Sat 10th - Mon 12th May (Week 34)Sat 10th - Walked down to the beach to explore and were quite surprised it was black sand, and more of a locals fishing beach than for tourists. There was lots of rubbish both in and out of the sea, and didn't look very inviting. When you got a little bit further around the bay to the nicer hotels, they had made a bit more of an effort to clean the beach, but still wasn't somewhere we fancied for sunbathing. We booked a dive for M...

Tues 6th - Fri 9th May (Week 33)Tues 6th - Checked out and got our minibus pickup at 9:30am. Tiny little 6-seater people-carrier with 2 Dutch girls who were also coming to Bromo. Nice to have quite a bit of space, but the bumpiest seats ever, and we got thrown out of our seats numerous times. Our driver was also a bit of a lunatic, overtaking 5 or 6 trucks at a time, usually on blind corners ! Some stunning scenery along the way - lots of lush lime green paddy fi...

Wed 30th April - Mon 5th May (Week 32)Wed 30th - Checked out at 8am and took the MRT back to Changi Airport, taking another hour and 3 changes during rush hour (Bet we were popular with our big bags !) Even during rush hour everything is so well organised - a gap is left for commuters to get off the train first, while people form an orderly queue to wait their turn to board ! Amazing ! Found the Hero 3 Go Pro for a really good price in Duty Free, so hurriedly bou...

Sat 26th - Tues 29th April (Week 32)Sat 26th - Up at 5:40 to get a taxi to Yangon airport for our 8:30am flight to KL. Had a lovely final sight of Yangon as we got into the taxi and saw processions of monks and nuns walking along the quiet early morning streets collecting alms. For some reason we had booked to get to Singapore via a stop over in KL - taking the entire day, but annoyingly there seemed to be quite a few direct flights to Singapore. Must have been m...

Tues 22nd - Fri 25th April (Week 31)Tues 22nd - Arrived very tired into Yangon at 7:30am to the usual chaos of trying to get your bags and negotiate with taxi drivers. Got to our hotel at 8am, had a lovely breakfast of egg and toast, then luckily could check into our room and slept from 9-12. Caught the circular train half way around Yangon which was an interesting experience to see how the locals travel, the food vendors, laundry on the side of the tracks drying...