The train station wasn't as manic as many others we have visited and our train was already waiting for us despite it being over 30 minutes until departure. We found our seats, put our packs in the overhead luggage racks and waited. The train journey was 10 hours overnight arriving at around 4am but we had bought cheap business class tickets (2nd class with no air-conditioning) which were seats rather than beds. We chose the cheap seats for the experience and wha...

We got our bags in the hold and found our seats at the back of the bus next to the spare driver. We were then moved to different (more comfortable) seats by one of the bus company staff. We were very happy with our new seats. The next three hours were filled with crazy driving down windy roads and I felt a bit sick! Thankfully by the time we reached Gilimanuk port town for the ferry ride I felt much better. We waited for a little while before the bus was dr...

A little later than advertised (this being Asia!) a partly-full minivan arrived to collect us plus one other passenger before heading to the shuttle bus company's office. We waited with many others for the arrival of a bigger bus which eventually arrived. There was however no room for luggage and also no staff directing operations (although plenty milling about) so bags were being piled on seats needed instead by passengers. The staff finally took control a...

As soon as we got on the plane I fell fast asleep - I seem to have perfected the art of sleeping anywhere since we came travelling! I woke up as we came into land again thinking we were heading for the sea instead of Bali's runway! Off the plane we collected our bags and headed out to get a taxi to Sanur - a quieter alternative to lively Kuta (Sanur is nicknamed 'snore' - Think we'll love it!). 25 minutes later we were dropped off on the main street and st...

After asking to be driven to a particular guesthouse we took the not-so-great room on the belief that all rooms would be similar in Maumere, a rather grimy run-down fishing town. Our drivers bid us a quick goodbye as they appeared to heading straight back to Labuanbajo! Our first task was to find a flight as soon as possible back to Bali. We walked towards a particular flight carrier's office who told us he had no flights until Thursday (four days away) but ...