Indonesia

I wasn´t planning on going down to Indo but I met many people who said they loved it. So again I figured I should check it out. I also met some friends who said that were heading that direction around the same time as me which worked out great. I did plan on making it out to the islands of Komodo, but unfortunately that didn´t work out. I still had a great time and really enjoyed the country.

I flew into Bali and headed into the town of Ubud. This was a small town that was home to a culture of Art. Everyone who grew up there was taught art though out their childhood. I am not a huge art guy but it was still neat walking around town and checking out all the painting and crafts. One guy I met in Semporna ended up coming a meeting me there in Ubud and we traveled together for the next few weeks. We rented bicycles and cruised around Ubud through rice paddies and to temples. This was great time except for getting lost and nearly getting run over a couple of times. It was definitely a great way to see the town and get some exercise. I try to get exercise when ever I can out here traveling. From Ubud we headed to the island of Gilli. This island was great. It is a tiny spec off the coast of Lombok between Lombok and Bali. I ran around the entire island in 40 minutes just to give you an idea of the size...it was tiny. We met up with two other people that I had met on my jungle tour. We did have plans to head out to Komodo to see the dragons and do some diving, but it ended up being much more expensive than I thought. Plus it was going to take up much more time. We ended up spending a week or so on Gilli then a few days on Lombok. Lombok was nice as well. It was a much bigger island and had some beautiful volcanoes and mountain scenery. Again I would have love to hike the volcano, but it was quite expensive. We did a driving tour around the island and through the volcano and that was a great trip so missing out on the volcano trek was ok. From here we all split our ways and I headed back Thailand for my last 2 weeks in Asia. I have been here for so long...it was weird to think that I would be leaving so soon.