Amy on the Road is a travel fiction series following Amy, a young Aussie on her first forays into backpacking. Follow her misadventures from the beginning at www.annkaddley.com I am not the most relaxed traveller, there I said it. I triple check my map and bug strangers to confirm what I researched weeks ago. Despite my somewhat paranoid approach to getting from A to B things sometimes still go awry. The train to Jakarta was one of those things and one of those examples of th

Amy on the Road is a travel fiction series following Amy, a young Aussie on her first forays into backpacking. Follow her misadventures from the beginning at www.annkaddley.com After the slowest ferry ride in the history of the world, I made it to Java and my bus west, I had overcome my fist solo traveller hurdle and was feeling cautiously optimistic about handling this travel business. This was the first time I encountered a strange phenomenon that was to continue through al

Amy on the Road is a travel fiction series following Amy, a young Aussie on her first forays into backpacking. Follow her misadventures from the beginning at www.annkaddley.com I don’t know what I was thinking; sure Bali sounds like a blast right, well minus the friends, drinks and budget, plus about a tone of baggage and not so much! I shared a taxi with a bunch of other travellers heading into the center of Kuta but I had pre booked my first few nights’ accommodation, think