Category: Travel
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Thailand Part 1 – Six Nights in Bangkok
Arriving at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok was a low-key affair. The journey had taken longer than expected as our departure was delayed by an hour at the Bali end…par for the course with bookings on the cheaper airlines. Once again, the kids showed us their developing worldliness by fetching trollies at both ends…
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Indonesia Part 7 – Back in Bali
Washing Day! We spent our first two nights back in Bali staying in a cheap Airbnb with a washing machine (which was a mission to find at 8.30pm at night – thankfully we had a lovely, patient Grab driver). The main objective? To get our two weeks’ worth of washing done in 36 hours. Fortunately…
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Indonesia Part 6 – Exploring Labuan Bajo
Rest and Recovery The day after our Komodo trip was a quiet, restful one at our accommodation. We had bought a few supplies for breakfast the night before, so we had a lazy morning. Around lunchtime, we went for a walk around town to find a place called ‘Happy Banana’ Japanese restaurant (yes, that’s really…
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Indonesia Part 5 – The Home of Dragons
Right. We did it. We decided that parting with millions of Indonesian rupiah was worth the experience. It was a daunting prospect because it felt like a huge amount of money compared to anything we’ve done so far. It involved flying to Labuan Bajo on Flores and then doing a liveaboard trip to visit Komodo…
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Indonesia Part 4 – Sun, Surfing and Swimming in Lembongan
A Crazy Journey The journey to Lembongan from Gili Trawangan warrants its own blog post. However, I’ll try and summarize. Essentially, we shopped around for the best fast ferry direct to Lembongan and ended up buying our tickets directly from the Wijaya Buyuk ticket office on Gili Trawangan, where they said the journey would take…
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Indonesia Part 3 – The Gorgeous Gili Islands
We were sad to say goodbye to our little piece of paradise in Lombok but we set off for Bangsal Harbour to catch the public ferry to Gili Air, which is one of the three Gili islands off the coast of Lombok. We had heard that Gili Air was the place to go for families,…
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Indonesia Part 2 – A Lazy Few Days on Lombok
Our Citilink flight from Bali to Lombok was our shortest flight ever! The plane queued up for about half an hour before taking off, travelled horizontal for about two minutes, and then descended to land at the tiny International Airport of Lombok. While this option was a little more expensive and a little less green,…
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Indonesia – Part 1 Breathing out in Bali
Our journey from Ipoh to KL went without a hitch and we got to the airport a full three hours before our flight, which was a blissful feeling for me, given Shaun’s tendancy to push flight check-ins to the last possible minute. After going through immigration, we found a juice/salad bar, and all ordered raw…
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Meandering through Malaysia – Part 4
Driving from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh On our last morning in KL, we were up early and all packed by 9am, ready for our journey to Ipoh. We had hired a car from Pacific Rent A Car, which cost about $200 NZD for 4 days. We were pleasantly surprised to find a very new Perodua…
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Meandering through Malaysia – Part 3
Kuala Lumpur The ferry ride to the mainland from Tioman was quicker than expected so we caught the 11.30am bus to Kuala Lumpur, waiting until the ferry was docking to book our online tickets. It was a bit of a mission trying to work out where the bus would stop, with two possible locations, so…
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