Crocodile River Cottage Lombok

... be captured in one picture, although I tried and tried. It was incredible. Kate said I pulled a funny face when I got to the top; somewhere between shock and excitement. It made the pain of the 9 hour climb up 3 Mount Snowden’s so worth it.

As soon as sun set, we ate. After dinner out guide told us to go and look at the volcano in the centre of the lake in the crater below. We did, and too our surprise we could see a red glowing stream of lava ...

On Tuesday, I arrived in Gili Trawangan, so exhausting yet fun. When I stepped on my foot in Gili Trawangan, I was so fascinating by the scenery. The island was so beautiful..

But I felt like a stranger in my own country. Guess I was the only domestic tourist there. This August was so busy, really really lots of foreign tourist! Hard for me to got a place to stay for two nights, and I ended up in a not-really-nice place to stay and salty water to shower. And it ...

... catch sunrise across the lake but having to get up at only 05:00 seemed a luxury. Sunrise across the lake was amazing and having to only walk about 30 steps to catch the view was a good bonus. After breakfast it was time to ...

... for when we would visit in a few days. All of this changed in a moment's notice. Monsoon Point received its name as we were totally and utterly trapped in a massive rainstorm. We sought refuge under a tree, which didn't keep us dry at all, and found ourselves in that Bollywood-esque scene of kissing on a tropical clifftop drenched in the rain. Our romantic scene was interrupted by this dude who started spying on us, so we retreated ...

... and a pool for $20 a night at Imaj private villas with a beautiful view of the ocean. It was also a very special day because it was Jaime's 29 Birthday! Although we were traveling for most of the morning and relaxing by the pool for the afternoon, we planned a fun night of drinks and dinner at Quinci restaurant (a beach-side bar ...

... for about 1/2hr we decided to walk. The rain had let up but it was chilly and the sun and the mountain were covered by clouds. The next 3 hours were up and up and a little more up. We climbed over 1000 meters and the weather was not looking too good. When we got to the crest of the crater rim a few clouds broke to show us just how far we had come and although the climb was tough and I could not seem to find my breath, I was awed and ...

... huddled up and tried to smoke to keep warm as we learned a lot about Senaru custom and the Phillipines (thanks to August's Indonesian translations) while sharing some Australia stories. Thank God we got the standard package with air mattresses as a rubber mat that night just wouldn't have cut it. Out tent was set up (the boys put their tent up on the platform with our bags and wet clothes hanging all round the structure) and we crawled into bed not long after the cloudy but quite pretty ...

... any that would fit! We went to the beach and I watched Miss Clements have a swim. Gili Trawangan, Lombok: After Sengiggi we caught a boat to an Island called Trawangan. The word Gili means Island in Indonesian. This was the best place we have been to because the beaches were really nice and there wasn't lots of people trying to sell us things! Miss Clements went on a snorkelling trip from here, but I couldn't go because I was too little!

... run it have no mercy. You have to get into the ring for 3 rounds before they give you your bag etc. We got a speed boat over in the end, sent by Chris (thanks Chris!). We got completely soaked it was great fun. There was one seat so we were flying all over the shop. Hilarious. I couldnīt see a damn thnin through my glassses. Itīs crazy but all the madness was worth it. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!! Thatīs a sigh of ...

... with colonies of pine trees gathered in the valleys where the sun makes it in. There was nothing tropical in here, the mood and temperature was cooler and altogether more Alpine. But spectacular it was. As the sun dropped we stood and shivered, wanting the warmth of our tents but not wanting to miss what was an incredible sunset over this simply magical part of the world. That night we slept maybe 3 hours before we heard the porters outside restoking the fire and preparing tea for ...