We were collected from our guesthouse in Nusa Lembongan by a open back Tuk-Tuk, it was completely rammed and we all wondered how the hell us and our bags were going to fit! I can confirm it was a tight squeeze but we did!
Seeing as we were so tightly packed (like sardines) we quickly were all cracking jokes and making the time pass. We arrived at the office for the boat and checked in, we waited roughly an hour before the people were split into two groups to board little boats, which would then take us further out to sea to climb onto a bigger boat. The boat was actually quite luxury, it was huge to! Leather seats, open top roof, TVs & films, food & drink and good A/C. The trip should have only taken 2.5 hours but ended up totally to around 6!
We arrived and it was still the middle of the day, so we checked into our guesthouse chucked our bags down and went to explore! The island only use bicycles, horse and cart & electric motorbikes, so it isn’t to hectic. Whilst exploring and finding our feet we were looking out for bikes to rent and boat trips and to see what deals we could find. We managed to find a boat trip for 100 IDR and bikes for 30 IDR absolute bargain if you ask me!
Tripadvisor has for sure become our best friend on this trip, it’s very rarely wrong! I searched for cheap eats and a restaurant called Ruby’s was very highly rated and has reasonable prices so for sure we had to check it out.
OMG heaven to my mouth 🤤😋 I have never ever tasted anything so amazing in my life! This is hands down the best meal I have had the whole entire trip, I enjoyed it so much I came back about 5 times.. Oops! 😅 The Beef Rendang was so delicious, it literally fell apart in your mouth the meat was so succulent. This was also served with steamed rice, peanuts, mixed pickles, mixed vegetables and a fried fritter.
We also had power cuts all evening as after all we are on an island!
To mine and Kye’s surprise we were woken up at 4am the following morning by the prayers chants coming from the local mosque, I found this utterly hilarious, Kye on the other hand was so angry! It was so loud earplugs didn’t even do anything 😂 luckily after 20 minutes it had stopped so straight back to sleep for us.
The more time we spent on this island the more we realised how chilled it really was. It had a strong reggae, relaxed vibe to it. Everybody was happy, smiling and always saying hello. You would also often get approached and asked if you want mushrooms to 🍄 of course we declined. Lots of people also had dreadlocks and everywhere played Bob Marley! 
On our second day we hired bikes from our guesthouse and headed around the island, it takes roughly 2 hours to cycle around the whole island (possibly even less). Although some of the roads are just sand so it can sometimes be nearly impossible to cycle. We of course stopped many times to get some snaps on the sea swings, to appreciate the views and to eat/drink. 
We stopped at one beach bar called Mirage, it had a lovely location right on the beach, great fruit & muesli, pool table & a cinema room. Me and Kye both ate here before taking an unexpected nap! It was so chilled the sound of the water around us, the peace and quiet and of course no mosque meant we had a lovely little nap. 😴 
We decided to cycle back to the centre and treat ourselves to a massage. Kye went for the full body but I went for a foot massage. Very relaxing and just what we needed! After this we had a super chilled evening and an early night ready to be awake again at 4am with the mosque.🕌
Our third day was spent on a snorkelling trip. We had a decent sized boat but we had so many people on it, it was rammed! The trip was 9am-3pm. We visited all 3 islands Gili Air, Gili T & Gili Meno, I can’t say that the snorkel spots were very good, we didn’t see much sealife and the coral was pretty dead. We did see a turtle but a man from our trip kept chasing it and getting so close to it, it looked petrified!
We stopped off at Gili Meno for our lunch break, the sun felt so hot here! This island is the quietest of them all, with not much to do but chill and enjoy island life! We were lucky enough to meet some lovely people whilst on this snorkelling trip which made the day a lot better and such a laugh!
After our snorkelling trip we decided we wanted to stay on Gili Air for New Years.
1. It was lovely, great vibes and cheap!
2. Gili T’s accommodation was super expensive as we had left it so late
3. Gili T is apparently a crazy party island whereas we wanted to the option to party if we wanted to.
So we decided to extend our stay here at Gili Air but upgrade our accommodation somewhere far away from the mosque and with a swimming pool.
