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“Saya sendiri suka ‘ngeri’ kalau ketauan saya Trinity. Bukannya apa-apa, saya dianggap dewa yang tahu segala hal sehingga sering diminta nemenin jalan. Seringnya saya menolak, karena maunya ke tempat belanja. Kalau saya masih kuat, saya memang memilih pergi sendiri, tetapi itu pun tergantung tempatnya. Kalau sudah pernah ke sana dan tidak ada teman di kota tersebut, saya memilih tidur di kamar hotel yang pasti bagus. Kalau ada teman, saya janjian sama dia untuk kabur.” TRINITY—The Truth Behind Free Traveling ***** The Journeys: Kisah Perjalanan Para Pencerita berisi 12 tulisan perjalanan dari 12 orang penulis yang memiliki latar belakang berbeda. Mulai dari penulis komedi, penulis skenario, novelis, hingga yang memang berprofesi sebagai travel writer. Latar belakang berbeda ini membuat kisah-kisah yang dihadirkan pun memiliki sudut pandang beragam; yang terasa manis, menyentuh, hingga membuat terbahak. Dari birunya laut Karimunjawa, gemerlap New York City, keriaan sebuah pasar pagi di Lucerne, sudut rumah sakit jiwa di Singapura, damainya Shuili, cantiknya Andalusia, warna-warni Senegal, cerita kepercayaan setempat di Soe, mencari parfum impian di Mekah, kisah sebotol sambel yang harus dibawa sampai Utrecht, upaya melipir ke Tel Aviv, hingga fakta tak disangka di balik free traveling. Perjalanan adalah sebuah proses menemukan. ‘It’s better to travel well than to arrive,’ kata Buddha. Dan The Journeys mengajak siapa pun menemukan kisahnya sendiri. Sesederhana apa pun itu.
Authors

is Indonesia’s leading travel writer. In 2005, she started a travel blog at naked-traveler.com and in less than two years the blog was already nominated as Finalist in Indonesia’s Best Blog Award at Pesta Blogger. This led her to switch her corporate career to become full-time traveler and freelance travel writer. Her debut book “The Naked Traveler” was a compilation of thoughtful but hilarious short stories from her adventure around the world. The book inspired many Indonesians, especially the youth, to travel – something that was rarely done at that time. Up to now, “The Naked Traveler” has been published in its third sequel and all are Indonesia’s best-selling travel book to date. Together with Erastiany and illustrator Sheila Rooswitha, they created Indonesia’s first graphic travelogue “Duo Hippo Dinamis: Tersesat di Byzantium” (The Dynamic Hippos: Lost in Byzantium) about traveling misadventure of two fat girls in Turkey. She also contributed to anthology “The Journeys” along with 11 other writers. Between dealing in her writing deadline, she still found time to become Editor in Chief of Venture travel magazine, regular contributor of Yahoo! Travel, contributor for various magazines, radio personality of Indika FM, social media entrepreneur, and speaker in creative writing/blogging/tourism events. In 2010, Trinity won “Indonesia Travel & Tourism Awards” as Indonesia Leading Travel Writer and dubbed as “Heroine for Indonesian tourism” by The Jakarta Post. Trinity has Bachelor Degree in Communications from Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia, and awarded Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship to take up Master in Management in Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines. She has traveled to almost all provinces in Indonesia as well as 46 countries and counting. In any case, she thinks Indonesia is yet the best country ever.

Adhitya Mulya (Adit) aspires to be a story-teller. At early age, Adit learned and enjoyed story telling thru visual mediums like movies and drawings. This, inspired little Adit to take up drawing as a child, and later photography in his teen years. As a young adult, Adit tries to expand his storytelling medium thru novels. Jomblo (2003) is his first novel (romantic comedies) and was national best-seller - and later made into a movie by the same title (2006). He went on to write another rom-com novel Gege Mengejar Cinta (2004). Adit uses novels as a medium to try new genres. Travelers Tale (2007) was the amongst the first Indonesian fiction novels with traveling theme before becoming mainstream in Indonesia. Mencoba Sukses (2012) was his effort to try on horror-comedy which later found, not working very well. He released Sabtu Bersama Bapak (2014), a family themed novel which again became national best seller, well received, and also made its' way into motion picture (2016). His latest novel, Bajak Laut & Purnama Terakhir (2016) - is his effort in learning how to make a thriller-history novel. Adit's passion towards storytelling branches out from drawing, photography to novel and move scripts, which amongst other are, Jomblo (2006) Testpack (2012) Sabtu Bersama Bapak (2016) Shy-Shy cat (2016).

A woman with passion in both reading and writing and has written a few books in both English and Indonesian. Used to work as a freelance reporter for an in-house magazine and a fashion journalist/contributor in http://www.fasity.com, an Indonesian fashion community. Some fictions have been published online and in a number of magazines. Her published novels are: Kenangan Abu-Abu (February 2008), Ai (February 2009), Refrain (September 2009), Glam Girls Unbelievable (December 2009), Remember When (March 2011), Unforgettable (January 2012), Truth or Dare (Gagas Duet May 2012), Melbourne: Rewind (2013), SCHOOL Tomodachi (2014), Happily Ever After (2014), Girl Meets Boy (2015). Winna's non-fiction book is Draf 1: Taktik Menulis Fiksi Pertamamu (September 2012). She has also participated in an anthology book about traveling - The Journeys (March 2011). Currently writing numerous short stories collection and novels. She enjoys curling up with a good book, with the radio turned on and a cup of tea :) Winna can be reached via email at winna.efendi@gmail.com or her official blog http://winna-efendi.blogspot.com and Twitter/FB: @WinnaEfendi or fanbase @Winnadict


A young writer from Indonesia, who won Khatulistiwa Awards 2006-2007 for Best Young Writer. She has published two books, "Dan Hujan pun Berhenti" ("And Then The Rain Stops") and "Karena Kita Tidak Kenal" ("Because We Don't Know Each Other"). Currently enrolled as a postgraduate student of creative writing in the University of Nottingham.


Raditya Dika is an Indonesian comedy writer. His first book was a collection of his humorous blog entries, entitled Kambingjantan: Catatan Harian Pelajar Bodoh (Malegoat: Diary of a Stupid Student). His second book chronicles his unbeliavebly jinxed love life, entitled Cinta Brontosaurus (Brontosaurus Love). Published a year following the success of his previous work. His latest books, bearing the title Radikus Makankakus: Bukan Binatang Biasa (Radikus Makankakus: Not Your Ordinary Animal) & Babi Ngesot (Sliding Pig) follows the tone of his previous works. All of his books targets the stupidity and self-depreciating ridiculousness of a boy trying to get to adulthood, along with the absurdity of everyday life. Currently he's working as director and editor-in-chief Bukune Publishing House.