Hi, I'm Jason Lee, Lonely Planet Author and full time traveler who currently resides in Bali, Indonesia. Thanks for visiting my website!
I've been traveling full time for the past 5 years, specializing in South East Asia and Eastern Europe. I've worked with Lonely Planet on their Guides to Romania & Bulgaria, as well as the Lonely Planet Guide to Indonesia. As a Travel Writer, I enjoy returning to locations I write about, so that my content is constantly up to date and fresh.
I created this life of full time travel out of my passion for exploring other places and cultures. My goal with this blog is to bring you all of the tips, hints and ideas that I can, so that you can enjoy all the wonderful places that I do!
If you have any comments or questions, feel free to post them at the bottom of my articles, and I will be sure to respond.
If you see me out on the road, make sure to say Hi! I love meeting people, and am always happy to chat.
So you want to visit Venice, but you don’t like crowds. Does this sound like you? Well, I have bad news for you. Venice can be VERY crowded. The tiny city of canals plays host to 20 million visitors a year. You can only imagine how cramped those small alleys and streets can get! The good news is, there are plenty of alternatives to Venice. Now, I’m not...
Italy is one of the most popular countries in the world. How much do you actually KNOW about it though? Whenever I visit a new country, I like to study up on the facts, and I usually find some very interesting things that I didn’t already know. I first did this in Perth, Australia, and again in Jakarta, Indonesia. Both times, I found some really weird stuff...
You may have seen photos of Castelmezzano, Italy, but chances are, you have never heard of it. That’s the way it goes with a lot of small towns. They are beautiful, and feature on many postcards. Tourists and visitors like their photos on Instagram without a second thought. Rarely, though, do they seek them out and visit them. That is certainly the case for...
Monte Lussari is amazing. This little village on top of a mountain is worth the trip. When I first heard about it, I, probably like most people, thought it was just another ski resort. The truth is, it is much more than that. People flock from all over Europe to visit this Hidden Gem, and all for differing reasons. In this Guide to Monte Lussari, I will try to cover...
Perth is an amazing city located on the West Coast of Australia. For this reason, it tends to be either the last place tourists visit, or the first. Either way, it should not be overlooked as a major destination for anyone wishing to experience Australia. Even for Australians themselves that reside on the East Coast, Perth still tends to make an appearance on most...
If there is one place that I loved more than any other in Europe, it was Italy. Every town I visited, and every region I traveled through looked like it had dropped right off a postcard. There is one thing, above all, that I noticed though. The big cities are great, but it is the small, secret towns of Italy where the real magic lies. It is here that you will find...
It is a debate that has raged for a long time. Years, decades, centuries probably. Even recently, people are STILL asking the same question. Is Travel a Hobby? If you Google the answer, you will come up with a LOT of differing opinions. Many people are very much against the thought of travel being a hobby. There are just as many that claim the total opposite. For...
Welcome to my Yogyakarta Itinerary! Here, you will learn how to see some of the best sights that Yogyakarta has to offer. More importantly, I will show you how you can fit them all into just a few days, and still have the chance to catch a bit of night time culture afterward. There are several reasons that I decided to create this itinerary. First and foremost...
Most visitors to Indonesia ask the question – What is it like traveling in Indonesia? There seems to be a very wrong concept of Indonesia being hard to get around. That is totally wrong, and even during the Pandemic there was no problems traveling in Indonesia. Even between cities. During my travels, I have found the Indonesian people to be wonderful hosts...