http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Monsta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Monsta en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:24:28 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:24:28 +0000 January 2009 Trying to find my place in a foreign landI donrsquot have time to finishhellip Irsquoll have to update this when I get home. Itrsquos up to give you some Idea and so I do not lose it again. I will stay up to date in my travels with the crew and fix this up when I get home. Thursday January 1 2009Recovery day As you can imagine not a great deal occurred today. I moaned ab http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-391237.html This is a special Insert written Thursday April 16 2009 OKhellip here is your warning. For those who do not like bad languagehellip GO NO FURTHER OR SKIP TO THE NEXT HEADLINE. For those who do not wish to hear a grown man whinge and cryhellip FOLLOW THE PEEPS WHO CANrdquoT STAND SWEARING.FUCK Remember this When I lost all those blogs Well my run of misfortune regarding lost photos a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-391228.html I thought I might as well throw up some stuff for you all to peep while I try and remember everything. Here are a bunch of videos I took and have yet to blog the links or only recently shot material. Check them out when your bandwidth and time allows and get a little taste of my experiences. Some of these vids are from my phone and all of them where just spur of the moment things unplanned there http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-356595.html I know I knowhellip. I really should be making regular backups but I just kept thinking Irsquoll do it after this session or after a few more paragraphs and never quite got around to it. What am I talking about Well just last Thursday feeling incredibly smug and selfsatisfied with my efforts I was in the process of uploading the biggest chunk of blog entries I have placed online yet. Wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-371113.html Tuesday December 23 2008Martin leaves today and I will be on my own again. The thought is not comfortable for me though it shouldnrsquot be a big issue it kind of is. I know Irsquoll meet more people but there is always that lsquoooops Irsquom alone againrsquo feeling I donrsquot like so much. Anyway itrsquos all good here in Singgigi. I donrsquot know if I even noticed the mor http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-360982.html Wow... i need to take a deep breath and slow down for a few days but as they say there is no rest for the wicked Still no blog to offer you though I HAVE started writing it at least. I'm off to a mates wedding tomorrow but the Internet should finally be connected on Monday at home so I'll be able to chill for a few days and get everything up.I've had a couple of losses though 1 I was so r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-359595.html Just a very quick note to you all. No I am not dead. Hahaha I know i have kind of dropped off the radar but hope to bring you all up to date very soon. I've rented a house here in Singgigi. I'm staying for the month of January at least. I can't beleive how good this place is. I have a whole crew of the coolest local mates and a dope ass house pimp new bike and the goofiest grin on my mug. Life do http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-358428.html Monday December 22 2008The early morning call to prayer from the local mosque woke me at around 4.30am. It was a womenrsquos voice which is incredibly unusual. She had the most amazingly beautiful haunting quality to her singing that had me spellbound as I lay stretched out in my room. No sooner had she finished I was fast asleep again but her voice stuck in my brain and will forever be a me http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-356593.html Friday December 19 2008I wish I was feeling better and able to explore but I still feel like a train wreck victim. I woke up and was out the door by around 9am regardless of how crappy I was feeling. There where things I wanted to get done and I have to check out at 11.30am today. Irsquove booked a cabin on the Perama boat to Lombok. Itrsquos a two nights twoday tour from Labuanbajo to Lomb http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Sengigi/blog-356587.html Thursday December 18 2008Labuanbajo is a ramshackle yet beautiful little harbour side slum. I like it a lothellip well what I have seen. Unfortunately I have been so sick I basically spent the day in bed. Every joint in my body aches like I have been in a highspeed car crash. My stomach has not recovered and it is a full time job not tohellip how do I say ithellip mess my bloody pants. I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-356581.html Tuesday December 16 2008 Bajawa to RutengI guess Christmas is approaching fast because as I sit here in Ruteng perched on the balcony of the very kitsch Hotel Rima I can hear Christmas carols and hymns being performed down the road. It sounds live though I cannot be completely sure either way it makes for an eclectic mix of cultures. This hotel is a painfully overdone replica of a Swiss Alpi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-355243.html Sunday December 14 2008From now on Irsquom going to always sign off early on my days entry and predict an lazy night because when ever I do I inevitably have a bloody huge one haha. I was home so late again last night I was locked out of my hotel for what must be the fourth time now. I can tell you are all wondering just what happened so let me fill you in. After finishing yesterdayrsquos blo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Bajawa/blog-354657.html Friday December 12 2008 Sunset CottagesI was up early enough this morning to get all my chores done and be ready for our 9am departure as planned. It was hard though let me tell you. Firstly it was raining that sort of lsquosleep inrsquo drizzle with grey skies and cool temperatures that always makes it hard to get out of bed secondly I didnrsquot really want to leave and thirdly as prev http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Moni/blog-354648.html Tuesday December 9 2008 Sunset Cottages approx. 25km east of MaumereFrom the moment the rhythm guitar kicks in I get this eerie feelinghellip like this is my song. I bet it seems corny to you all but I donrsquot give a fuck really. Irsquove dubbed it the ultimate anthem for my trip well at least until I find one better suited maybe there will be several in the end after all this is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Maumere/blog-352917.html Monday December 8 2008 LarantukaI woke up fairly early at Kartika. Comparatively speaking that is the residents of Larantuka probably thought I was dead but I refuse to consider 7.30am anything but early even if the locals rise with the birds for some strange reason. I took my time getting everything well packed into my backpack so that it would suffer minimal damage should it be subjected to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/blog-352911.html Saturday December 6 2008 LarantukaI didnrsquot really get up to a lot today. After last night I really needed to clear the cobwebs out of the old cranium so I took a long leisurely walk from my hotel out of town along the beach. I found a pleasant shady spot and just relaxed for an hour or so and then made my way back. Nothing too exciting but just what the doctor ordered really. I felt much http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/blog-352003.html Wednesday December 3 2008 KupangDamn my head was pounding so bad this morning I ended up getting woken up by its racket. While I waited on my painkillers to kick in a little I lay on my bed in my jocks trying to let the cool from the aircon wash over me and help me feel a little better. Small groans kept escaping from my lips every time I moved too fast and when one of the dudes from downstair http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/blog-351998.html Sunday November 30 2008I slept for ages last night. Itrsquos the first time since I left Boomtown I have slept through to late morning and boy was it good. The air conditioner is working like a little champ and my room was like a walk in cold room at your local BWS when the domestic staff woke me by opening the door again at around 10.30am. Irsquom not even fazed by the cleaning ladies anymor http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/East-Timor/Dili/blog-351072.html Tuesday December 2 2008 KupangI was exhausted last night after our marathon bus trip but still found it difficult to sleep. Hope Irsquom not about to cop another bout of insomnia. Frustrated with my tiredness and apparent failure to rest properly I got up fairly early and sat out in the open walled restaurant at the hotel. It was a miserable morning with strong winds and heavy rains. I got a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Timor/blog-351081.html Saturday November 29 2008I wonder as I sit here in lsquoOne More Barrsquo just how much bandwidth at any given point of the day is taken up with porn. There are two army types sitting up from me slightly to my right who think they are being subtle and yet look exactly like what they are two randy blokes watching porn on the Internet. Itrsquos not just ya run of the mill porn either from w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/East-Timor/Dili/blog-349821.html