We left Malang the next day and headed for Yogyakarta. We decided that since it was about 9 hours on the train, we would go Executive Class, wooo!!! It only cost a couple of pounds extra, and instead of cramped in a non aircon train with 10 people on a seat made for 4, we had designated seats with lots of leg room, aircon, reclining chairs and even a free meal! This made the journey bearable, even if it did get a little boring. We arrived in Yogyakarta at abo...

So we left Ubud the next day and headed for Lovina. It took about 3 hours over the mountains on the bumpiest bus ever! At least it wasn't packed like all the other buses have been. We arrived in Lovina about 2.30pm and were dropped off at the hotel that we asked them to. It was such a nice room, and it felt a little like a treehouse!! Well, it was all made of wood anyway. It had a lovely pool, and was right on the beach aswell. We spent the afternoon at th...

We have been in Ubud for 3 nights now, and are leaving this morning for Lovina, which is in the north of Bali, before we head over to Java. We have been to the Monkey Forest Sanctuary here, which was awesome! There were so many monkeys there, and they even climb on you! Not me though I didn't want them near me, but Jack managed to get one to sit on his arm! When you walk in there is a stall selling bananas for the monkeys. Jack got some, but he gave one to a...

We left Kuta the next morning - supposed to be at 9am but we were asked to go at 11am instead, for what reason we're not sure, but it didn't matter to us because we weren't really in a rush! We got to Padangbai at about 3.00pm and found a nice guesthouse with an ensuite to stay at (3.50 pounds including breakfast!!). We booked the ferry/bus/ferry to go to the Gili Islands the next day. The ferry was fine (somewhat iffy, looked like it could use a lick of pain...

We spent a couple of nights in Auckland with Helen and James, had a few (ok, a lot!) of drinks over the weekend. On the Sunday we visited Waihiki Island just off the coast of Auckland. On Monday we got up early to get to the airport for our flight(s) to Bali. The first flight was Auckland to Sydney, which took about 3 hours. We only had one hour to transfer to the next flight, it was a bit short on time, but they got us a bus to the next flight and while we w...