Here's the plan so far:

27th July Fly out of Heathrow

28th July - 30th July Singapore: a chance to aclimatise and indulge in some great food

30th July - 1st Aug Bali (Ubud): take in some Balinese culture

2nd Aug - 5th Aug Lombok (Gili Islands): world class diving and beaches

6th Aug - 12th Aug: -- free time -- where the wind takes us...

13th Aug - 17th Aug: Sulawesi: Lembeh Strait: world class diving and spa

18th Aug - 24th Aug: Sulawesi: Bunaken National Park: more world class diving and spa

25th Aug Kuala Lumpur

26th Aug Singapore

27th Aug Fly into Heathrow

Now, the more avid readers will notice that three of those places are listed as world class dive locations. Apparently they are...North Sulawesi's Bunaken and Lembeh and Lombok's Gili Isles are supposed to be some of the best dive spots in South East Asia...according to some, the best dive spots in the world. Given that Clare and I learnt to dive in Vanuatu and the Cook Islands, this reputation has a lot to live up to.

There's more to Indonesia than just diving however, and we'll be looking for some of that too. With over 2,000 islands, many different religions and so forth, it's a melting pot of culture. We'll try to blog about that as well.

By the way, I'm writing this post on my new Samsung N110 Netbook...like a laptop but smaller, lighter and with 9 hours battery, much more suited to travelling. It's also got an integrated card reader so we can upload our photos as we travel (no more burning CDs in dodgy internet cafes and posting them home!) and an integrated webcam, so if anyone fancies an online video chat, just let us know (either using MSN, Gmail or Skype) and we'll have a 'webinar'.