Faithful Followers of the Man Formerly Known as IndoMike, I emailed some of you through other

Not really, this is just a final note that I should have sent out awhile back. I moved to New York (

Transportation in Indonesia comes in all shapes and sizes, all forms and functions. I've used

So about 1.5 weeks ago I called Julie for my first (and only thus far) call abroad. After 10 minutes

So about a week ago, I arrived in Amed, best known for being a quick 15 jaunt to Tulamben, where

(Note: the last post jumped ahead one day. This is a great story, too, but I wanted to capture the

Crazy dope times in Ubud...spent days exploring, nights getting to know some charming, sweet local

Good news, I stumbled upon a high-speed Internet cafe and uploaded a select, few photos. See them

So just as I was starting to lose faith in tourism, to fear that it completely destroys local

Like any good American down on his luck, I put my bucks to use. A cloudy sunset epiphany motivated me

So Lonely Planet really hit the Kuta nail on the head with their description of it as a love it or

It's tough to say, "Yes," to something when you've developed a habitude of saying,

Yeah that's right, I'm a surfer now. Damn that was easy. Well, sort of. Skeptical to take

Wow. So that was a couple days ago and I'm going from memory and illegible journal entries, but I

When I arrived in Jogja (Yogyakarta) and saw that it was a hotel graveyard, my immediate (good ol

Bref, ca va. One long evening in Jakarta was more than enough. After having grubbed some tasty sate

So far had a stopover in Hong Kong and Singapore. Both places leave me with similar desires to miss