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2 months ago

Jia Curated, Day One of Five 🌊

First lap of Jia Curated done, walking the whole site before settling on favourites.
The FORMAT × Kayou Tori Stool stopped me in my tracks. Named for the torii gate, it's a proper dialogue between wood and metal, stackable and built for flexible everyday use. Simple concept, beautifully resolved.

Also drawn into @exotiscape's world, a Bali-based aquascape and paludarium studio building miniature rainforests and aquatic landscapes indoors. Genuinely different from anything else on site.

And a lovely find at @moonjar_design, tiles by Ana, originally from Ukraine and now calling Bali home. Warm, textured work, a gorgeous glazed wall.

Rounded off the walk with a glass from @sababaywinery, Bali's own, because a proper design crawl calls for a proper drink.

Four more days to go courtesy of @jia.curated.

📍 Pengembak Beach, Sanur
#JiaCurated #BaliDesign #DesignFestival #MoonjarDesign taken in Sanur, Bali by @brook_fiona

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A day with Made Masak, nomadic chef and forager extraordinaire, courtesy of the Ubud Food Festival, and Tabanan Regency delivered on every front.

We started at Alit's farm, where the living fertiliser machines (Balinese cows, doing their bit) share the land with passionfruit the size of small melons. Huge, sweet, but with none of the tartness you'd expect. Fiona meanwhile found her calling as a foraging faux radio announcer, narrating our experience with her torch ginger (kecombrang) mic with real commitment.

Alit then scaled a living bamboo ladder to reach the palm syrup source, which becomes either alcohol or sugar depending purely on how quickly and how you process it.

Further along, what looked suspiciously like a nest of dragon eggs turned out to be salak, snake fruit.

We foraged a little ourselves under Made's patient instruction, though "helped" might be generous, then handed everything to the local community kitchen team, who turned our modest haul into a proper feast. The kind of day that reminds you why we build these itineraries around people like Made in the first place.

@ubudfoodfestival
#mademasak #nomadicchef #forager #ubudfoodfestival #tabanan taken in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia by @brook_fiona

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3 months ago

Actually it was yesterday but a certain person (my mum!) forgot to post. by @brook_fiona

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Pantai Cemara, named for the she-oak trees that shade this stretch of coast.

Restaurant culture isn't really a Sumbanese tradition, which makes this beachfront eatery something of a rarity. We came for the Kuah Assam, a tamarind fish soup that's sharp, sour and completely addictive. Worth the detour.

#RasaVoya #Sumba #PantaiCemara #KuahAssam #eastsumba

@cemarabeachfrontsuite taken in Pondok Wisata Pantai Cemara by @brook_fiona

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taken in East Sumba by @brook_fiona

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Some journeys feel less like a holiday and more like a rare invitation.

This is one of them.

Join us in Sumba for 10 nights of immersive travel, where ancient traditions, handcrafted textiles, remote landscapes and deeply rooted culture come together in one unforgettable experience.

The Final All-Inclusive Passage
$3,999 AUD for 10 nights, full board, twin share.

Only 2 spots left for our 20 July departure.

For those drawn to meaningful travel, beautiful places and experiences beyond the ordinary.

#Sumba #RasaVoya #IndonesiaTravel #SmallGroupTravel #CulturalTravel taken in Sumba - Indonesia by @brook_fiona

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4 months ago

There are places that don’t invite discovery.

Sumba is one of them.

Over ten nights, journey through wild horizons, hidden swimming holes, traditional villages, remote coastlines and quietly extraordinary places few travellers ever reach.

10 nights | $3,999pp all-inclusive | Twin share

This is travel with depth: intimate, considered and beautifully off the well-worn path.

Discover untouched horizons in Sumba with us.

#Sumba #RasaVoya #IndonesiaTravel #CulturalTravel #HiddenIndonesia #SlowTravel #TravelDeeper #LuxuryAdventure #WomenWhoTravel by @brook_fiona

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taken in Longwood, Victoria, Australia by @brook_fiona

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4 months ago

🦪 My first twelve hours in Sumba last week. I'm at Pantai Cemara, the local word for the pine trees that line this beach, which they gave me a posy of as I departed. From the beach at night looking out across the water, I could see the lights of the fishermen and the pearl farms.

🐎 In the east, you don't have to go far or wait long before you see a sandalwood pony.

🥣 For dinner, I enjoyed Kuah Assam, which is a soup flavoured with tamarind, aka Assam. It was one of the most delicious things I've ever tasted. That was hot on the heels of the Ubud Food Fest. It was incredible.

✈️ Interested? We are taking a small group guided and hosted trip to Sumba, departing from Bali July 20 and returning July 30. Send us a DM and we'll jump on a call or tell you more by email or text.

#pantaicemara #EastSumba
#rasavoya taken in Pondok Wisata Pantai Cemara by @brook_fiona

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🏄🏼‍♀️ The driveway alone is two kilometres, winding down through open grassland with two security checkpoints before @thesanubari reveals itself. The slow descent and anticipation sets the tone.

The spaciousness strikes you first. Mature palms, lush lawns, an unhurried quietness, and then that spectacular beach.

White sand, blue sky and bluer water. The beach villas offer elevated, thoughtful simplicity, as though acknowledging that competing with its own surroundings is futile.

Privacy here is structural, not incidental. Surfers have always had a nose for the most incredible remote beaches, and Sumba was no exception. Eugene Tan of @aquabumps found his way here long before most of us.

Now it's the turn of the nature lovers, the culture hunters, and the adventurers. Sumba is an island that runs deep, from the surf beaches of the southwest coast all the way across to the rolling savannah of the interior and then the serious artisanal ikat weaving villages of the east.

Sumba is ready to be discovered. Properly.

#Sanubari #Sumba #SouthwestSumba #RasaVoya #AquaBumps

The Sanubari is NJFS - not just for surfers taken in The Sanubari by @brook_fiona

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