Posted by: Sarah on: June 10, 2009
After Yogjarkarta I decided to head down to what is meant ot be one of Java’s best beach spots to try a bit of surfing. Pangandaran is about another 10 hours away from Yojarkarta (everything seems to be a 10hr journey here) but found out from my local friend that it would be quicker and [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: June 8, 2009
Leaving that night on the ’sleeper bus’ for the 10 hour journey to Yogjakarta I was ready to see some more of Java which after Mt Bromo I had high expectations.
I’ve quickly realised that the only place you seem to be able to get sleeper buses with beds is in Vietnam as this so called [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: June 1, 2009
Starting the day in a little boat watching the sun rise with dolphins swimming around us was perfect, especially as the rest of the day was going to be spent traveling to Java on public transport with only a rough idea of how I was going to get to where I was heading. Another problem [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: May 24, 2009
After nearly two weeks on Gili T we returned back to Bali as it was finally about to become the end of our Mui Ne crew. Carolina, Rowland and Dave were all heading home and Chri and Nik were off to NZ leaving me on my lonesome for the last two and a half weeks [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: May 22, 2009
I’ve been a bit slack with updating my blog these last few weeks as the internet connection, well the electricity in general isn’t great on Gili T as one of the transformers is broken.
The day after we all arrived in Bali we stopped over for the night in Padangbai as the boat we were meant [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: May 9, 2009
After the crazyness of Hanoi Bangkok felt realtivly quite and peaceful which was pretty werid. As my visa was running out as I didnt fancy a 26 hr bus journey to Laos I jumped on a plane (which I nearly missed because I’m an idiot) down to Bangkok.
After my trip to Thailand two or so [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: April 29, 2009
If it’s possible Hanoi is actually more mental than Saigon. On arrival its almost too much and makes you want to get out of there as soon as possible. If you’re arriving as a backpacker the city can be pretty hard work in terms of navigating your self around and finding cheap places to stay [...]
Posted by: Sarah on: April 26, 2009
After Nha Trang we continued northwards to Hoi An – the tailoring capital of the world. To get there we took the night train which arrived in Da nang at 4.30am, and so because of the ridiculous time and there were no buses we took a taxi down to Hoi An which was about 20km [...]
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