That evening we ate at Warung Bamboo a cheap travellers eat. I ordered chicken curry & rice and the portion was huge! So filling and it cost me a grand total of £1.50 it was super tasty and great for travellers but if you’re looking for something fancy I wouldn’t recommend here. But for a cheap eat perfect for backpackers this is the place to be!
I had found us a great place to stay just North East of the island called Colour Cottages. Little huts without outdoor bathrooms, balcony, free breakfast & a pool! Yay! 😁 before moving here we spent our morning applying for our Myanmar visas. We decided to hit Myanmar as our last spot as a few of our friends mentioned it was a fabulous stop, untouched and not touristy and also super cheap! As the Philippines weather wasn’t great we decided we will go back another time as a holiday and enjoy Myanmar 🇲🇲 instead.
After applying for our visa’s we stopped off for lunch I ordered a fruit salad, and oh my I have never seen such a huge fruit salad in my entire life! I couldn’t complain for £2!
We had finally arrived at Colour Cottages it felt like heaven! Unfortunately the weather wasn’t great so we spent our afternoon chilling before enjoying a beach BBQ at Camilla Beach. Kye had some fresh fish of the day and I had a vegetable skewer, very delicious! 
Before heading home we had a quick (very quick) game of pool where Kye plotted most my balls and the black within 5 minutes.
Colour Cottages was only an 8 minute walk away but the heavens decided to open and I can confirm we got drenched, I also broke the guesthouse’s umbrella the wind was way too strong! ☂️ Oops! After getting home and stripping off it was so nice to finally have a hot shower even if if was salty!
Before we knew it, it was New Years Eve! 2017 was nearly over, where has that year even gone! 😱 we started our morning off the right way with a yoga class. Neither me or Kye are the best with being flexible or our balance but we try! This class was actually pretty cool, I felt very in my zone until Kye kept pushing me over when trying to balance on one leg 😂 after the class we both had some delicious smoothie bowls. I’m such a sucker for a smoothie bowl they are definitely one of my favourite breakfasts 😍
We spent the rest of our morning chilling in the pool, mucking around playing games to see who was buying the beers! 🍻🍺 after a couple of Bintangs we ate a local Warung. Sunnys Warung, where we tried Beef Rendang burritos and some cool sweet potato and sweet corn fritters. The food was pretty decent and cheap, this set us up perfectly for a nap to ensure we could stay awake until 12 to see in the New Year! ✨🎉😂 before we could go to sleep though the locals insisted we had a rice wine shot with them, it was actually so nice but super strong! Cheers Lads! 👍🏻
We set out for the night to find somewhere cool to see in the New Year, we managed to find a restaurant with some great live music! The food really wasn’t all that but the music made up for it! We had a couple join our table as the restaurant was packed, funnily enough they were staying at Colour Cottages with us but we hadn’t seen them yet. After chatting for a while and swapping names we decided to move to another bar for some more live music and drinks. Mia, Jonas, Kye and me stopped at BelAir restaurant where we saw in the New Year, watching some crazy local rock band. 
It was a very odd experience but Kye loved it! 🤘🏼😎 the ex guitarist even came on stage and starting playing the shit out of the guitar, he was pretty damn cool!
Before we knew it, it was 12am and officially 2018! ✨🎉 we watched lots of fireworks being set off from boats in the sea and I FaceTimed my parents & sister as we were currently 8 hours in front of the UK. We ended our night by ordered pizza and stumbling home to sleep!
Happy New Year everyone! 2018! ✨🎉🥂
1st January 2018!!
I had set my alarm for 7:50am 10 minutes before the New Year at home. I spent the build up on the phone to my sister & dogs then once 12 hit my mum was quickly Facetiming shouting down the phone over the loud music bless her 😂 along with my dad waving 👋🏼 back to FaceTime my sister again to wish her a Happy New Year and then try get some more sleep! 😴
As cliche as it sounds I woke up feeling super positive and ready for the new year and what I want to achieve. I set myself some resolutions and hit the gym, starting the year off right and all that! 😅💪🏼 we then had another morning chilling in the pool and enjoying the beautiful weather ☀️ not a cloud in sight! 
