James was feeling pretty revolting in the morning, having slept about 15 minutes, but Caro felt perky enough to go for a run, the first one in a long time. Whilst the run wasn’t fun at all, the beach was awesome at sunrise, and the volcano that had been shrouded in cloud the day before … Continue reading Island hopping, traditional villages and sunrise at Kelimutu – Our final days in Indonesia
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Hobbit people, giant rats and battling man flu with the local rocket fuel – Part 1 of our Flores road trip
Foreword: If you want to know how we managed to find Vinsen, our tremendous driver, please take a look at our blog: Exploring Flores - Some tips to help plan your trip On day one of our road trip we were up and fed early and were soon piled in to Vinsen’s car ready for our … Continue reading Hobbit people, giant rats and battling man flu with the local rocket fuel – Part 1 of our Flores road trip
Exploring Flores – Some tips to help plan your trip
Here are our tips on planning the different aspects of a trip to Flores: Finding a Komodo Island Tour We only had one afternoon to find our Komodo Island tour, which is plenty of time if you aren’t a wimp, but we just didn’t have the energy to ask around a lot so we ended … Continue reading Exploring Flores – Some tips to help plan your trip
Diving and Snorkelling in Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park is said to have some of the best diving in the world and the excellent snorkelling we did on our Komodo tour had convinced Caro that she had to do some. We had asked around and none of the companies that we asked had any issue with her Junior Open Water card, … Continue reading Diving and Snorkelling in Komodo National Park
Dragon, meet Dragon – Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park
When we first started planning Indonesia, about a month before we actually got there, we had planned to visit Java first and then Lombok and the Gili Island. About two weeks before we left Malaysia northern Lombok was shaken by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake causing widespread destruction and hundreds of fatalities. Indonesians in general have … Continue reading Dragon, meet Dragon – Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park
Celebrating Caro with a shaman and sunrise at Mount Bromo
Getting anywhere quickly is impossible in Indonesia. Even in Java, where our transport options were better than most islands, we still ended up dedicating a full three days to seeing the sunrise at Mount Bromo. Having been proven right at Borobudur, James has since capitalised on his win and dragged Caro out of bed at … Continue reading Celebrating Caro with a shaman and sunrise at Mount Bromo
Yogya on two feet
Having spent two days out and about in a car, it was time to explore what the city of Yogya had to offer pedestrians. Our hostel was down a rabbit warren of streets barely wide enough to take a scooter and we tried to avoid the main roads in preference of these winding alleyways where … Continue reading Yogya on two feet
Prambanan, Merapi and James gets a new job at Alfamart
The names Yogyakarta, Borobudur and Prambanan are nearly always uttered in the same breath; if you visit one, chances are you visit them all. Like Borobudur, Prambanan is also UNESCO listed and is also dazzlingly impressive. This time, we did not need to venture out while it was still dark and had a more leisurely … Continue reading Prambanan, Merapi and James gets a new job at Alfamart
Rise and shine for a Borobudur sunrise
It seemed that we were destined to have very little sleep in Indonesia as we dragged ourselves out of bed for our 4:30am taxi. David was up to see us off; he gets up to pray at 4am everyday anyway, because that’s the only time he has spare in his day. Lise and Davide joined … Continue reading Rise and shine for a Borobudur sunrise
Going rural in Cianjur, Java
Jakarta airport won us over instantly with their whimsical fire extinguishers. Everything that we had read about Jakarta suggested that we should spend as little time there as possible so we had arranged a car to pick us up from our flight and drive us south to the decidedly non-touristy town of Cianjur. We maintain … Continue reading Going rural in Cianjur, Java
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