The Voyages of Ellida of Laira

My wonderful wife Liz died on 27th June 2016. She was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2004 but thankfully it went into remission for many yea...

Arriving in Vientiane we brought our experience of travelling in SE Asia to the fore and ignored the touts with their gleaming air-conditio...

Back to Ellida after a 3 month break in UK. There is always that ‘bated breath’ moment when the hatch is unlocked and the boat interior is r...

The famous Jatiluwih rice fields form one of Bali's most picturesque areas - if not THE  most. They can be found about 20 kilometers no...

The nearest town to Lovina Beach is Singaraja. which has the honour of being the regency seat of Buleleng. The name incidentally means ...

Thirty miles across the Selat Lombok [the Lombok Strait] and we are lucky with the currents. We had identified a shallow bay with sandy shal...

Leaving the resort required a bit of walking, but it was interesting. We first passed through a very small local community then walked a qui...