Catching our first public bus in Indonesia!

Wow well this morning was a big leaning curve. We went to catch a bus, not a tourist bus, but a ( we are the only white people in the entire bus terminal ( 30 buses)
When I went onto the bus there was about 4 men smoking on it, a grotty toilet with no seat and no toilet paper,
Very funny ticket ( I love the recleaning seats!lol) and the rules about hand guns!
Anyways hopefully we get to
Java with in one piece
:)

Postcard to You from Flores Island

Bec has found her Penut MnMs Asian replacement!

It is funny, for almost every western Lolly/chocolate/icecream you can find an Asian version for about 1/4 of the price, they don't taste the same but neither does the proper ones!

Bike Tour= Awesome

Had a great day today, we met 2 nice girls from Belgium and one from Canada. Bec Organised for us to go to a Balinese dance tonight with Lisa and we we're told to keep in touch with Nele and Annelies :) we just shared a whole watermelon in the pool.

Rice Paddy Bike Tour

Today we have hooked up a sweet deal to go on a bike tour, should be fun, perfect morning...

Flight to Spew Ratio

5 flights so far to 1 spew... (not bad!)
5/1

Shampoo is better?

I just worked out that I have been washing my hair with Conditioner for over a week now, no wonder it was feeling weird! :|

Good Street Food on the beach in Flores, mmm

Last night we had a nice grilled fish each for dinner, we are getting used to grilled fish with bones head and all. It was yum and we got to pick the fish, mine was red! The peanut satay was the BEST and the chilli was sooo hot.

3 Days on a boat, sleeping under the stars...

Had a great time on the boat, lots of snorkeling coral reefs and a really funny crew, that would occasionally sing Whitney Huston kareoke!

Komodo Island

Absolutely amazing and scary getting close to these creatures! Their bite is soo bad, you have to get flown to Bali (2 hour flight) and then there is no cure for the bacteria!)

A nice quiet spot

We found a nice quiet spot along Sanur Beach today, very calm, peaceful and relaxing :)

Real Asia- Level 1

We arrived in Bali, you have to push your trolly with your packs on it through a mosh pit of spruikers trying to get you into their taxi for double the normal price, to Sanur Beach the normal price is $9.50, we managed to find a nice driver to take us for $10.
The Big Pineapple Backpackers was down a few dirty ally ways and was a
We were culture shocked when we got there, hot as hot and cigarette smoke coming in to the bedroom from the common area. Age limited backpackers= not a great idea
But having said that they do have a nice pool that you can watch movies in on a large LCD screen, that's a plus. ;)

Singapore knows how 2 Train!

The train stations and trains here are awesome, they come every 3 minutes, we caught a taxi, and the trains are better! Just caught one from our hotel to the Airport, and they have Quiznos!
About to fly to Bali :)

The Raffles Hotel & Night Zoo Safari

Today we went to the Raffles Hotel, it was great, old charm etc etc.
Then later on that night we had dinner at little India then went to the Night Zoo Safari Park. It was awesome, saw some really random Asian Animals like Tapiers!

Yep, we're the only white people!

We had our first Asian food court meal ( don't they say get right back on the horse) it was great! Bec had the vegetarian nann meal and I got the scallops and teriyaki Chicken meal.
I am in "weird product" heaven. Went into a supermarket and it has an awesome mix of American, Asian and Aussie stuff! Soo Cool!

First Yak of the trip

The meal on the plane looked like sweet n sour pork on the picture, so i got it. When it came it looked like brown soup. Well of course I ( Shane) ate my mine, then ate Becs as well. When we got to the hotel Nek Minute, spewed 5 times! But it was efficient because I was in the shower at the time and so was the toilet!
Ps Bec said not to eat it, Haha

Nek Minuit!

Well we thought we were leaving... Nek Minute!! Delayed another 3 hours till9.30 pm! Ahhh! :(

Not so Scoot!

First international flight is delayed 7 hours, so we will get to know Sydney airport a little better, lucky were not in any hurry! ;)

The night before we leave

Can't sleep so up posting, it was a really amazing night, had a good night with the family, played monopoly deal with Dan and Jane. The family prayed for us that we would be safe, not hold back and that our marriage would be strengthened along the way. It was soo good and just what we needed. We can't wait to meet all the amazing people we will around the world and hear all the cool stories etc.
It's going to be massive!

Cant Sleep

Well it s Sunday mroning at 4.49am. and i cant sleep so i got up and dis some stuff like pack up the DVR to give to Gellie int he morning after church. He can tapenn watch all the NFL he wants now LOL.
Very excited about leaving, hope we have remembered everything to do before we go...need more sleep now...zzz (found newsroom disk)  #Aiden...

Packing Tears

Well we just finished a solid day of packing our packs! It was tears ( almost) as we tried to get 2 kg s each out of our main packs to get them under the "Scoot Airlines" 15 kg limit!
It was soo hardcore my Hair Gel is now on the Maybe pile!

Ok, well last night we caught up with some friends, which was rad. We have been doing a lot of that lately, as we are packing up our life and taking it overseas for what could be hopefully a year. Bec and I have been feeling a lot of emotions lately, like Anchorman's glass cage of emotion, we are a bit scared of the unknown, excited to be 'on holidays'. I officially finish work today, which is surreal. But the reality of the list of things we need to do in the next two 'business days' before we go is a bit daunting. We are having a Family Movie Tonight which I am pumped for, trying to get as much family time as we can in.
Well trying to work out what to take in our 15 kg limited backpacks is hard, this is my list so far;

light runners
birkenstock thongs
rubber thongs (for the shower)
2 pairs of board shorts
1 pair of camel cargo shorts
4 tee shirts
2 button up microfire 'mountain bike style' shirts
coffee 'aeropress' for my latte's lol
keep cup
survival kit
sleeping bag
'hendo made' sleeping bag liner
digital SLR camera ( i know its heavy but love taking awesome photos)
zenbook ASUS ultrabook 1kg  ( thanks friends)
2 USB fans
worlds smallest 'Go' fan
battery backup charger
universal power adapter
water bottle
inflatable double deck chair for beach action
mini pump for that and air mattress when we go camping
Steripen ( thanks David and Judith)
6 spare batteries for steripen
toiletbag
dry shampoo
gel soap shaving cream small sissors for cutting hair
microfiber towel
crushable latex pillow
5 boxer shorts "silkies" Lol Gellie :)
5 pairs of ankle cool max sox
couple of pens
wind breaker jacket
katmandu interloper 65 lt pack
digital scales, for avoiding $40 per kilo excess baggage fees.
pack waterproof cover
waterproof bag

i think thats about it?
what do you think I should leave behind? or add?

Appreciate your help :D

Hey, I think as we are starting in Asia, I'm not going to take any pants? Any thoughts?

Just 6 Sleeps until we start our world trip. Wow, crazy, started to think this day would never come. We have been saving and preparing for over 2 years.
The biggest thing to sort out today is how to take things out of my pack to reduce the weight. How do you know what not to take when you are going for a year?