and Seminar. There was a booklet given out to all the attendees, and here was my page: How's your Bahasa Indonesian?! ...