During our frequent flights between Bangalore and Singapore, we’d fly over Indonesia’s massive Sumatra island. This triggered my destination curiosity. Upon researching, I found Lake Toba, world’s largest volcano lake! Then Leuser National Park came on the radar. The stars aligned when an Indonesian friend from Jakarta joined, and we took this laid-back trip together. […]

21-Jun-2024: Imagine the feeling when seated in a plane, ready to take off to Yogyakarta and the pilot comes on line to say “Welcome to this service to Jakarta”. The wife & me look at each other visibly puzzled! “We didn’t hear it well” was the first reaction and waited for the following announcement in […]