We spent our afternoon trying to make plans for the next couple of days which ended up us extending to stay 2 more days!
Not only did we love Gili Air but neither of us realised when we applied for our Myanmar visa that the office was shut for New Year. Luckily once the office opened on the 2nd we had our visas confirmed within hours, thankfully as we only had 2 more days left on our Indonesian visas! 😅
This whole New Year thing was really working for me, I woke up again hit the gym and had a little swim 💪🏼🏊🏼♀️ I spent this day as a chill day, chilled by the pool, chatting to Mia & Jonas who are super lovely, interesting and a very intelligent couple! I also used my spare time to catch up with blogging and trying to sort through my savings for this year when I return home 💷💰(which is one of my New Years resolutions)
We all decided to grab some lunch together at my favourite restaurant.. Rubys 😍😋 I tried the yellow chicken curry, i can confirm this dish was also delicious, huge and a great serving of meat to! Our Myanmar visa confirmation email came through so we went on a hunt for a printer, easier said the done on an island!
To no surprise we ate at Ruby’s again for dinner, I don’t think I could ever get sick of eating this food, it’s so delicious I spoke about the bloody place so much and recommended it to so many people I should have just worked there 😂 our lovely friends we met at Nusa Lembongan, Alex & Hayley had arrived at the island so we invited them to dinner. Alex was super ill 🤢😷 but thankfully Hayley could join us!
Even though we hadn’t seen Hayley & Alex in a few days it felt so good to catch up! Hayley & Alex fell in love with a dog at Nusa Lembongan and named her Mango. She was a stray that lingered around were they were staying. Many nights she slept at the end of their bed, ate with them and followed them around the island. So when it came to leaving her, they were both super upset! Trying to rehome dogs in Indonesia is some what impossible, but the lovely Hayley & Alex are doing the best they can to get Mango to the UK and give her the forever loving home I’m sure she has always wanted. They have made some great progress so far and Mango has had her jabs/microchip sorted and are currently waiting for all tests results to come back clear before Mangos great trip to the UK can begin! 🇬🇧Sadly on the island of Nusa Lembongan every 6 months the authorities search the island and kill any strays dogs by poison dart, so most dogs don’t live much after 2! So to get Mango to the UK before this happens is a lot of pressure and for sure a decent amount of money! So if you would like to help Mango get to the UK before its to late check out the justgiving page which has been set up below;
gofundme.com/bring-mango-home All money raised will go towards getting Mango home and helping all other strays in Indonesia 🇮🇩 🐶
For sure this was mine and Hayley’s main topic of the night along with lots of food! I mean lots of food I went all out and ordered jalapeños poppers to start, beef rendang (my favourite 😍) and chocolate salami tofinish!Kye nearly had to roll me home I was so full!
The day had come to say goodbye to Jonas and Mia, they were off to explore some more of Indonesia, so we spent the morning with them before hitting the gym and pool up again! 🏊🏼♀️🏋🏼♀️ this day was again pretty chilled we booked our boat/travel to Lombok Airport, packed our bags and reflected on what a great time we have had travelling! I also enjoyed my last smoothie bowl 😍🍉🍓🍏🍍🍒🍌
Sadly also my last meal at Ruby’s to! 😢 thankfully Alex was feeling alot better after visiting a medical centre so he managed to join us for dinner to say our goodbyes, it’s weird to think we now won’t see Hayley or Alex until we are all back in the UK!
