I’m going to be honest: Dan and I didn’t really like Bali. Partly this was our own fault. When we were planning the last part of our Asia itinerary it seemed like a great idea to finish with some relaxing beach time. In our minds Bali conjured images of sublime natural beauty and calm tropical beaches with bathtub-warm water. Unfortunately, we didn’t bother to do enough research to confirm whether that image was accurate. So imagine our disappointment when we…
First of all, my apologies for anyone who is getting confused as I do these posts out of order. I’m really trying to get all caught up on Asia so I can focus on Europe but I still have three posts to go including this one. To recap: from Singapore we flew to Jakarta and from there we took a breathtakingly beautiful train ride across Java to Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is an awesome little city. After the chaos and grit of…
My apologies for the long delay since my last post. I came down with a nasty cough which lead to me not sleeping for many nights and, turns out, blogging is really hard on little to no sleep. Once I was out of the rhythm I found it really hard to get back into it. For that reason I’m skipping ahead a bit to talk about the last place we visited: Jakarta, Indonesia. When we got to the end of…