From Bali to The World

In the end of January 2021, during the pandemic and red status in Mexico City, the city that my husband and I live in, we felt like we wanted to go somewhere new in Mexico. My husband had an idea to visit our friends who live in Mazatlan, a beach town that is located in the state of Sinaloa.  Mazatlan beach When other people and I heard about Sinaloa, all of a sudden anything related to narco traffic popped into my head. Isn’t Sinaloa a dangerous place to go? I was like, tried to look up any information about this place. Yes, I did find there are restrictions and warnings about not visiting the state, but in contrast there are some blogs and vlogs that showed how safe to visit Mazatlan is, both by Mexicans or foreigners. I was surprised there are also many expats living in this beach town that is located in the northwest edge of the country. Beside that, two friends that we are going to visit are foreigners. They’ve told us, that it’s true, Sinaloa is a “Narco traffic hometown”, bu...

  About me Hey there, Before you see my blog,  I'd like to introduce you about me, My name is. Inten Utari.  I'm a non-stop world traveler since 2008 and I've been traveling since I was 2 years old out of my beloved home town, Bali island. As I mentioned, Bali, Indonesia, is my home town, I was born and raised in Bali since my childhood to my early adult. I decided to follow my dream to travel the world. It's never been easy as an Indonesian traveler to follow this dream because our passport is one one the weakest passport in the world. That's why through this blog, I'd like to share my experience on the road, despite all the obstacles that I've been through to follow my dream.  It might sound cliche, well, who doesn't like traveling. I'd like to quote Dalai Lama's wisdom saying " Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.". As a conscious adult, I know what I want in my life and what I need, so if traveling ...