I have just spent the most incredible week on the island of Flores in Indonesia. The island is in the eastern part of the country, very near to the Komodo National Park which protects a group of hundreds of small islands and the waters surrounding them. The park is famous for 2 reasons: the Komodo dragon lives on 2 of these islands, their only natural habitat left; and the marine park is one of the top diving destinations of the world. Getting to the town of Lab...

Selamat pagi! Hello from Bali! I am writing this after 5 action-packed days on Indonesia's most popular tourist island. It is hot, humid, beautiful and a little bit crazy. I arrived late on Saturday night after an exhausting flight from Sydney, via Melbourne of all places! It took about 10 hours! Then another 2 hours to get through customs and immigration.. it was 3am my body-clock time when I finally arrived at my hotel. I had booked somewhere in advance as I kn...