The day had finally come to leave, Indonesia 🇮🇩 and set off for our next adventure! We grabbed our bags and walked to the harbour to catch or boat to Lombok which roughly took 15-20 minutes. We then caught a minibus to Lombok Airport where we had to wait 7 hours for our flight, this most boring time ever! 😴 I decided to take a little nap on the airport floor leaning against my bag, I had woken up dying for a pee so I stood up looked down to put my flip flops on and seen a group of nuns staring at me with the filthiest look.. I didn’t know where to look what had I even done to upset them so badly?! 😐😂
We had finally arrived in KL and with 4 hours until we had to be up again for our next flight we thought it was definitely time to catch some flies 😴
Indonesia has been an amazing stop, one we weren’t even planning! I’m so glad we fit this place in we’ve had so many great experiences and loved it so much we nearly overstayed our visas! I would recommend anyone to visit, me & Kye could have stayed for longer and will 100% be returning to visit places we haven’t seen! This place really is a gem! 🇮🇩🌍
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2018 brings you lots of happiness, health and of course new travel opportunities 🎉✨🌍✈️
Paige xx
We learnt out here to search for cheap eats on Tripadvisor, we have found some amazing spots for so cheap! For sure we found an amazing Warung (restaurant) down a dark alley, the place didn’t look to appealing but oh my! The food was delicious 😍 we visited Ketut Warung many times in our stay (chicken & cashew nut, Omelettes, porridge, fruit salad & Balinese cake are to die for!!) all decent size portions and roughly £1-£2, you really cannot complain.
Again our 3rd day here was a wash out, still couldn’t get a paddle board so instead we headed back to Dream Beach. If you eat here they offer a free pick up/drop off shuttle which is very handy! Gede the man we stayed with gave them a call and within 5 minutes we were in the back of a truck on our way! We headed there with full intentions of getting in the pool and chilling, but we got there and it was freezing I was wrapped up in my jumper so we ate and chilled for a little while before returning back. That evening we attended a Yin yoga class at The Yoga Shack, it was very busy but such a great class. Some super stretching and breathing techniques were learnt, we both left very relaxed and at peace with the world 😂😂
Impossible to swim in as the water is very strong! The best spot of the day was definitely Secret Beach, a small little beach with only a few people on we had a little swim and sunbathe for a couple of hours then went back to the good old Dream Beach for a dip in the infinity pool and some food.
We definitely had a few laughs trying! We spent the late afternoon/early evening chilling on beanbags at the beach admiring the views, eating fruit and chatting to my mum on Facetime. I also FaceTimed my workplace to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏼☃️✨
The snorkelling trip was from 8am-11am so swiftly after we finished we had breakfast (Kye’s second breakfast) I had a delicious dragon fruit smoothie bowl, these delicious bowls are my absolute favourite!!! 
We then spent our afternoon chilling on the local beach in crystal clear water, I decided I wanted to sunbathe so left the sea and within seconds my bikini bottoms snapped and everybody seen me in the nude 😳😳 I quickly put my shorts on and made a run for it to a different spot on the beach. We then chilled on beanbags at the beach and got stupidly sunburnt as I fell asleep I was so relaxed, which then meant I spent the rest of the evening smothering myself in Aloe Vera! Ouch 😑 
we also tried BFC for the first time, you’ve guessed it not KFC but Bali Fried Chicken the locals love it so of course we have to give it a go! It was super cheap and so delicious! But instead of fries it’s rice, so tasty! 🍚🍗
Of course we were all in Santa hats trying to get into the festive spirit, Gede the man from our guesthouse dropped us to Dream Beach where thankfully the sun came out! ☀️
It’s definitely not a view to be missed! We spent a little while at the top just admiring the beautiful views and getting to know our tour guide and the family of 3 on our trip. The water from above was crystal clear and luckily we had a blistering hot sunny day! One of the beaches is even called Pink Beach as the red coral has died the sand slightly pink. 
Our first day we spent napping and just finding our feet, we took a visit to the beach which was black sand and full of looky looky people selling stuff. Our driver from the airport suggested a local Indonesian eatery so of course we stopped their for tea. On the walk there we walked past many up market restaurants and shops which are way out our price range as backpackers! Kye even got offered Valium multiple times, very weird! 😂 we made it to the restaurant and had a delicious local meal, it was self service so we both went for rice, veggies and beef! It was delicious, and spicy 🌶
This place is also a great spot for sunset, we got some pretty amazing snaps!
