Of all the places in Indonesia. this place stole my heart. Just go here. It's 'Bloody' amzing ;D

Waiting for our minivan to turn up we were hassled by numerous Taxi drivers who kept trying to sell us their fare even though we'd already paid for our own transport. What pulled up wasn't the usual rusty run down van but a swish four by four. Nice!! The driver even had a nice playlist. Onto the slow ferry which tested your patience as we had to wait an hour to dock after a 4 hour journey but a least there was a breeze. We saw an elderly man racing in his peddl...

The trip to Kuta was eventful. On our first minivan I had a cockroach crawling up my leg prompting me to scream "PULL OVER!" the driver just laughed so I hung my leg out of the moving van and flickered the b***** off. Next onto a mini-van without air con and an engine that heated the floor which slowly melted the bottom of our flip flops. The slow boat was SLOW. We could see Bali from the shoreline even before we got on the ferry. We seemed to be drifting more ...

What shall we do in Indonesia? Climb a volcano of course ;) After a very, very, very long journey in a mini bus we arrived late at night at our hotel in the mountains. The increase in altitude brought about a drop in temperature so we tucked into a bowl of noodle soup before bed. Partly because I'd forgotten to get money out of the ATM beforehand and it was the cheapest thing on the menu and it was cold. 3am and the alarm goes off. Having been told the temperat...

Our first class train journey to Yogyakarta could have done with more air con and fewer cockroaches but after 8 hours we finally arrived in one piece. We jumped on a rickshaw and headed to our home for the next few days, 'Edu Hostel'. We meet our fellow dorm mates, Marion, a 71 year old New Yorker now living in Panama, and Alex, a Canadian in her early 20's who teaches English in Korea. A quick shower and we headed to the backpacker area, Jalan Prawirotaman. We...