Where's WiL My around the world solo travel blog

The first time I ever stayed at an Airbnb was with a group of friends in New York City for New Years after a cross country road trip with my friend came to a halt as our vehicle’s electrical short circuited a few miles from Utah’s boarder with Colorado. It wasn’t until my trip to Zermatt, Switzerland in July of ...

Why Bali? I heard it was nice. Bali is a beautiful island (not without it’s faults) but I managed to get cheap plane tickets to and from the island so I decided to see what it was like to live there and I’m very glad I did. What Did I Do? I went to Bali to focus on me. I ...

Sarawak has an immigration that is separate from the rest of Malaysia so whenever you arrive from anywhere other then another city I Sarawak, you get a stamp in your passport. While most people whom I’ve talked to got 90 days in Sarawak, regardless of how long they were in the rest of Malaysia, I only got the the duration ...

What did I do? October 2013 was an adventurous month. It started off in Kuching, where I spent more time then I had originally thought I would. I wanted to go to Mulu National Forest and needed to be in Miri (~1000km away) to get there and I decided I wanted to try and get there hitchhiking. It took 7 ...

In my mind, there are three (main) ways of getting a plane ticket…   #1 Rewards Tickets Rewards tickets are tickets that are practically free, though often require you to pay taxes and/or a fuel surcharge (depending on the company). You generally accumulate frequent flier miles or points in an a loyalty account that you can spend on plane tickets and seat ...

Hotel Quickly is a hotel booking app (similar to Hotel Tonight) where you can get last minute hotel deals. Right now you can get $15 free Hotel Quickly credits as a signup bonus that you can use at any of their hotels as well as 5% off credit. Many of them are less than $10 per night, and I’ve seen rooms for ...

It’s been a year since my last post and many of you are probably wondering what I’ve been up to… Last November, I lost motivation and direction for WheresWil and have only recently decide in what direction I want this website to move towards. In the last year I finished my year long trip including the rest of Borneo, two ...

Kuching is an interesting city, one that I really enjoyed spending time in an hope one day to return to …but it has its quirks. If you get the chance to visit Kuching you’ll notice something. Cats. Kuching (meaning ‘Cat’ in Malay) takes its felines seriously. In addition to lots of stray cats that are fed by locals daily, there ...

Opposite the Waterfront, The Kuching Orchid Park is a beautiful place to spend some time while exploring Kuching. Completed in 2009 the park has a collection of around 75,000 orchids and holds annual orchid competitions. I spent a hot afternoon exploring the park while learning to use my new camera (practicing macro and using my F1..8) with the owner of ...

For anyone visiting Kuching in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Bako National Park is a Must See, and I can’t stress that enough. If you’re in the area and you don’t want to see incredible animals, unique plants and diverse terrain… why’d you come to Borneo? How to get to Bako National Park Getting to ...