Yes the time had come. At some point time equals zero. My time remaining in the tropics amounts to about 10hours, right now. Tick tick tick.

Bali has been great, but I admit my backpacker curiosity died out in Lombok, sometime after I arrived on the Gili Islands.

I now anticipate a great whoosh of cold, instead of the heat I spoke about earlier. When I land in Narita and collect my bag in the heated arrivals lounge, I will step out into brisk 3 degree heat. Makes me wish I brought winter clothes, and wonder why I scheduled four days in Tokyo. Can't even begin to afford it, either.

Please look forward to more entries to come; I have tonnes of photos to put up, and a few more things to say.

From beautiful, bustling Bali...