Our 3rd day also consisted of the delicious breakfast, gym and visited the beach. This time we walked further down and explored what else there was to see. To our disappointment it consisted of LOTS of rubbish 😢 it honestly isn’t a beach you want to spend time on! There were also lots of stray dogs! Which made into a pack when a dog was being walked by there owners. We managed to find a cool bar with beanbags where we chilled enjoying a fresh homemade juice ready for sunset. There was also some crazy fitness/yoga/praying looking thing going on by lots of local men, one man even started looking like he was fitting on the beach, so the instructed worked his magic and before you know if he was chilled back in his sitting position again, it was a weird watch 😂
After enjoying some breakfast over looking the amazing view, we headed off to Tirta Empul Temple.
There are also a couple of fish in the water which may take a nibble at you! The Holy springs were very busy and locals were even filling bottles up to take home. The local man showing us round told us which parts of the Holy Spring to pray under (some we weren’t allowed, I’m unsure of why). We splashed our face and put our head under each tap. This was a great experience which I’m glad I got to take part in.
As we headed back to our Homestay we booked the famous sunrise Mount Batur trip for the following morning, so as this was going to be an early start we had a very chilled evening and ate some delicious local food in a restaurant just 5 minutes walk away cool Yoga Bali. It was super cheap and had the cutest dogs called Debbie & Debo who of course cuddled up to us for dinner. I tried a local dish called Redang, It’s a beef dish served in a spicy Balinese sauce with rice & vegetables. It was absolutely amazing, definitely a dish I would recommend if you’re visiting Indonesia!
I must admit I did think twice that I wasn’t going to make it! The trek takes roughly 11/2-2 hours to climb, it isn’t the easiest path as it consisted of hardened Lava which was very uneven and spiky, slippy black dust and many steep big steps. Kye bless him waited for me the whole time and refused to go on ahead, even though I know he could! He’s superman! We made it to the viewpoint for sunrise and of course admired the most amazing view of the sunrising behind Mount Agung. 
We really couldn’t believe our eyes, it was so beautiful and what the hell we had just climbed a volcano?! 🌋 To the summit was another 20 minutes, this climb is a lot easier! At the top there is a little hut selling hot drinks (apparently the hot chocolate is delicious as I’ve read in others blogs) but I was sweating and did need anything to warm me up lol! I must admit the descend is a lot harder, you have no grip and just have to hope for the best lol! I fell once but luckily my big bum saved me! The key is apparently to walk down with your feet sideways and making zigzags. We slid out many times on the black dust and uneven rocks but managed to save ourselves! Pheww! 😅 the locals made the whole trek look so simple, in the busy period they climb this volcano everyday and sometimes even 3 times a day!! They can climb it in an hour, which is very impressive!
Me and Kye were going to attempt to climb Mount Batur without a guide to save some money, but I really wouldn’t suggest it. It wouldn’t be safe or fun! But most of all apparently there is a Mafia who are very aggressive and threaten you with weapons to hire a guide and of course being there they will charge you a lot more! Luckily me and Kye managed to get a great deal of 300,000 IDR which totals roughly £15. So you can definitely bargain a price with locals. Me and Kye both read many blogs beforehand of people saying not to attempt to climb Mount Batur without a guide as many people have had bad experiences with the so called ‘Mafia’. So just for your own safety get a guide!
The water was very shallow, beneath you but still so beautiful! People were down there having photo shoots (which I’m sure will look amazing on Instagram) haha! We climbed back up and before we knew it, the rain had started to pour down! We waited under a little shelter for 20-30 minutes before the water started to rise and we had to get out of there 😂 After getting completely drenched we spent our evening chilling and eat some delicious food again!
There was also a mini one next to this ‘men only’ women are not allowed in as they menstruate. 🙅🏼 of course Kye went in and said it was the most beautiful temple he had ever seen in his whole life! Such a wind up merchant!😂
After visiting a few temples we treated ourselves to another amazing foot massage! Mine was a little to hard and painful as I was still feeling a little fragile and trying to not shit myself on their bed 😂 thankfully I held it together! We then headed to get ourselves a thanksgiving dinner (anything for a roast) omg it was dreadful and it cost £11! It had nothing on delicious Toby Carvery 😍🍗🍽 although I tried pumpkin pie for the first time and it was delicious! Every cloud has a silver lining right?
Kye had arranged to meet his friend George from home who he used to compete in Strongman with and his girlfriend Evie, we met them on the evening had a few drinks, caught up/met for the first time and enjoyed a little walk around the local market. We agreed we would get an early night ready for a couple gym session the next morning.
