Travel

Travel… I think I live for this. I love getting lost in some strange places and hearing foreign languages. Before I got married, many of my trips were done solo. I believe we can get to know ourselves better when we are alone in a totally foreign place beyond our comfort zone.

I’m one of those people who can live cheaply to save up some money, then spend it all on my travels. So far, I’ve been to over 30 countries. The aim is to visit 40 countries before I turn 40.

You probably have some highlights or spectacular moments during your travels. Here are some of mine:

Skydive - 14,000 feet

Jumping from an airplane at 14,000 feet altitude – Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Glacier Ice Climbing

Glacier Ice Climbing – Sólheimajökull Glacier, Iceland

Scuba Diving

Scuba-diving for the first (and possibly last) time – The Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Ayers Rock / Uluru

Conquering the deepest Australian outback – Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory, Australia

Campervan trip in New Zealand

Campervan trip in New Zealand

You can read some of my travel stories here.

14 thoughts on “Travel

  1. Pingback: Australia – Negara yang Nyaman tapi Mahal | Andryo's Blog

  2. Andri PH

    Hallo,
    Nice to visit your blog and amazed with your experiences. I’m Andri Puspo from Jakarta. Just two weeks a ago, me and my family have visited West Europe. Italy, Vatican, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and France. It’s very pleasant and memorable journey for us, although our time in West Europe is very short for the journey.
    We’re also have a plan to live in Australia next year. I want to follow master program on ECU in Perth. I’ve read your life experience while you’re living in Sydney, it’s not ‘supporting’ at first but at the end you give a ‘final’ word: still, Australia it’s a good place to live…

    1. Andryo

      Hello, terima kasih sudah membaca blog nya!
      Wah pasti seru bgt perjalanan keluarganya.
      Yeah.. about the post hehe.. maaf ya kalo terdengar seperti complaint / ngedumel. Australia is a good place to live. Bit expensive, but it’s very comfortable, and the living standard is very high – dijamin 🙂
      Semoga berhasil program masternya!!
      All the best!

      A

  3. Sena

    Mas, di London tuh khan abis ada kerusuhan,

    Kok, saya lihat british people are a little bit racist yah…. ?
    Di TV ada orang malaysia dipukuli dan dijarah …. orang Asia jadi sasaran …

    Saya jadi kepengen tau sebenarnya dari mas andryo, orang2 eropa itu (khususnya british) wataknya emang agak kasar gituh ato gimana? Pengalaman anda dengan orang2 eropa seperti apa?

    1. Andryo

      Sena,

      Hmm… dimana-mana pasti ada sih kasus rasis. London itu sangat multikultural, orang yang rasis gak akan bisa bertahan. Saya 4 tahun disana, belom pernah kok menerima perlakuan yang kasar karena ras. Yah pinter-pinter pilih teman lah. Usahakan bergaul dengan semua pihak tanpa pilih-pilih, then we’ll be fine.

      Yang di TV-TV itu agak biased, yang bikin kerusuhan kan yang memang ndeso kelakuannya. Kaum opportunist aja. Hanya sebagian yang sangat kecil kok. Sama kaya di Indonesia sewaktu dulu ada kerusuhan. Orang Cina dipukuli dan dijarah. Apakah orang Indonesia itu bisa dibilang kasar atau rasis? 🙂

      Andryo

  4. Marcela

    Hi Andryo, ini Ella from TM…
    Love reading your blog! Especially all your travel adventures 🙂
    Come visit me in SF some day!!

    1. Andryo

      Hey Ella!
      Apa kabar? Thx for reading my stories 🙂
      US is on my agenda, but more on the east coast unfortunately. Belom pernah soalnya ke East Coast…
      Anyway, hope to see you again, in this life or the next 😉
      Andryo

  5. sigit nugroho

    Mas andryo, senang baca blog anda tentang traveling. oh ya, ngomong-ngomong mas andryo sendiri mulai melakukan hobi traveling sejak duduk di bangku sekolah, kuliah, apa sudah mulai bekerja hingga sekarang? tolong di jawab ya.

    1. Andryo Haripradono

      Sigit,
      Hmm saya sendiri mulai melakukan hobi travelling sejak bekerja dan bisa menghasilkan uang sendiri. Namun sebelumnya (dari SMA) saya masuk tim nasional baseball Indonesia, jadi suka travel dengan tim pelatnas dan pelatda untuk pertandingan dan training di sekitar Asia dan Australia.
      Salam.
      Andryo

  6. risty

    halo mas Andryo..
    interested banget ya sama travellingnya mas ke London dan Aussie..
    saya sekarang lagi D3 di Indonesia nih, pengen banget bisa kerja di London atau Aussie, tolong bantu kasih saran dong gimana sih caranya bisa dapet kerjaan disana? biaya yang dibutuhin buat berangkat kesana juga kisaran berapa?
    makasih mas, i hope u’ll reply my comment 😉

    1. Andryo Haripradono

      Risty,
      Tergantung mau pekerjaan apa. Tiap bidang kan beda. Semakin banyak pengalaman dan skill yah semakin mudah.
      Musti diingat juga, tanpa visa kerja, perusahaan harus mensponsori pekerja. Jaman sekarang ini, visa mungkin lebih sudah didapat dari pekerjaan itu sendiri.
      Buat berangkat yah bayar tiket pesawat sama penginapan aja. Silahkan di Google 🙂
      Andryo

  7. dafamube

    Mas, boleh share dong pengalaman dapetin visa PR ke Australia, saya udah baca tapi kayaknya kurang banyak info nih. Mohon pencerahannya. Thanks

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