Day 685: A Bunch of Flores
16.10.10: The next boat that would sensibly get me to the island of Timor is leaving the southern port town of Aimere on Friday morning. It’ll take me all of…
Day 684: The Slow Fast Boat
15.11.10: The bus drove through the night, arriving in the eastern port town of Sape at 8am, just in time for the ferry to Labuanbajo in Flores. The helpful tout…
Day 683: The Long Goodbye
14.11.10: It was too early to fathom what was going on, but I seem to have found my way into a taxi and it seems to be heading to the…
Days 678-682: The Exquisite Clutches of Calypso
09.11.10-13.11.10: By Tuesday afternoon I still hadn’t heard back from Simon about whether or not my laptop could be fixed in Bali. At this point I was kinda raring get…
Days 676-677: BUNGEEEEEEEEE!!
07.11.10-08.11.10: On Sunday I met up with Justin for my bungee jump at AJ’s, but sadly, no AJ. He was there earlier, but not now. However, we did get him…
Days 670-675: I’m on Bali
01.11.10-06.11.10: Many moons ago, when I was a wee nipper running around the playground in shorts annoying the hell out of people (not much has changed, the playground has just…
Day 669: One Hell of a Halloween
31.10.10: I left the Mariott with a spring in my step. I had my book back and I had plenty of time to get to the train station, even considering…
Day 668: Back in Jak Jak
30.10.10: So I was expecting the ferry to arrive in Jakarta this morning. HA! Considering the boat was eight hours late getting out of port, I adjusted my expectations accordingly. …
Day 667: Captain Bob
29.10.10: So last night I arrived onboard the ferry from Pontianak on Borneo to Jakarta on Java. As I entered the passenger area, what could adequately be described as a…
Day 666: Such a Chill
28.10.10: I awoke with my teeth chattering like I was camping naked under the stars in Svalbard: my jumper, jeans, waistcoat, sleeping-bag AND blanket were not enough to shield me…