On a high after Mt Bromo, we set sail again and landed on Bali. After 2 weeks of being the only white people, we were a little overwhelmed to arrive in the Australian settlement of Kuta! We wandered around the shops, watched the surfers and chilled out trying some curries. We also had a disappointing afternoon watching England get beaten by New Zealand in the rugby. Even more upsetting were the only other two England supporters sat in the bar enjoying a fruit jui...

After brief stop in Singapore, we took the early morning ferry from Singapore to Balam. Our original plan had been to catch the next ferry to Pekanbaru on mainland Indonesia but the ferry had already left! So we made a split second decision to catch the only remaining ferry of the day to Dumai (also on mainland Indonesia) and jumped 'James Bond" style onto the boat as it was pulling away from the harbour! After 8 hours sailing we arrived at the port and made...