Waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic on a remote Indonesian island

It’s funny how such normal activities fill me with joy thanks to this whole “global pandemic” thing. Yesterday, one of my favourite coffee shops on the island reopened (takeaway and delivery only, of course) so a small group of us went for lunch. We placed our orders and sat on the beach for a few […]

Finding a new normal: Central London to Gili Trawangan

I couldn’t help but laugh when, during my first week on Gili T, one of the girls I was on a night out with got so drunk she couldn’t stand up. Not because she was drunk (we’ve all been there) but because, instead of calling her an Uber or finding the nearest night bus to […]