We were really lucky with our choice of guesthouse in Sanur. The Jukung was small but our room was bright and immaculate, and equipped with a safe, kettle, fridge, TV More… →
“Ohhh shit”. Mr V was ahead of me and saw it first: I followed his gaze through the window, and could see that the patio door stood open. For a More… →
I don’t claim to be any kind of expert on animal behaviour, but this was our experience of living in a monkey infested area just outside Ubud in Bali. First off More… →
The owner of our rental cottage had assured us that the water problem was just a transient phenomenon that happened if the taps were run too much in the dry More… →
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… →
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… →
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… →
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… →
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… →
Our flight from Bangkok to Bali had been bought on a special deal that meant we got seats with extra legroom, and since all the other seats around were empty More… →