RUTH BAYES

When was the last time you made plans to go and watch the sunset? The sun goes down every day, and yet each time it is beautiful, magical...

...there's not a doubt in any of our minds that we would go through it all again to spend another day on that little paradise-like island.

...I can still remember that (very long) day like it was yesterday. I remember those intense feelings of excitement, expectation, anxiety...

Beep, beep, beep, a harsh way up call, compared to our current daily morning routine of being gently roused by the rising sun. However,...

Beep beep beep The alarm ringing at the normal time for my head to hit the pillow, woke me from my dazing sleep which I’d been drifting...

Mt. Ijen, the blue fire volcano was one of my must see things while in Indonesia, and I was very sorry to miss it on my first visit, so I...

Something that continues to shock me as I get to know more about Asia, is how little I know about Asia, how ill informed I’ve been and...

So perhaps I should have waited to post my last blog (top places in SEAsia) though I think world heritage sites are in a category of...

Its award season in the film business, and with the Oscars around the corner I thought I’d submit my nominations for greatest...

If your instinctual reaction to that title isn’t one of amused curiosity then you need to check yourself and rediscover your inner...

762 turns. There are 762 turns on the road from Chiang Mai to Pai. Some of these 762 turns are fairly wide, others could only be...

“Happiness is a journey, not a destination” One of my favourite cliche and cheesy quotes. But it also rings true for my my trip to my...

Two things happened recently: 1. My drink got spiked at a party and caused me to end up in hospital 2. I took my open water diving...

There are few things in life that I’m traditional about but Christmas is one of them, so when I did the calculations and worked out that...

What’s your response when things go wrong? Or when you’re helpless? Most of us stress, right? And what does that do to the situation? ...

Everything is different. Not a mind blowing statement. Not even new information. I expected different, I wanted different. But that...

I had almost decided no tot write this post, because the past week has been one of the happiest of my life, but more on that in the next...

One of my goals on this trip was to face some fears head on. In fact it was one of the reasons I decided to do the trip at all! “What...

Starbucks has been ruined, I’ve tasted the best coffee in the world, now I can never go back! My stay in Yogyakarta took me on new...

Many people have asked me: Why Indonesia? The answer is, that several different reasons inspired me to purchase that one way ticket here;...