On the way back to Bali, we caught an even slower ferry because it was less money - but really not worth the hassle. We took a boat over to lombok, a bus to the port, a public ferry to Bali (which was full of cockroaches, 'looky looky' men, and had the odd tendency to dock in the middle of the sea for an hour or so). From there we took another bus to Ubud, and a taxi to a guest house. In all, a 13 hour round trip. Again, guest house was ok. A few ants and the...

Being on a budget, we opted for the 9 hour boat journey across to there. Which wasn't actually that bad. We were given dinner - supernoodles and rice, and watched Robbie Williams live at Knebworth. Only draw back were the 12ft waves that tipped the boat on its side the whole way there. When we arrived in the Gilis it was pitch black, and because of the tide and current, we had to anchor out at sea and wait for a long boat to come and pick us up. Bit of a missio...

For one night we had luxury accommodation in KL before we caught a flight to Bali. Was heaven after spending 2 weeks in a straw hut in Tioman, followed by a trip to the hospital in Borneo. Landed in Bali and took a taxi into Kuta - they weren't lying when they called it Benidorm for the Aussies. It took us an hour to walk to the street where all the guest houses were because the streets were littered with guys carrying surf boards and mopeds driving at you. Eve...

Luckily, we had been recommended a place to stay when we arrived in Sandakan. It was not a touristy town at all. Very local and nothing there except for a pretty diabolical KFC. We'd been up all night after staying at the airport to catch the early flight, so slept the day we arrived. The following afternoon we went to the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary. Was pretty awesome. There was a massive feeding platform that the tourists could watch from while quite a way ...

1 scary bus journey here and a ferry ride in torrential rain, we were on Tioman. It was pitch black when we arrived, and more trouble was to come when they told us everywhere was fully booked due to a public holiday that weekend. Thankfully, we managed to stay somewhere for that night, and then walked to the opposite end of the island the following morning, and found a little beach chalet on the sea front. It wasn't until the morning that realized how beautiful i...