Ok, Firstly, I posted three back dated blogs the other day. Indonesia - Sumatra, Bali & Gili T just in case you haven't read them already.Secondly I finally managed to find a PC stable enough to load all pics so far.Finally, I have done it again, attempted to climb a bloody Volcano this time. Now forget all the moaning and groaning me and Dan may have done since Aug. This by far turned out to be the worst 5 days of my life. Everything that could have gone wro...

The boat was a huge speed boat and it's a good job I don't get sea sick as this thing was going so fast I swear we actually took off on a number of occasions. I arrive and check into a really sweat little guesthouse and book a few rooms as I had met some London lads that were coming over the next day to stay for a few days. Gili T is the biggest of the three with only 800 residents. The place is absolutely beautiful, the kind of scenes you would expect on a postc...

My flight from Padang to Bali is via Jakarta. I have decided to skip Java altogether in my travels as there has been flooding, riots and general unrest for a while now. So I just wait out the 6 hour transit in the airport with a drink and the 3 new books I have just purchased from the shop. Yes that's right people, I have been reading and bloody hell have I been getting through them. Two in four days! Anyway I finally arrive in Bali and grab a taxi to Kuta. I sel...

So I leave on the 7 hour drive to Bukittibnggi. I'm told that this place is beautiful with a volcanic lake and lots of scenery. The drive is absolutely horrific! Its dark, torrential rain and what has to have been the worst driver I have ever had the experience of being in a vehicle with. I arrive, slightly whiter in Bukittinggi. I quickly check into a hotel and crash for the night. The next day I pop to a local restaurant and get talking to the owner. He informs...

Right my taxi arrives at 8.30am and i'm feeling slightly uneasy this morning. Getting the ferry to Dumai wasn't in my original plan as the town doesn't have a good reputation and there isn't really much there as it's a main oil port, but I have to go as it's the only way of entering Sumatra if you don't already have a visa. So I make my way to the ferry stand and sit down with a tea and wait. A lady joins me at the table and can speak a little English and we have...