Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long - Indonesia is crazy but amazing. We spent the first three weeks in Sumatra, which just has everything - mountains, jungles, oceans, lakes, rivers, volcanoes... even the most cramped and terrible bus ride is made amazing by the scenery. We arrived in Medan at the start of the month totally worn out, and the city itself is hot, busy and frantic - not really what we were after. We spent a 'day off' there hiding out in one of th...

Just a quick post to let you know I'm ok, we've not had a stable internet connection for a while because we've been in the jungle/on a tiny island. Will post a big update soon!

Tonight is my last night in Myanmar; I'm currently in a hostel in Yangon getting ready for my flight to Indonesia tomorrow. In the dorm next door is a Buddhist monk and a nun - this pretty much sums up what Myanmar is like. Unusual, to say the least. Myanmar has been everything I hoped for this trip. After the hyper-touristy Thailand it was amazing to arrive in Mandalay and not see another Westerner for days. Our first hotel was down a little dirt-road next to a...

Hi everyone! Sorry for the late update, I've been hiking for three days in the mountains between Kalaw and Inle Lake so no wifi - plus even in the cities in Myanmar the wifi is so bad as to be almost non-existent (our guide told us that the Burmese say that 'www' stands for 'wait wait wait'). Just arrived back & I now have traveller's sickness so I'm in bed in a hotel trying to sleep it off. Will post a proper update from this week when I'm feeling better ...

Hello again! Just so you know, my international sim isn't working - Isabel and I have local sims to get ahold of each other but they don't work internationally. Sorry if any of you have been trying to get in touch! So last week we spent a few days in Bangkok. I hired a boat to take me down the Chao Praya river to see the temples and palace - as we were sailing peacefully along a guy latched onto my boat and I thought I was getting hijacked. He then proceeds to w...