We left at 7.20am for the boat, and had about an hour and a half boat ride to the first dive site. There was some great people on the boat including two America guys, Gerard and Jason, I'd spoken to the night before who were about to complete their open water!! In my dive group was one young German guy and an older French guy. The boat ride itself was breathtaking, navigating through all those green mountainous islands I'd admired so much from the plans window....

I had a wonderful lazy morning and then caught a flight from Denpassar to Labuan Bajo in Flores on the teensiest little aeroplane that held only 40 passengers - with most of those passengers having to duck to walk down the isle (but not me because I'm Asian sized). The landing of the plane provided one of the most incredible views I have ever seen, let alone it being from a window. I was so glad to have been allocated the window seat because I can honestly say ...

The morning started with a buffet breakfast and I continued with a day of movies in my luxurious hotel bed, sunbathing by the pool or on my balcony, lots of necessary personal grooming and to top it all off - an early evening full body Balinese massage. Amongst my extremely busy and tiring day (hehe) I did find someeee time to do some organising and booked my flight to Flores for the following day. I really cannot wait to scuba dive there and I read up a lot ab...

A very underestimated and unmentioned aspect of travelling is often the actual travelling you do. So many days when backpacking are spent in transit travelling from one destination to another, and quite frequently I feel like there is no better way to see a country than to travel overland or sea across it. This is also perfect relaxation time where you just get to sit, take in everything you have seen and done so far, look forward to everything you still have to ...

We left early with a driver to see some of Lombok and the scenery it has to offer. Once again the drive along the coast and through the mountains was just absolutely breathtaking. So many tropical trees and creatures in a vast backdrop of bright green jungle with tiered rice terraces within view every direction you look in. It's indescribable, the scenery here, this island has it all. Upon arrival at the first waterfall it wasn't actually the natural beauty tha...