So we woke to a bang at the door. We had over slept so the taxi driver was waking us. Not surprisingly though. We had to be up at 6 am for an 8 hour journey to the Gili islands. So after an hour in a minibus we arrive at a port. From here on we have to catch a huge ferry over to the Gili's. It's only 40 km away and they could do it a lot quicker but our trawler is the slowest in history. There was an option of a speed boat which takes 2 and a half hours bu...

So after another boring day wasted on a bus, boat, bus again we arrive in Kuta, Bali a little after midnight. I was quite shocked by what i first saw. With Bali it's deceived as an paradise island but it's just another costa del sol, but this time for the aussie's. So after checking in to our room we thought we would check out the town. A lot of the accommodation is set down alley ways about 10 minutes from town. Walking through here, would soon prove to be ...

So we caught a minibus to mount Bromo. It took a little over than 12 hours. A long antagonizing 12 hours that was.We occurred all kinds of problems on the way including huge traffic jams caused from severe floods. I think we was on for a record time until this happened. Our driver was driving like a man possessed but he got us there safely. He dropped us off at some booking office.From here they would take us un the mountain to our hotel. We were 2500 above sea l...

We got an overnight night train to Yogyakarta, which is on the west coast of Java.It took 10 hours and was a surprisingly comfortable journey.Of course, I got no sleep as usual but I'm use to that now.They were playing music about 6 in the morning on the train, all local stuff and then from out of know where there came masterplan by oasis.Good start to the morning.So when we arrived and got off the train we were hounded by loads of taxi men and hotel people.This ...

So we had booked a flight from Singapore to Jakarta. A nice budget one called Adam air. We payed about 40 pounds so thats great. We set off for the airport around 7 ish. Our flight was due to take off at 10 30 am so we had plenty of time. Quit a posh airport too. The flight was to take about 1 hour. Mark is not a great flier so to pass the time i can take the piss. On the Flight we got chatting to a lady fro Jakarta. Mark asked her if we need to get a taxi from t...