Indonesia

Recent Tales

27/02/2020: Flight to Singapore
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.

26/02/2020: Train to Jakarta
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

25/02/2020: Train to Surabaya
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

24/02/2020: The Ijen Crater
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

23/02/2020: Train to Banyuwangi
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

22/02/2020: Flight to Java
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

20-21/02/2020: Denied durian
20th February – My second swim I was woken up by Elva at the door again today, with some superb items for breakfast as always.

17-19/02/2020: Drying off in Mataram
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

16/02/2020: I reunite with my travel mate
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

13-15/02/2020: Movie in Mataram
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

10-12/02/2020: At the Mataram Beach
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

09/02/2020: Car free day
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

08/02/2020: Boat to Lombok
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,

07/02/2020: Sunburn in Bali
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

06/02/2020: Exploring Bali
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

05/02/2020: Flight to Indonesia
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
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24-26/03/2020: Settling into island life

21-23/03/2020: Snorkelling galore on Siquijor

18-20/03/2020: Cool water spring
