Prepare yourself to drool over these 41 meals, each featuring mouthwatering photos, details, and where you can eat it.
I've also included some of my personal travel eating tips and answered some of your top questions... like "Mark, how do you make money to travel?".
I landed in the semi chaotic and slightly overwhelming, sprawling capital city of Sumatra, Medan. The streets were loaded with hungry motorists, racing for an edge over their competition. Hawkers hustled for the next Rupiah, eating portions of rice along…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLW2fY-8o6s “Try leaving cheese and a dead body out in the sun and you’re in the same neighborhood as the smell of durian.” — Tony Bourdain Durian is easily one of the stinkiest and weirdest natural foods the wonderful world…
It took a number of days for me to become familiar with the currency of rupiahs in Indonesia. After a bit of confusion, a few days of practice, and getting slightly ripped off a couple times, I was able to…
Though this might sound like I’m joking even sarcastic half the time, its actually quite realistic. Don’t take my suggestions as fact but rather use them as guidelines, something to think about when you rent a vehicle. Don’t let this…
This is the pictorial version of the “9 Mandatory Foods to Eat in Indonesia (click this for all the food descriptions).” All dishes must be eaten with large amounts of sambal (ground chili sauce) to maximize flavors. 1. Hot Plate…
This is the “9 Mandatory Foods to Eat in Indonesia,” description of the foods. Check out the “9 Mandatory Foods to Eat in Indonesia in Pictures,” here. The normal tourist eats and always orders “nasi goreng,” fried rice with an…
Borobudur is an ancient Buddhist temple in central Java, Indonesia. It is a masterpiece of architecture with various levels, statues, stupas, and stone reliefs. The temple complex comprises of three round platforms on top of six square platforms. A Buddhist…
While walking along the road trying not to get hit by speeding trucks, thumbs out to attempt a ride in vain, we came across Life House Children’s Home, Bali, Indonesia. Along with Dwight Turner from In Search of Sanuk, we…
I had yet another expression of “edible perfection,” this time in the form of Nasi Campur in Indonesia. Nasi Campur is simply what you want to eat in Indonesia. Nasi means rice and campur means mixed. Put together you have…
The Temple Compound of Prambadan in Java, Indonesia is an architectural wonder, an amazing historical sight, a picturesque Hindu and Buddhist display, and rightfully a Unesco World Heritage site. It is classified as one of the most beautiful temples in…
I will let the pictures do the majority of the talking. An hour bus ride from Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia is the volcano, Mt. Merapi. It is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and fatally erupted as recent as 2006….
Off a 5 hour chaotic bus from Medan, Indonesia, I arrived at Parapat on the shores of Lake Danau Toba. This North Sumatran, Indonesian lake is the largest volcanic lake in the world. The ferry from the mainland to the…
An immediate sensation of welcoming, a homeliness, shocked my body (from my tongue downwards) as I chewed the first bite of my debut clay pot chicken rice in Penang, Malaysia. It was a sense of comfort, relaxation, like I could…
1 tuk tuk, 2 buses, 1 jungle taxi, 4 hours, and 86 kilometers from Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, lies the small town of Bukit Lawang; the prime destination for viewing wild as well as rehabilitated orangutans in the Gunung Leuser National…
After 8 days in Sumatra, Indonesia, I have barely scratched the surface of the vast island. I however have gotten a slight feel for a few of the wonderful things it has to offer. Compassionate People Most people are extremely…
