Last night and today I completely indulged myself, and hired a driver. I had been struggling to get on some obvious tours; a single guy is not the tour operators' idea of a good punter, so they charge 50 to 100% extra (!). So when I discovered there's a well developed circuit of ex-tour drivers available to respond to every whim for about 50% above the cost of a tour, it seemed an (expensive) no-brainer. What delight. Remind me to become personally wealthy; h...

Many things to cover today, which has been incredible, so I'll just pick out a highlight. Anyone who has seen the film, The Bucket List" will have heard of the world's most exclusive coffee, Kopi Luwak, or Luwak Coffee. It is produced by allowing a massive rodent, the Luwak or Paradoxurus, to eat the coffee beans from the trees, waiting for them to digest them, and then harvesting the poo. The poo is washes off, and the shell removed, before the usual roastin...