So, the good intentions to leave Gili T and head to a calmer haven lasted all of 4 minutes when I walked out of the internet place and bumped into Kath and Tom, a couple I'd met on the boat over. We decided that it was Beer O'Clock, which lasted quite a while until we found a bar run by two totally insane guys who made good and very cheap cocktails so it turned into Mojito O'Clock, then Margarita O'Clock... Having not drunk alcohol for a couple of weeks the nig...

EPIC JOURNEY DISGUISED AS A MEXICAN MAMA I've just got to Gili Trawangan (or Gili Tra-la-la as everyone along the way seemed to call it). Its stunning here but a big storm looks like it's setting in so IU thought it was a good time to settle into an internet cafe and rocount the long and crazy journey here. I left Ubud yesterday at 11 in the morning on a bus along with a Mexican guys and his 9 year old son and a German couple (who provided my entertainment for...