Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [899] | Comments [1]
November 14 th – November 17 th Author's note :-) I'm going to write in some detail about Bukit Lewang as I loved the time I spent there. The story serves more as an aid to help me remember the experience rather than to entertain whoever may be reading ... Read more >
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [532]
November 10 th - 14 th It's a shame that the "Superior Executive" night bus from Bukittinggi to Parapat didn't come with the comfort implied in its name. Whilst there were only three seats across the bus, so that in theory there was more ... Read more >
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [550]
6 th - 10 th November What should you do after a 22 hour bus journey followed by a night of little sleep because your room is next to the main road and you get woken by Muslims wailing at 4am? Probably not climb Sumatra's most active volcano ... but ... Read more >
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [713]
November 6th
We got to the ferry port in Melaka
(Malaysia) at 9am for our 9.30am ferry to Dumai in Sumatra
(Indonesia). Given that I am writing this at 1.30am (after putting
our watches back an hour) on a bus, on the ... Read more >