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DUARANSEL

travel writers | travel bloggers | travel figures | inspirational speakers

Web: DuaRansel.com
Twitter: @DuaRansel
Facebook.com/DuaRansel
Instagram: @DuaRansel 

Contact by email: [email protected]

ABOUT

DuaRansel in Indonesian literally means “two backpacks”. DuaRansel is Dina and Ryan – an Indonesian and Canadian husband and wife team – who have been living a nomadic life since April 2009, traveling around the world, with only their two backpacks.

As of November 2013 they’ve been on the road for four and a half years, traveling through over 45 countries. They don’t have a home to go back to. They gave away their possessions, gave up their apartment, and now their home is their backpacks and each other.

Their traveling style could be described as: backpacking, permanent traveling, budget traveling, slow traveling, light traveling, traveling without planning and looking for cheap opportunities, and digital nomad living. As digital nomads, they both work as they travel, maintaining their income via the Internet. Their jobs are not bound to a place, so they’re free to roam the world while earning money to support their nomadic lifestyle.

Other than normal touristic stuff, they love engaging with local people, trying the local foods, and exploring nature. They love hiking, and they’re also avid divers.

WEB & SOSMED STATISTIC

Dina & Ryan as a travel couple is now known as DuaRansel. They love to share their travel stories with the world via:

• Blog/web: www.DuaRansel.com – with over 10 K unique visitors per month
• Twitter: @DuaRansel – with over 24 K followers
• Facebook: Facebook.com/DuaRansel – with over 7 K followers
• Instagram (new): @DuaRansel – with almost 2 K followers

PUBLICATIONS AS TRAVEL FIGURES

The couple has been featured as inspiring travel figures in major TV shows, newspapers, magazines, radio, as well as numerous websites. Here are some examples:

• Talkshow Hitam Putih on Trans7 with Deddy Corbuzier – 2013

• Wideshot on MetroTV – 2013
• Metro Xinwen on MetroTV – 2013
• Sarah Sechan show on NET – 2013
• OnTheSpot on Trans7 – 2013
• JTV – 2013
• Jawa Pos – 2013
• Cek&Ricek – 2013
• National Geographic Traveler Indonesia – 2013
• Elle Magazine Indonesia – 2013
• Femina Indonesia – 2013
• iCreate – 2013
• Prambors Solo Radio – 2013
• Radio DFM Jakarta – 2013
• Republika – 2013
• Backpackin Magazine – 2013
• Jakarta Globe – 2013
• Detik Travel – 2013
• Kompasiana – 2013
• Salingsilang.com – 2013
• Reader’s Digest Indonesia – 2012

MAGAZINE: TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, COVER

Dina DuaRansel is also a contributor to various travel magazines as a travel writer, photographer, and cover figure:

• DiveMag
• TravelXpose
• Panorama

PHOTOGRAPHY

DuaRansel photography has been acknowledged through the use in various media as well as mentioned in

• TravelFotografi Magazine

BOOK AUTHOR

Dina DuaRansel also co-authored a book

• The Journeys 3

WEB/BLOG: DUARANSEL.COM

DuaRansel.com travel website/blog publishes only unique content written by Dina and Ryan focused on 4 things:

• Personal and unique adventures
  • Almost lost forever in the Caribbean sea
  • Roaming through India wearing sari
  • Meet Bung Karno and Bu Mega

• Travel tips based on their own experience
  • How to fund 4 years of permanent traveling
  • How to wash your clothes in the guesthouse sink – the backpacker way
  • The travel language
• Destination guides
  • El Nido, Philippines
  • Bangkok, Thailand
• Photography
  • Romantic hideout in Southern Thailand
  • Halong Bay photostories
  • The Red City of Marrakech
  • Colours of Jakarta

BLOGGING IN ENGLISH: VAGABONDQUEST.COM

TOURISM CAMPAIGN FIGURES & BLOGGERS | POPULAR YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Soon:

• Promoting Kerala India (March 2014)

Ryan and Dina’s permanent traveling is also known around the world through their English language travel blog: VagabondQuest.com.

Through VagabondQuest:

• Ryan and Dina promoted British Columbia Province of Canada! They were chosen to be explorers as part of “Explore British Columbia” (Canada) campaign by the official Tourism British Columbia – 2012. Here Dina & Ryan were given a car to do one month full road trip in the province of British Columbia, Canada, to promote tourism in the province through daily blogging on exploreBC.tumblr.com (screenshot below), and related Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

• Popular youtube video: Dina’s 50 meter jump in the video titled “Highest Tarzan Swing in Costa Rica” on Youtube (VagabondQuest channel) received over 60 K views.

FAN GATHERINGS

DuaRansel’s gathering events “Kumpul-Kumpul bersama DuaRansel” are popular among their fans:

• 2012 gatherings (first round):
  • Jakarta – over 50 attendees
  • Bandung – over 30 attendees
  • Yogyakarta – over 20 attendees
  • Surabaya – over 20 attendees
• 2012 gatherings (second round):
  • Jakarta – over 80 attendees
  • Surabaya – over 50 attendees
  • Medan – about 20 attendees

• 2013 gatherings
  • Jakarta – over 150 attendees
  • Bandung – over 80 attendees
  • Surabaya – over 70 attendees
  • Bali – over 40 attendees
  • Padang

• We have many requests from the fans all over Indonesia to do “Kumpul-Kumpul bersama DuaRansel” event in their home cities.

SPEAKING AS INSPIRATIONAL TRAVEL FIGURES

DuaRansel have been invited to speak at numerous seminars and events, including:

• Danone DanCommunityID, Jakarta, November 28 2013, over 100 attendees
• “Jalanesia” Unpad Bandung, November 26 2013, over 350 attendees
• Universitas Indonesia, Depok, November 2013, over 100 attendees

Thank you for reading! Warm Regards,

Ryan & Dina DuaRansel

Contact by e-mail: [email protected]

Phone number: please obtain through email, since it will be different according to the country we are currently in.