Yogyakarta and Borobudur in the central island of Java are the places I have the strongest desire to check out once in Indonesia. Bali, even with all its fame–especially with all its fame–is not even a close third on my Indonesian travel list. Then how did I end up in the Island of the Gods for my first time in the massive archipelago?
Simple mathematics: Spontaneity + Hope.
Traveling is no doubt on top of my chain of priorities that sometimes even my family questions my choices. When my elder sister, Maine, let her guard down and allowed herself to get bitten by the travel bug, i was all around pushing her to go farther and as frequent as possible. This post is her tale on her first solo travel out of the country.. and i couldn’t be any more of a nagger asking her to write about it for GreenPastours as an inspiration to first-time travelers in Singapore and travel-beginners in general. Read on 🙂
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My sister has been bugging me for the longest time to contribute in her blog via writing about my Singapore and almost a year after the said trip, I am going to finally write about it. I hope this still matters despite being long overdue.
It all started with the desire of making my passport useful once and for all. Although I like seeing places and experiencing new things with friends and family, I am not a big travel junkie unlike some people I know (read: my sister). Back in 2015, I was at a point in my life where I just wanted to break free. My three-year old newspaper job was getting toxic. I needed a breather. So, one day, I booked a flight somewhere and then handed my resignation letter. You could call it impulse but thinking about it now, a year later, it was the right thing to do.
South Korea was my first option. However, because I was jobless and I did not have sufficient funds, I would not be honored a visa. My next best route was Singapore. Read more…
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