Oh my what a laugh! It was like an assault course on water pretty much like total wipe out! It was such a laugh and so tiring! I managed to climb myself back on twice the whole time, poor Kye and George had to keep dragging me up. Lesson learnt I need to train pull ups! 💪🏼 this was a really great way to spend the afternoon and to tire yourselves out! Before we entered the water we did notice a stretcher which made me a little scared 😂 George, Evie and Kye were pure daredevils and climbed everything me on the other hand I was like a little baby slug just slugging along! 😂 
After an eventful and tiring day we were all starving and so ready for the Sunday walking street. I have never ever seen a market so big! It would take literally a whole day to get around it all! Me and Evie were in our element with all the beautiful souvenirs and jewellery and the boys were pleased with all the food stalls! It was super busy but had so much to offer even massages for £3.50 an hour! Yesss 😁 it definitely was a highlight to my trip!
Kye then enjoyed a yoga class whilst we all got ready to watch our first live Muay Thai fights. This was an interesting evening to say the least! Some great fights, lots of manly ladyboys and very drunk/high weirdos! Lol 😂 but a great evening had by all. 
There was even an English girl called Hayley fighting she was originally from Coventry. Kye and George were making bets on drinks who would win, so both were very drunk come the end of the evening. So of course they asked Hayley for a cringe photo 😂📸
Literally every night we spent with George and Evie we did not get back to our hostels until atleast 1am, sleep deprived but we had so much fun! 😁🎉
It was a laugh! 😂 after washing our food and hands we began to cook, firstly a stir fry dish and spring rolls, then followed by making a curry paste, curry and soup. It was so much food I couldn’t finish it, but it all tasted great and we even got a recipe book to take home, I cannot wait to try make some of the delicious meals at home 😍 
I nearly forgot to mention our teacher was a middle aged lady called Pooki (means fatbaby in Thai) 😂👶🏻 she was a delight! So funny and had a great vibe about her, she took the piss out of my name and took a shine to George and Kye calling them Mr.George and Kye some weird Thai name which translates to bald monk she was hilarious and definitely helped us enjoy our cooking class 😂 the class roughly cost us £20 each but this includes transport, food and recipe book. So a bargain in my eyes!
The next morning we were all enjoying our breakfasts when our minibus turned up which led to us scoffing food, putting it into containers and wondering where the hell our bus had gone? Luckily he was just re-looping! Off we set to Pai for 4 days! The journey there is pretty windey roads non stop, but good stable road. After 3-4 hours we had arrived in the centre of Pai, super chilled vibes and very hippy! ☮️✨ Me and Kye had read someone’s blog about Pai and they recommended staying in Hommeys camping rooms, you guessed it a huge room with lots of tents inside. It’s sounds unusual, but it was perfect! So comfortable and we had most of the room to ourselves! It was nice to have your own privacy yet be with your friends at the same time. The people who run this guesthouse are so lovely! Man, wife and 15 month year old Hommey who is so cute and the place is named after! We spent many times singing ‘Old Mcdonald’ with Hommey.
After settling in we headed straight out to explore, every evening on the Main Street there is a night walking street, with lots of food stalls and pop up shops. All relatively cheap and delicious food! The Falafel lady always has huge queues, the Indian stand is to die for 😍 and there is one restaurant I have forgot the name of that makes Pad Thais to order for £1 and they are huge!!!! Oh and I cannot forgot the delicious mango sticky rice and waffles! 💗 I love food if you hadn’t guested already 😂
We hired ourselves some mopeds and headed straight for Pai Canyon. With a lovely short ride we had arrived the sun was scorching hot but we were ready to explore! After a 5 minute walk up some steps we had arrived, what a beautiful site! Of course being the daredevil backpackers we are, we started to scramble up and down the canyon which I can tell you wasn’t the easiest! 
It’s pretty slippy as it’s covered in sand and if you were take a take a wrong step you’d be in a lot of trouble! Eeek! We had got to a point where you had to walk pretty confident and fast as slow would have meant sliding! George told me to go fast so to me this meant run! I started to pick up pace and before I knew it i was hanging onto a little tree for my dear life! 😂 thank god the tree was strong enough!
