We arrived in Jakarta on the train in the morning, around 8 or 9. As expected, the sleep was broken and pretty rough, never have a good sleep on trains in a chair.

Penultimate day in Indonesia Today was to be our penultimate day in Indonesia. By the end of tomorrow, we’d be out of here and en

A train mistake I woke up at half 9, and treated myself to a simple egg sandwich, courtesy of the hostel. When it’s free, food

Up before dawn To no one’s surprise, I didn’t get any sleep at all. Our guide came to pick us up at midnight and whisked

Train to Banyuwangi Our first plan for Java was to visit the Ijen Crater. This is atop a mountain which releases sulphur and produces constant

Fresh durian Today’s the day. The day I leave Lombok and take a flight with Mat to Java. These 2 weeks in Mataram have gone

20th February – My second swim I was woken up by Elva at the door again today, with some superb items for breakfast as always.

Just a small note, because not too much happened in these few days, I’ve condensed them into one page. 17th February – Satisfying food As

Getting up early Today was car free day, the same as last Sunday where an entire street bans cars for the morning and everyone is

Just a small note, because not too much happened in these few days, I’ve condensed them into one page. 13th February – Swimming lessons Another

Just a small note; because not too much happened in these few days, I’ve condensed them into one page. 10th February – A close shave

False alarm I had an early 5:30am start today, this was because it was ‘car free day’. This event is held every Sunday and consists

Earliest morning This may be the earliest I’ve ever had to get up so far. I was catching a bus to the port. From there,

Blistering heat Mat and I had a very late lie in today, and an even lazier get up. By the time we were up and

Beach bums I had a nice lie in today, because why not, eh? When we eventually got the motivation (or guilt) to finally move, we

The final roti Our flight to Indonesia was at about 5pm this evening, which meant we were in no rush to get out. Instead, we