Goodbye Indonesia!

After several days in paradise we had to head off back to main land Sulawesi as our visa ran out on the 30th of August, so with slightly sad hearts we got onto the boat and settled down for our overnight boat trip to Gorontalo, which was a bloody nightmare! It was very rough, hot and very noisey so not much sleep was had at all!! We then embarked upon an 8 hour Journey in a Kejang (toyota people carrier) in order to get to Manado in the northern part of Sulawesi. We spent a night there which was wholey uneventful and then flew out to Batham (a small island south of singapore) and caught our last boat which was the ferry across to Singapore.


We would like to say that Indonesia has been such an amazing experience. Two months is no where near long enough to really get under the skin of this country, but we think we tried our best to do so when and where we could.

There is SO much more we could have seen and done had we had more time, you could easily do 6 months here and still not get around it all.

We would like to say that we managed to make it through without getting blown up, without seriously crashing in any form of tranpsort, without getting bird flue, without getting malaria or Dengue Fever, without getting washed away in a tsunami, without getting caught up in an earth quake and without encountering all those things that people tend to have the fear of god put into them with regards to places like this. Yes there are risks, but there are risks anywere in the world and we must say that the "risks" that Indonesia poses have, for us, been worth taking. What we did encountered was some of the most friendly, genuine people you could wish to meet (you literally say hello to everyone!)

some of the most stunning scenery you could wish for

some of the poorest and dirtiest places we have seen to date (although we have no shots that truely portray this which is annoying!), some amazing traditions and cultures


some pretty remote places to chill


and of course some stunning and unique wildlife.


It is difficult to sum up into words what feelings are invoked when travelling through Indonesia, given the array of things that you can experience and see on a day to day basis. It will hold a special place in our hearts and has left us wanting more! It is a very special place and bags of fun!!