Skip to content
Ben Bland Logo Ben Bland Logo Ben Bland Logo

Truth, Beauty & Chaos (TBC)

  • Blog
  • Biography
  • Content
  • Blog
  • Biography
  • Content

Back to Civilisation in Granada, via Masaya & Apoyo

After the highlands of the north, we travelled south by bus to the city of Masaya. On the way we were struck by how uncultivated Nica was. Rather than crop-filled fields, we saw large areas of grass and trees. Everything was green. We passed fertile plains that were fringed by volcanoes, and sprinkled with colourful [...]

Tags: apoyo, backpacking, central america, centroamerica, granada, masaya, nicaragua, travel, tribal, volcano|

Lombok: Climbing to Dawn on Top of the World

A smooth twenty-minute water taxi ride landed us on the Gili's big neighbour island, Lombok. By horse-and-trap then taxi, we finally saw Indonesian life in the daylight, lurching through overtaking manoeuvres past rice paddies dappled with the little sandy peaks of farmers' straw hats. To one side, glittering gun metal grey beaches hinted at the [...]

Tags: gunung rinjani, hiking, holiday, Indonesia, lombok, travel, trekking, tropical, volcano|
Copyright 2017 Ben Bland | All Rights Reserved | Powered by WordPress | Theme: Avada, from Theme Fusion
Toggle Sliding Bar Area