One week in!

Can't believe it's only been a week since we landed in Jakarta - definitely feels like a lot longer!  This is the first time that we've managed to drag ourselves to an internet cafe, we've been keeping ourselves busy...this whole travelling thing is harder work than you'd think!!  No - really....oh, ok then - it's all quite fun actually.

I'm currently in a little beach town on the South Coast of central Java where we'll be for a few more days...although we had big plans for today, we were so excited to have a pool that we lazed around it for the whole day so we're spending an extra day here to visit the places we had planned to see today...tough life!  If it helps, I did manage to get rather pink today and my back is paying for my laziness.  The plan is to make our way to Bali in easy stages so we'll probably be there this time next week depending on progess. 

Highlight of the week was climbing a volcano yesterday - got up at 3am and saw sunrise after a rather taxing climb!  We spent about 3 hours walking around the crater looking at boiling lava up close and personal.  Cath and I decided to take advantage of any spa opportunity so covered ourselves in mud and had a bit of a steam. 

Hardest moment was actually having to wear my giant backpack for the first time, walk to the train station in a very humid 31C and negotiate a local train from Jakarta to Bogor....I have been leaving clothes behind me wherever I stay ever since!