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Lydia Tomkiw grew up in the suburbs of Sacramento, California, where she ate all the Mexican food she could. After graduating from Wesleyan University in 2011, the journalist packed her bags and then two weeks later moved to Jakarta, Indonesia on a one-year Princeton in Asia journalism fellowship. This blog started in 2009 when she studied abroad in Paris, France and continues to document travels, treks and tales. She has an obsession with macarons and good food and a desire to travel as much as possible. Hopefully this blog will entertain you a little bit and distract you from some real work. To contact her about freelance work or the site try lydia . tomkiw at gmail.
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I love your site. Keep it up !
Great blog, it reminds me of the times I spent when I lived in Indonesia a few years ago.
Don’t forget to visit Krakatoa, Bogor, and the Ijen Crater while you’re in Java, not to mention Komodo/Rinca, Flores, Sumatra…
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Krakatau is high on my list. Hope to get there soon. Thanks for checking out my site.
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What an awesome blog! I love your stories about Indonesia and I commend you for going local :) Thanks for sharing. Happy travels.
Hi Lydia! Love reading about Jakarta from your point of view!!! Great pics!
Thank you, Ana! You’ve got a great site too.
Hi Lydia! Thanks for checking my blog. It’s good to know that you’ve spent a good year in Indonesia. Even for me as an Indonesian, there are still so many places in this country that I haven’t explored yet (hoping to do that within two-year’s time). Good luck with more travels!
I look forward to reading your posts on Indonesia. I had an amazing year there and still have many places and trips to post about.
how long have you been in Indonesia ?
I lived, worked and traveled in Indonesia for 14 months. Thanks for visiting my site.
you’re welcome, and may i know what is the best place in Indonesia that have you ever visited ? :-)
That’s a hard question to answer! My favorite volcano was Mount Bromo. My favorite beaches were on Gili Trawangan and my favorite cultural trips were to Flores and Toraja. Such an amazing country — it’s hard to pick only one.
yes you’re true, there are many cultures & tribes in my country. Try look my photography in Bromo in here
http://arsipmerahputih.wordpress.com/?s=bromo
It touches when people from around the world comes to Indonesia and actually gets involved in it. I’m from Indonesia myself and i’ve never seen any Toraja funeral before. Please stop by to the Baduy Tribe in West Java, I will happily assist you
I think you should visit some beach in Gunungkidul, special district of Yogyakarta. and tell us your story later.. :)
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hi,
i love your blog. its very usefull for me….. and it would be nice if we can know each other as a friend. i think we have the same hobby. travelling :-)
You have a great blog here. :)
Thanks for the follow! I love your blog and look forward to reading more!
Thanks. I look forward to reading about your adventures in France. I am itching to get back there.
Hope you can visit the Philippines as well ;) specially the Tubbataha underground River located in Palawan which was won and included in 8 wonders of the world.
I hope so too! I would really love to explore the Philippines one day. I have really enjoyed all the Filipino food I’ve tried in the US, really like lumpia.
that’s great, lumpia is one of Filipino’s delicacy although it was not originated in the Philippines I think ;) I’m will wait your story about it. Thanks