“Where are you from?” is such a common question when you travel. It is also my favorite question to ask fellow travelers just to prove my guess is right by observing their languages or physical features. But when it comes to asking where I’m from, it becomes a lot more exciting.
Most Indonesians don’t travel. Most Indonesians who travel do so in tour groups. Most Indonesians who travel in a tour group will almost always go to Asia, Australia, USA or Europe. What about an Indonesian woman traveling in Latin America? 99% of the people I met said, “Wow, you are the first Indonesian I met in my whole life!” This is said not only by the locals, but also by the fellow travelers – mostly Europeans.
Kalau umumnya orang Indonesia jalan-jalan selama seminggu, Trinity jalan-jalan selama satu tahun penuh! Ia telah mencapai lebih dari 144.577 km dan berkunjung ke 22 negara di dunia. Bermula dari Rusia, naik kereta api ke negara-negara di Nordik dan Eropa Timur, lalu terbang ke Brazil dan naik bus umum keliling benua Amerika Selatan sampai Kolombia, lanjut ke negara-negara di Kepulauan Karibia,…
Jalan-jalan setahun keliling dunia (#TNTrtw) wajib memikirkan masak-masak bawa gadget apa aja. Masalahnya, hidup literally di jalan dengan modal satu tas berarti nggak boleh bawa barang yang berat. Padahal masih harus bawa lagi charger, power bank, plug adaptor, colokan T.
Berikut gadget yang saya bawa:
[] Tablet atau Laptop? Awalnya sempat bimbang, mending bawa tablet atau laptop. Tablet memang sangat praktis dan ringan, tapi buat ngetik nggak nyaman. Kalau dipakein keyboard tambahan, ya sama aja tebelnya. Lalu saya pikir, selama #TNTrtw ini saya traveling sembari kerja menulis, baik untuk blog maupun jadi kontributor di majalah. Oleh karena itu fungsinya lebih banyak ke kerja, bukan untuk entertainment, maka saya memutuskan untuk bawa laptop. Saya bawa Ultrabook merk Acer Aspire S3 karena saat itu merupakan laptop tertipis (13.3 mm) dan ringan (kurang dari 1,4 kg) – penting banget supaya nggak pegel kalo dibawa-bawa setahun. Layar yang gedenya 13.3” dan keyboard-nya luas bikin mata dan jari-jari nyaman kalau kerja, seperti kondisi biasa di rumah.
Trinity is Indonesia’s leading travel blogger and writer. Four volumes of “The Naked Traveler” have been published to date, and have quickly become Indonesia’s best-selling travel book. Her books tell of her adventures around the world in compilations of thoughtful, entertaining and often hysterical short stories. Through her blog, books, and appearances, Trinity has inspired a young generation of Indonesians to expand their horizons through travel. For the first time in English, this compilation focuses on Trinity’s adventures in and around Indonesia, providing travelers to the region an indispensable insight into the culture and sights of this multi-faceted archipelago.
(preview from page 51-53)
… From what you see of it on TV, the Komodo is truly terrifying – I will never erase the image of a goat being swallowed whole in a single huge gulp. For a whole month before we left, Yasmin, Jana and I (none of us spring chickens) were busy developing our komodo evasion techniques in case we were suddenly charged. Apparently, a komodo that is approximately three metres long and weighs 70kg (on an empty stomach) can run at 20km/h, climb trees, and swim underwater!
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When the boat arrived in Komodo Island, a World Heritage Site, we were given a briefing by the guide. “There are 2,500 komodos in the park. Komodos like to eat meat, including human meat.”
One westerner was less than excited. “Can I just stay in the boat?”
But there was no backing out now. All the foreign tourists who had spent the boat ride wearing as little as possible were suddenly transformed into Indiana Jones attire, complete with hats, khaki shirts, pants and trekking boots. Of course, that left us three looking like total dorks. All we were worried about was making sure we had put on enough insect repellent.
And the dorkiness continued when the Komodo National Park ranger asked, “Who wants to go for a short trek?”
All three of us put our hands up at the same time.
“Medium trek?”
No response.
“Long trek?”
At this point the remaining 23 sets of hands shot up into the air. Damn westerners! It wasn’t all bad though as the three of us were given our own guide while the rest of the group shared the remaining two. Aside from not really wanting to go trekking, we were also glad we would not have to try to keep up with their long-legged strides.
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Saya adalah Trinity, pencipta/pemilik/penulis blog/buku seri berjudul “The Naked Traveler”, atau disebut juga “Naked Traveler” sejak tahun 2005. Sekitar dua bulan yang lalu saat saya sedang #TNTrtw di luar negeri, sebagian follower Twitter @TrinityTraveler bertanya apakah program/iklan Telkomsel yang bernama “Nekad Traveler” itu adalah bikinan saya. Awalnya saya tidak ambil pusing, namun ketika saya kembali ke Indonesia dan melihat program/iklan tersebut, saya merasa sangat terganggu!
Masalahnya program/iklan Telkomsel yang dinamai “Nekad Traveler” yang juga ditayangkan di TransTV setiap Sabtu jam 08.00 WIB itu sangat mirip dengan nama produk yang telah saya gunakan pada blog naked-traveler.com dan 5 buku berjudul “The Naked Traveler”! Secara konsisten nama “The Naked Traveler” juga saya gunakan di social media (antara lain Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram), dalam berbagai talk show/seminar, artikel/program di berbagai media (majalah, koran, spanduk, baliho, radio, situs web, TV), bahkan di TransTV sendiri (antara lain pada acara D’Show dan Ceriwis sebagai bintang tamu). Untuk perusahaan seprofesional Telkomsel yang sudah pasti didukung dana dan tim kreatif yang hebat, masa iya membuat marketing campaign dengan cara meniru nama produk lain yang sudah eksis?
