Indonesia Highlights & Inspiration, Wildlife
Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that make up Indonesia. Komodo is world famous as the home to the Komodo Dragon, the largest lizard on Earth. A type of monitor lizard, it inhabits Komodo Island and some of the smaller surrounding islands, as well as part of...
Indonesia Highlights & Inspiration, Photos, South East Asia
Labuhanbajo is the starting point for a trip to Komodo. After an epic effort to get to Labuhanbajo we were well pleased to find a room in a guesthouse with a rickety little balcony with a great view of the sea towards...
Indonesia Highlights & Inspiration, Places to stay
I first visited the Gili Islands in 2001, opting for the chilled out Gili Air over the party island of Gili Twangaer and the mosquito infested Gili Menos. On the first visit we stayed in Bunga bungalows, returning 5 years later in 2006 to find the bungalows had been...
Indonesia Highlights & Inspiration, Photos
One of the better things to in Jakarta, in front of the presidents last erection, watch the kids fly kites as the sunsets. Of course we haggled hard, bought one too and joined in, I was particularly pleased with my handmade kite as it had a drawing of Sponge Bob...
Indonesia Highlights & Inspiration, Photos
This shot was taken after a very early morning trip to see the 3 coloured lakes of Kelimutu. The fairly sketchy drive from Moni on the back of 2 kids motorbikes took us up a steep windy, pot hole ridden road, through a river before both bikes managed to break down....
Indonesia Highlights & Inspiration, Off the beaten track, Transport
Exploring the delights of Bajawa on the Indonesian island of Flores required us to hire a Bemo for us and our guide. This photo is of the particularly nice set of mirrors the proud Bemo owner had used to decorate the inside of his clapped out van. It seemed to be the...