After a great day of exploring Evie found a cheap but high rated restaurant on Tripadvisor so we headed out for some food! The place was called Bigs Little Cafe, it’s a tiny little hut which is based on the main street and it serves amazing western food! Me and Kye have tried a few western meals whilst travelling and nothing ever gates like home! But to our surprise the main man running this place is Thai but used to work in London for many years, so his food was exactly like home! Everything homemade and prepared/cooked infront of you! I had a great jacket potato, beans and cheese! Which to most people sounds like nothing but trust me it was delicious😍 I would highly recommend this place, the boys even had HUGE hash browns with there breakfast the following day!
On the way back we visited ‘The Land Split’ this is literally what is says on the tin! One day a farmer woke up and his land had split in half, every year the split grows! So he has now opened it up for tourists. It’s free to visit but donations are welcome and includes some free nibbles which are grown on the local farm. This including star fruit, nuts, dried banana and jam, bananas, sweet potato and even wine and juice! 
You can also walk through the split and get some cool shots! 
I made best buddies with a lovely dog at the land split, he was petrified to have cuddles but soon warmed to me waving its tail, I even made Kye feed him some tuna 🐶 
After the landsplit we visited the 2nd waterfall, this one you had to climb up through mud it was pretty slippy! Kye, Geroge & Evie all went in for the kill and slid down part of the waterfall, obviously after witnessing somebody else do it first 😂
and even had a go on this weird swing thing, which was hilarious but as soon as somebody got off the thing went bloody flying! 
When we arrived at the caves we discovered it was a rip off and decided to only visit the one cave, after all we are backpackers! You have to walk round with somebody at all times as it’s pitch black inside and they have a lamp plus they show you things inside the cave. The only interesting thing I seen was a HUGE spider 🕷 and lots of fish under the bridge.
We also visited the Sunday market a second time but we were all too tired to enjoy it, apart from Kye who treated himself to a full Thai body massage for 1 hour.
Our first meal at the night market consisted of a bowl of vegetarian food which you could pile and pile until you physically couldn’t pile anymore! It was delicious and for sure I couldn’t finish it! Most shocking thing is it only cost £1.50, what a bargain! 😱🍴
We had opted to stay in a 4 bed dorm as on our second day the famous ‘Jess is a Wanderer’ was joining the adventure! We’ve only known our good friend Jess for just over a year but we’ve had such a wonderful time together! This would be our third meeting, in our third country in our third continent pretty impressive right! 😉 After a very shift time of travelling Jess had arrived with a quick catch up we jumped straight into a Tuk Tuk and headed straight to Kuang Si Waterfalls! This was Jess’s first time swimming in a waterfall so for sure we made the most of it with many photo opportunities! 
For some reason I was the only person being nibbled by the fish! 🐟
Kuang Si waterfall has been the most beautiful and eye opening waterfall I have ever set my eyes on! If you ever get the chance you should 100% visit I was not at all disappointed! 
So Kye and Jess powered through to visit waterfall 3! In this trip I also needed to poo so had to go into the bushes, but being nervous I couldn’t, although an unlucky girl seen my bare white ass through the bushes 😂
Me and Jess bought our treats and were ready to join in for this great religious ceremony, but to our surprise lots of tourists were pushing their cameras in the monks faces and trying to get selfies with them, they had completely ruined the simpleness of this beautiful ceremony. I gave the monks my food and swiftly left to the morning market. 
Me and Jess were in complete shock of how rude some of these tourists were, it was then topped off by a Chinese man shoving his camera in our faces trying to get a photo of us, this is when jess had enough and shouted no and put her hand infront the camera, when the man quickly laughed and apologised!
Whilst waiting for Kye to awake me and Jess had some down time looking through photos, planning our trips and FaceTiming my sister at home.
We enjoyed the night market again, Kye and an early night ready for our elephant visit tomorrow and I made Jess stay awake with me until midnight so I could FaceTime my grandad. It was lovely to see and hear from him after nearly 4 months, it was definitely worth waiting up for.
