We heard from a few people in Indonesia talk about these blue flames east of where we were. We decided to check it out on our way to Bali. We checked in to an amazing little hostel. Amazing not because of the room necessarily, but the people who ran it were really lovely, and mama made our stay memorable. We hired a moped and visited the waterfall, getting lost (obligatory) on the way. That night we woke up at 11 and sluggishly made our way up the side of a volca...

Th country with a population of 255,000,000 and over 13,000 islands, things can get as crowded or as peaceful as you want here. Jakarta, a capital swarming with 33,000,000 people alone. It's a place where several tectonic plates meet. The landscape is spoilt for volcanoes. Some have the scars that would have once upon a time been an eruption and caused a devastating but prolific and fertile land. Fast forward to present day and we are cruising (well squashed) on ...

Thailand again. Home of pad thai, Phuket, packed minibuses, ping pong shows, party islands, papaya and Pattaya. We were here for Khao Sok. The national park situated in and around Cheow Larn lake. The day was spent in Bangkok gorging ourselves with delicacies such as curried noodle soup, papaya salad and coconut cakes. We treated ourselves to a massage for 3 quid until we had to hit the road at 6 that night to Surat Thani. From there we would be picked up by num...

Our first part of the journey lands us in a place called chauk. With no other way of getting to Saw, and no one willing to give us a free ride, we reside for the night. After checking numerous places, none of which take foreigners, we were offered to stay in the police station. After deliberating with the officers for a while they eventually granted us a permit to stay in one of the hostels. For $2 a night we could hardly complain. The following morning we got o...

We meet holly at the renaissance hotel, another piece of 5 star luxury for myself and Charlie. A quick catch up in the hotel lobby and we head out to china town to get some food and drinks. We end up at our old haunt the reggae bar and with emotions high we have questions that simply cannot be answered. Charlie and I have had a lot of that on this trip. Unanswered questions, profound questions. It seems that the older we are getting and the more we find out, the ...