In Ubud
We planned to head for Ubud when we got back to Bali. We’d only spent 3 days there on our first visit but liked it (in spite of the traffic More… →
Author Archives: Mrs Vagabond
Recipes for the Road
From time we rent an apartment for a few weeks and settle down to live somewhere. It’s nice not to have to eat in restaurants all the time, and we More… →
The blog blog
Sooner or later it seems that every blogger blogs about blogging – the ultimate in navel-gazing really. One day I’m going to blog about blogging about blogging, but in the More… →
Reflections on long term travel
Before this trip, our longest journey was 6 weeks in 1987 when we travelled around China for our honeymoon. It was our first destination outside Europe and an amazing experience More… →
Dressing to insult
Why do people bother spending time and money to visit countries with customs and social norms that are different from theirs, and then try to impose their social norms on More… →
A salutary snorkeling story
Our original plan had been to travel east from Labuan Bajo by chartered taxi but it appeared that prices had shot up, and it would cost almost twice what we More… →
There be dragons
A trip to see Komodo dragons on Rinca Unless you shell out an enormous sum for a speedboat, it’s really not feasible to visit Komodo as a day trip from More… →
Labuan Bajo life
We knew that our guesthouse wouldn’t be the best we’d experienced – tourist numbers in Labuan Bajo have grown faster than the accommodation supply, so it’s very overpriced. Our room More… →
Accommodation
It used to be so easy. A few select hotels and guesthouses would be listed in a guidebook and you’d choose one, mostly based on price. Now, virtually every doss More… →
A flying visit to Flores
Even though it’s the only town at the western end of Flores and a major ferry port, you can tell as soon as you arrive in Labuan Bajo that it’s More… →