thought this would be my last blog, as im flying home tonight. ive enjoyed writing them but dont think i can get away with keeping on going once i get home! um ive had an enjoyable week of chilling out in singapore. its been a really nice way to end the trip, in style. it was good to visit the 'Geyleng' area - seeing old, cute, chinese guys playing Mahjong on the sidewalk and the women shopping for durian. i visited Changi museum and was actually affected by what i saw. it was so much more real seeing it at the [View Full Entry]

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the plane landed in Singapore at 12:45am this morning. i dont know how common it is here, but the other passengers and myself were greeted by about 15 scary, bald, security guys with huugee guns as we came off the plane...? a lovely welcome to Singapore?! i was amused and tried to take a photo, before being told in no uncertain terms to delete it. haha naughty naughty. we sped though immigration, customs, baggage and i was then ushered into a line to get a taxi (it took literally 4 seconds until one came!!) The taxi actually had seatbelts, and the [View Full Entry]

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i fear this may be the crappest blog ever but ill do it anyways cos im sure you're all having withdrawls. im on gili trawangan! off lombok. most amazing place ever! but first i shall recap::: yogya was awesome, as i knew it'd be. even though it became apparent that esther HAD after all contracted dengue fever. and we DID spend like 3 days in the hosptial with her. and she DID faint AGAIN but this time it was slightly more humerous. we had lovely man friends who hung out with us in the hosptial, and at one stage we even [View Full Entry]

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BUT IM BACK I YOGYA! haha yaay. we got some cheap flights, it didnt seem worth staying in bali while wishing we were in yogya so here we are. god. pol got soo effing sick a few days ago. she fainted in a shop and hit her head real bad on the glass cabinet! argh drama. luckily we had bumped into the Aliotis! and they helped us get to the clinic! the whole day was rather disasterous - we went to the monkey forest which was pretty crap. haha id been before, the monkeys were scary. the temples were beautiful though [View Full Entry]

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so we're in ubud now. catching up - sanur was lovely but boring. we didnt have the best time, we felt starved of culture and friends:( everything was rich european prices and i got sick from the food. on our second day, we went to Tanah Lot. it was pretty crowded even in the morning, its a huge rock sea temple and its very beautiful. the surroundings were just as scenic - it reminded me of the great ocean road as it has rocks like the 12 apostels. ive got some photos but theres really little i can say! the next [View Full Entry]

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sorry this will be rushed, as this internet cafe is ffing expensive and im feeling poor. everythign in bali is at least 4x the price of yogya. its still semi cheap but i cant get used to it and am refusing to eat until its for 20c again. haha oh do i miss yogya... we're staying in this amaazzing expensive place in sanur that pols grannies wanted to pay for - its full of really rich europeans, who arent very friendly. we get a free breakfast - they literally cook you anything! today we had fruit, coffee, tea, crossaints, omlettes.. argh [View Full Entry]

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(i wrote this all a few days ago so ill update a new one soon.. in bali now..) I WAS ON TV THE OTHER DAY!! that will be in next edition... which is far more exciting than this blog. sorrrryyy... i havent written in a while - ive been so busy. every day after work theres always so much to do! im finding that i just have so much energy here. i get up at 7 every morning and spend 8 hours running around the countryside for work, then i get home and go for long walks, have dinners with amazing [View Full Entry]

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I had my first run in with the famous Indonesian Police a few nights ago. We were driving Jalan Marliboro and jeje didn’t stop at a red light (no one takes any notice of through traffic lights here!) and we got pulled over. They were very scary - told me to stay where I was with the bike while they ushered jj away for a few minutes. He returned laughing, saying he wanted to show me as much of Indonesian life as possible. He’d payed the policeman Rp 30,000, which is the average amount here. Corruption here is just accepted as [View Full Entry]

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argh second half got deleted so ill try again... AS I WAS SAYING: i found a new girl crush. her name is yanti and its like shes a 6 yr old cheeky boy, only shes stunning so no one knows how to react to her. she plays practical jokes on everyone and teases all the boys. we go and get ice tea a lot so she can bully the cleaning stafff.... on the way home from work it began to rain, so so hard. it was monsoonal, the streets became deserted, everything went dark and we were still speeding along on [View Full Entry]

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hello! before i forget im adding some photos on facebook because this site is crraaap for adding photos. i thought id write cos ive got the whole day off today, and i have a week or so of news to catch up on. well on monday, i had the day off work because i woke up stiff and bruised. i just hung out with jeje. on wednesday i went out reporting to a place called Kulon Progo. we visited this concert for little kids celebrating the end of the school year. they were only 5 yr old and all wore traditional [View Full Entry]

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