Indonesia

  • Farewell to Asia in Denpasar

    It’s Ebru’s idea to head to Bali a couple of days ahead of our flight and see Denpasar. I’m not keen. I’ve had enough dealings with Bali transport and the idea of going…

  • The Gili Islands

    The Gilis are a string of three little islands just of Lombok in Indonesia. These islands are completely without motorized transport and have a reputation for being quite well removed from normal every-day…

  • Bali to Gili Ferry Crossing

    Ferries from Padangbai to the Gilis are available via Lombok or direct, with the former being much cheaper but taking up to 9 hours and taking you through through an alleged hellhole called…

  • Bali

    There is a ferry port in Banyuwangi on Java where ferries leave for Bali daily. We have some loooong bus journeys coming from Bromo. In fact, the bus that is supposed to go…

  • Yogyakarta to Bromo

    We take a train from Yogyakarta to Malang. Here we plan to journey to the village of Ngadisari in order to visit Mount Bromo (Mt Bromo is an active volcano). To get there…

  • Dieng Plateau

    We make the journey to the Dieng Plateau via public bus. Yogyakarta to Magelang and change to Wonosobo. It gets rather wet along the way. And in fact, it stays wet for the rest…

  • Yogyakarta

    We depart in an Executive coach on the train from Jakarta Gambir station to Yogyakarta on Java, better known as Yogya (“Jogja”). We’re armed with a packed lunch from Dunkin Donuts which is…

  • Jakarta

    We land in Jakarta at night, about 9PM or something like that. We don’t expect to be arriving in the most pleasant nor safe city so we’ve booked a room ahead for a…