On the 26th my parents arrived in Bali from Dubai and we met them at a hotel in Jimbaran. We stayed there just for the night and I really enjoyed catching up with them and having a fantastic seafood dinner right on the beach. The next afternoon we flew to Flores, another island further east in Indonesia. From the airport we took a boat to our hotel on an island right in the middle of Komodo National Park, a beautiful surrounded by coral reefs and tiny islands. W...

On Sunday we left Yogyakarta at 8am to start our 2 day trip to Bali via Mount Bromo, an active volcano in Eastern Java. A short 13 hour minibus ride later and we arrived at our hotel, stocked up on water and hit the hay as it was a 3.30am start the next day. Blurry eyed at 3.30am we got in the waiting jeep and started our ascent up the mountain to watch the sunrise over Bromo from a neighbouring mountain. At just before 5.20 the sun broke the mist up and illumin...

Today is our 200th day on the road!!!!! After a questionable flight from Jakarta on Lion Air we arrived in Yogyakarta (Jogja) yesterday evening. The hotel is really nice and in a good location in town. Lots of local eats on the road but not to far from the bars! Today we explored the city and visited the very underwhelming presidential palace and a place called Taman Sari or the water castle in English. Despite the name there was only a very small mount of wate...

On Saturday night Sarah and I did a night walk with a guide around the orangutan centre which was excellent! We started off by seeing an orangutan making itself comfortable for the night before watching a couple of giant flying squirrels glide between the trees. This was followed by snakes, scorpions, and even a Malay badger! It was absolutely superb and the best night walk I had ever done....until we got to our river lodge on the kinabatangan river! It took 3 ...