{"id":47242,"date":"2026-11-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=47242"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:10:29","slug":"retro-recomendo-destinations-vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/retro-recomendo-destinations-vol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Recomendo: Destinations Vol. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Walk across Bali<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I just completed a six-day walk across the island of Bali. We carried only day packs and our luggage was forwarded each day. We walked roughly 77 km from Ubud, up to the volcanoes in the center of the island, and then finished on the north coast. We had two guides to lead the way through the rice terraces, and we slept in local villages, Balinese style along the way. I highly recommend the organizers, who charge only $500 for the whole trip, including all the vegetarian meals along the way. This is miles off the tourist, or even backpacker, tracks. The hosts, Astungkara Way<\/a>, also offer a 10-day version which goes coast to coast. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walkable Neighborhoods map<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Close.city<\/a> is an interactive map designed to help you find neighborhoods in the United States that are within a short walking distance of amenities like supermarkets, public transportation, cafes, co-working spaces, bookstores, and other facilities. It’s useful when searching for a hotel, Airbnb, or apartment that’s near the kinds of places that are important to you \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find a Moon Tree near you<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t know about the tree seeds that flew around the Moon in 1971 and were planted upon return until I read this article in The Atlantic: We Almost Forgot About the Moon Trees<\/a><\/em>. All of the locations of these Moon Trees are kept here<\/a> and up-to-date, including the ones no longer alive. Visiting as many of these trees as possible is now on my travel bucket list. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offbeat attractions guide<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whenever I travel I search for my destination at the Atlas Obscura<\/a> website. It will yield dozens of very obscure, very offbeat attractions in the area. How else can you find a nearby museum of parasites, or trail of doll heads, or a restaurant of robots, underground tunnels, or a store for time travel? \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

360-degree videos from around the world<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Visit AirPano to watch 360 videos of beautiful places on Earth, from Tokyo\u2019s Shibuya Scramble<\/a> pedestrian crossing (the busiest in the world), to a village of the Warao Indigenous people<\/a> on the Orinoco River in Venezuela. My travel bucket list grew after watching some of these videos. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calendar of festivals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I try to coordinate my travel to exotic places with local festivals that occur at the same time. Trouble is, there\u2019s been no easy way to find out which festivals are happening where. For example many traditional celebrations run on a lunar cycle. So I built a calendar that will show me all the festivals in Asia that are happening on a particular day. Or I can look at the map and see what festivals occur nearby and when. My site is called Festivo<\/a>. It provides the local festivals of Asia\u2014which are crammed with color, costumes, and traditions\u2014in calendar format. It\u2019s open and free to all, no ads. If enough people (besides myself) find it useful I will expand it to Europe, Africa, and the rest of the world. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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