We then walked through the jungle alongside the elephants, were they could do what they pleased and it was so natural. We caught some snaps of them, and even got to smooth and kiss them when saying our goodbyes! 
These animals are so huge yet so gentle, it is such a shame that people still ride these poor animals, hopefully in years the publicity will open people’s eyes to enjoying these animals in their natural habitat rather then riding them in a tourist area for fun! I am just so thankful we visited a sanctuary which didn’t use the elephants for work or riding and no using of hooks/whips as discipline.
After walking back through the jungle and catching our boat back across we enjoyed our lunch and chilled on the sun deck just chatting shit with Jess and cuddling the dog called Panda who was super happy and cute!
When jess was pissed up she met another girl at our hostel called Kathryn, she was so lovely and travelling solo! So on my 7th day Kye stayed in bed ill so I headed off out to explore with Kathryn. We walked across the bamboo bridge, which gets taken down every rainy season and re-built! 
Cmon that’s pretty hard work and impressive! I also tried my first smoothie bowl which was delicious 😍 hoping to get some more in Indonesia!! 
I also booked us a night sleeper bus to Chiangmai for £37! It should have taken 24hrs but you’ll find out how that trip went next..
Here’s a few more snaps of the beautiful elephants we met whilst at the Mandalao sanctuary, it was a truly magical day which has left me with the perfect memories to treasure forever 🐘💗
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Before arriving at Blue Lagoon 1 we stopped at a volunteers restaurant, where local people are employed to improve their education and tourists volunteer to keep the business running, you can volunteer here as long as you have 2 weeks plus available! We had finally arrived at Blue Lagoon 1, £1 entry fee absolutely full of Koreans but oh what a laugh! Trees to jump from, rope swings, slides and just lots and lots of fun! I only managed to jump from the lower part of the tree but Kye was Billy big balls and jumped from both! After a quick dip to enjoy the lagoon we dried off and hiked 200m to the cave above. Which is 500m deep and you need a torch to enter as it goes pitch black, we only made it as far as the golden Buddha as the cave was so slippy I didn’t want to fall and break a leg so early on 😂
We hiked our first viewpoint in Laos and it was so beautiful and worth the rock climb at the top! We had the whole view to ourselves and it only costs £1. I would definitely recommend it, it took me roughly 30 minutes to reach the top. It was called Nam Xay top view but I’m sure any viewpoint around this area would be delightful! Everything here is so cheap, we are saving so much money! 
We were loving The Blue Lagoons, so of course we visited 3 too! This lagoon is manmade and very ideal for tourists. A zipwire, rafts, tubes and ropeswing! So much fun 😁 I shit myself for the first rope swing I over thought it but managed to throw myself in after a second attempt. The road to get to Blue Lagoon 3 is also very bad, so hold on for dear life!! But trust me it’s worth the ride. Whilst at The Lagoon we witnessed our first double rainbow, it was so beautiful🌈 but you cannot see the second in the photo 👎🏼
After the lagoon we headed to the village where apparently there is a waterfall, don’t get me wrong we could hear the blood thing but couldn’t see it for the life of us! We got back to our hostel but not before travelling back down the shitty road and watching a local drag a snake from a bush and literally whip it on the floor until it was dead then wrapped it in leaves ready for tonight’s dinner!
As you guys may have gathered i ♥️ a viewpoint and waterfall! We found out there was another waterfall we could visit which wasn’t too far away. We rented another moped and started searching! This one wasn’t very well sign posted so we relied on locals directions and understanding of English 😂 we made it! Again only £1 to enter, and only roughly a 450m hike, perfect! This waterfall isn’t very well known so not many tourists come here so it was lovely to see the locals enjoying it!💦 we posed for some photos in front the beautiful waterfall aswell as posing for some photos with the locals. This bad boy was so powerful I struggled to stand for the perfect photo, Kye found this hilarious! 😂
We spent the rest of our day chilling at The smile bar, down by the river which was recommended to us by the staff at the hostel. This is the bar where tubing should end, but the water is so fast many people float past and end up walking back up the riverbank 10 minutes later.
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