Before I get started, please could I send one small request, if you are commenting on my blog, please can you put your surname, so I know who you are, just makes it easier, as have friends with the same first name! Thanks xx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Weekend in Indonesia The weekend is here and all the travelling has caught up with me, so a lazy weekend was in order.Didn't wake up till about 11am on Saturday, gradually ...

Friday Night in Indonesia After a very tiring day at school, the girls suggested going out for dinner and a few drinks, it definitely sounded like a plan to me. Kate explain that there is only one place that you can get alcohol in Cirebon, unless you buy it at the supermarket, because it is not really tradition for woment to go out and drink in Cirebon. We got ourselves ready and made our way out!! This was my first experience of a Becak (three-wheeled bicycle...

First Day in Indonesia Definitely need that sleep, woke up feeling a lot fresher, but needed to have a shower after all the travelling. Chrissy had already gone to school, so I was left to explore the house on my own.First stop was the bathroom, WOOHOOOO a proper western toilet with flush, no squatting for me, although there is no shower, just a large water tank and a plastic scoop, called a Mandi (means to bathe or wash).Climbing into the tank is very bad f...

New Adventure begins here! The day had arrived, all the planning and preparation was done and there was nothing else to do but leave for the airport, left home at just before 9am for Heathrow.Arrived feeling very nervous and emotional, went to check in and discovered my bag was 7kg over what I was allowed...oops, paid the excess baggage charge and finished checking in, it was all done, I was leaving for my new adventure!Before going through security went for...