On the way to Moni we passed through Ende which is just jaw dropping with its natural beauty, and a hint of what we imagine New Zealand to look like maybe? Ende is surrounded by huge volcanoes and has a long stretch of beach with waves crashing over huge rocks. We stopped at the blue pebble beach for some much needed leg stretching. Surprisingly it was a beach covered in blue pebbles and rocks which were really pretty. It also seems to provide a way of making...

We set off early from Labuanbajo in the back of our jeep for our journey into the heart of Flores. Our driver, Roberto, was just a tad erratic - you never knew whether the day would bring hours of crawling around at a snails pace or careering wildly around the winding roads at breakneck speeds. I think we made the right decision not to go by public bus as our rear ends and our sanity wouldn't have lasted the 4 days. Although saying that we were almost at break...

We left the peace and tranquility of Gili Trawangan (I forgot to say that we also found a place there that did Marmite on toast which then provoked a big discussion on food that we miss from home, but that's a whole other postcard!), to fly back to Lombok. We spent the evening in Sengiggi - not much to say about that though - and flew to Flores the following morning. We were planning to stay in Luabanbajo for a few days before heading off around Flores. On arr...

After spending a day in Padangbai trying to get away from the very persistent hawkers (we finally caught a water taxi to an almost deserted beach but still ended up buying 2 silver rings one of which has turned Steve's finger green), we woke early to catch the public ferry over to Lombok. I think all of the tourists escaped to the upper deck to get away from the people selling watches and sunglasses - it seems you can either burn to a crisp in the blazing sun or...

With our morning of trekking up Gunung Batur behind us we headed back to the east coast to the tiny village of Amed. It is very quiet here with just one road straight in and out and doesn't see that many visitors. It is a pretty place with lots of coloured fishing boats moored up on the beach and the almost obligatory white sand and the bluest of seas. The main draw is the diving although it is a great place to just sit and do very little. We found a lovely ...