Time out

Diary extract:

“The Spanish group have left and we are the only ones left at the campsite this morning and we don’t leave until later. There’s just the sound of the birds, the wind whipping around the crater and the lads cooking. I am sitting here letting my hair dry in the sun while I enjoy a cup of Sariwangi tea and a tango biscuit…..just as I wrote that, lunch arrived. It’s 10am! Perhaps they want to get us over with. By the way, it’s noodle soup – topped with a boiled egg. Perhaps in Indonesia it’s not a proper meal unless there’s an egg. A bit like the Irish and their spuds."