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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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18 September 2012

Incase you're not aware, I'm in South East Asia where I will be until mid-February 2013. My friend Chindy who is the General Manager of the Indonesian Vegetarian Society (IVS) and the Vegan Society of Indonesia (VSI) - who I met in Yogyakarta has or...

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13 September 2012

Friday 31 August – Ubud to Bunutan, Amed At 15:30 we started our drive to Bunutan – just a bit outside of a seaside town, Amed. Jean Paul had got a great price from a local driver in Ubud: for Rp 385 000 (this is about AU$38 – move the decimal ...

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06 September 2012

Tuesday 21 August – Home Sweet Home & Rice Fields Had a bit of a sleep in. There are a couple of vegetarian options available at Yuliati's House. I had the fried banana served with fruit and tea: Ramona and Frank ended up changing from where they ...

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28 August 2012

Tuesday 14 August - Jakarta I arrived just after midnight in Jakarta with the tune of The Boys song from K-Pop group, Girls Generation in my head - the plane had this song on repeat as we boarded and exited the plane! My FaceBook friend, Angela met m...

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15 August 2012

I am off on a new adventure. This year instead of escaping the Australian Winter and going to the USA again, I have finally decided to go to SE Asia. I am going for 6 months in total and plan to go to Indonesia, Malaysia, then up North to Thailand, C...