For the 4th and final week of the Indonesian experience we went to Karimunjawa Island which took 6 hours on a very over crowded ferry! Karimunjawa was untouched by tourists and surrounded by other beautiful deserted islands which we sailed out to everyday. We discovered on the first day that the beach on Karimunjawa was used purely for trade - the white sandy shores was scattered with dead fish and washed up flip flops and bottles, and with the local fishermen k...

In the 3rd week the most significant event was climb up Ungalan mountain in Semarang. We set off just after midday with our sleeping bags strapped to our day sacks, two 200ml bottles of water each and 3 tents between the 7 of us. Me, Mark and Will were left carrying the tents! We were walking into a constant incline, through the thick jungle, a labyrinth or tea trees and as we climbed higher, almost vertical rocky faces! As well as our group of 7, our 'navigat...

To start the week off we left katut's uncles house and drove 5 hours up to Dieng Plateau which is a small, rural Muslim town high up in the clouds 2093m above sea level. We stayed in a 'hotel' called Bujono which was by far the funniest place i have ever stayed! The walls were covered in watermarks, paint was flaking off the walls, wires where hanging down everywhere, the walls were just plaster boards, damp everywhere and the shower was a bucket (like most of in...

Sorry it's taken so long, but now that i've at last found a bit of free time, i'll try my best to explain what i got up to over 4 weeks ago when i was in Semarang, Indonesia! In the first week we stayed at 'Katut's uncle's house', Katut was the name of the man who showed us around Semerang and introduced us to Indonesia in the first week. Katut's uncle obviously had a name but we could never remember it hence why it became Katut's uncle! in the first week we le...

It's now sadly come to the end of my time in Koh Tao, 2 weeks have been and gone, i don't know where mind you, it went that fast! But i can safely say that even though it was the shortest 2 weeks of my life it was also the sweetest! Once again i found myself surrounded by brilliant people, who i immediatley clicked with straight away. The place, the atmosphere, the people and of course the diving has made my time in Koh tao what it was and i can't wait for the r...