Yep, you guessed it, we went diving again on a liveaboard for 5 days. This time it was in the Komodo national park area, where it is one of the best diving spots in the world! This is due to two oceans meeting at this area around the islands, although it can cause some quite scary currents a times. We chartered a lovely boat when we first got to Labaunbajo, run by an Italian (Ricardo) and a Polish lady (Alexandra). We were to be their first customers as the...

I don't think we have ever been so relieved to hear the pounding of rain against the roof of our room in Moni. It was 4am and we had woken up in order to get to the crater rim of Kelimutu to see the volcanic lakes at sunrise. After a bad nights sleep we were in no hurry to get out of bed so hearing the downpour brought a welcome sigh of relief and an extra few hours rest. The rain continued for several more hours but eventually it stopped and we decided to ris...

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...