Managed to survive the fearful Batavia flight which turned out to be only half as long as expected. It was extremely creaky and there was a crack in the plastic part of the window. Not a very good take off and we landed super fast with loads of turbulence on the way down. I was shitting it but in hindsight it was actually OK and I’m really pleased we made it. The people here are SO short, like even shorter than your average short person. Our group are all quite tall so there have been a lot of photo requests from the locals and everyone so far has been extremely friendly. The second hotel is again another surprise. The minibus kept slowing down near shacks near the road, so I expected that to be our accommodation. Kendari doesn’t have that many nice hotel-looking buildings. However, this is a big hotel and our room of 5 people this time is amazing. It has a large lounge with a rocking chair, big TV and nice paintings. There is no pool or spa but there is a karaoke machine.

Just got back from a walk outside in the rain. Really warm and large raindrops makes it quite pleasant and it hasn’t been overbearingly hot yet. It was really slippy and Jess fell over and got covered in horrible green slime stuff and broke her flip flop. However, the incident was really funny and she managed to fix the flip flop. The currency, rupiahs, is all in tens of thousands and millions. I think I have about 2 million rupiah which is a bit less than £200. We are sharing with two guys from Portsmouth, Henry nearly had to share a double bed with them, but one is sleeping on the sofa. Me and Lottie have a massive bed can’t wait to sleep but we need to be out by 6.30am tomorrow to catch the next bit of transport: a 5 hour speed boat.