Zubs

Hey peeps, its been a while but lets see if I can accurately recall my recent 5 weeks spend in Indonesia. Happy reading I arrived In Jakarta (JKT), via Doha, roughly 9:30pm & adhered to the instructions forwarded to me by Liz. They were spot on & I arrived at Sudirman Park to a warm welcome by her We spent a couple of hours catching up over a hubbly & discussed our Singapore race weekend (see previous blog) in a couple of days time before we called it a night. I was only in JKT for a couple of days before we headed to Singapore. After a successful & enjoyable race weekend in Singapore, just over a mere 48hrs later we were back in Indonesia which would be my home for just over a month. And ... read more

Hey again peeps....& welcome to an information overload blog from my fantastic 3 weeks in London - please enjoy ;-) My 3 weeks in London has simply flown by, literally! & typing up this blog, upon reflection, I have done more than I realised. It's true what they say: Time flies when you having fun! This fun often included braving the cold weather to be in some sort of physical condition to run the half 2 Oceans race in April. My 1st day here, after settling in, I decided to do a quick 45 minute run. Not heeding Reven (my best mates advice/tip) I got lost & ended up running 1hr 45mins - lol ;-) But since then I generally had 2 routes here. The first route was along the infamous river Thames, crossing the river ... read more

Hej; God dag; Halla; Tja (Swedish & Scandinavian variations of hello ;-)) So rather late than never, here is my blog entry for Kho Phi Phi Island! Phi Phi (pronounced Pee Pee) is famous for Maya beach, the beach from the movie “The Beach”. Based on the travel guide & stories from fellow travellers, we were all looking forward to Phi Phi Island! One would be forgiven for forgetting that you in South Thailand & thinking you somewhere in Scandinavia - it is as if a tsunami hit Sweden & Norway & washed them up on Phi Phi Island - so flooded with Scandinavians it is ;-) Nevertheless the island & Scandinavians contirbuted to a beautiful time here ;-) We heeded the advice from fellow travellers & also consulted the travel guide in search for accommodation, ... read more

Hello & welcome to another blog entry from my travels.... So a lot has changed since my last blog entry! I finished my 1 month on the Indonesian islands & thoroughly enjoyed it! Indonesia was a great & fantastic experience where I learned a heck of a lot, broadenning my horizons, & also fortutnately enough met some amazing people! Indonesia is huge so there is a lot still do there & definately somewhere I will return to sometime in the future ;-) Further changes sees us in Bangkok where we met up with 2 of my cousins who have come to share a fraction of this amazing experience with me! We caught up with them in Kho San Rd & it was certainly great to see them & also have them with for the next few ... read more

So after a week on Gili Trawangan we headed for the more sedate Gili Air on the 4pm island hopper boat. For those not in the knowing, the island hopper is a little boat that shuttles tourists & locals between the 3 islands daily. It is roughly a 30 minute trip including a drop off/collect at the middle island, Gili Meno. But WOW! What a short trip! The seas did not seem too bad, but out there we were being tossed about & water splashing on board quite a bit! By far our worst ferry experience - ever! Thankfully we made it safely to Gili Air ;-) (Now would be a good time to mention that, for anyone traveling in Indonesia, try & pack a life jacket/vest as these are almost non existent on the usual ... read more