Kuta Beach Mataram

Smooth as a babies ass journey here today. From airport to hotel all went well and no detaining at customs. While flying in S.E Asia, I have to comment on the most amazing shaped clouds I've ever seen while flying. It's most regrettable that I didn't have my camera for pics. Anyway on arrival, as per usual it was recognisance of the area. My hotel …

We are staying in Bali for 2 weeks! It is nice and tropical here, and the temperature is absolutely perfect. We are staying in a rented villa the first week, which is in walking distance of kuta beach. Random Balinese people on the beach have asked to take their picture with me. Probably because I'm a blonde American so therefore I'm 'exotic' in …

Day 6: Arrived in Bali at around midnight and as soon as we'd gotten off the plane and gone through passport control, we were ambushed by huge amounts of airport porters who immediately grabbed us and our bags and led us through customs! They then led us to the currency exchange kiosk and asked us to give them money!!!! It was here Rich realised …

Bali was a name of dreamland in my mind, I always wish I could go to Bali some day, and this dream came true. The funny thing is, I knew Bali before, but I did not know Bali is in Indonesia.
All of our New Zealand EPs in Semarang decided to travel together. The flight was only half an hour late, which was a shock, because people say that it …

Welcome to Lombok.. Two hours flight from Jakarta, we arrived in Lombok International Airport in Praya. Im so Happy finally this airport could be operated. This was my 2nd time visiting Lombok. When first time i came here the airport hadn't finished yet and i was busy with work stuff so i couldnt explore much. With this new airport i hope the …

Admittedly, it was probably a little overboard to take a 4 day break from the beach scene only to jump right back into it. In our defense though, we were planning to get back into the surfing and do other productive things; we did have a couple of scooters after all.

As I sit here writing this entry, after having walked about 10km around …

bali bali bali. no.1 tourist destination for most. i heard an expat on the flight saying that he goes to bali 4 times a year? so i was pretty excited to go there!

let me put things in context. i went to bali with a group of 15 friends as a graduation trip. my indon classmate organised everything for us (i booked the rooms and air tix …

... , and at 11 AM on December 1 realized it was not November 30.  We scrambled and managed to get a Perama Shuttle to Kuta Beach, arriving around 5:30 (thankfully without incident). My friend Greg  was home to welcome us, as was his son Willie and ...

... , one bucket of nyale (sea worms), about 300 bananas, 20 coconuts, and five old women. I flew into Mataram on Sunday, February 8 and headed straight for Kuta Beach, Lombok, the antithesis of Kuta, Bali.  It is a gentle town of mostly Sasak people ...

... is a very kind and hospitable man, gave us each a decorative sash with the school logo. Moto ride was a lot smoother than the other day, as the direct route from Kuta Beach=Praya is level and does not challenge the capacity ofa 110 hp Honda Varios ...

... up on the mountain area, and headed back to the beach!  Many people know about the Kuta in Bali.  Lombok also had a Kuta beach – but it’s very different to the Bali one!  It basically is just a road that runs along the ...

... school to stick in your bike bottle holder!5 flasks later completely wasted! Booked into Pro Surf school for 3 day course on Kuta beach, the waves really massive and gnarly! A german bloke on our first lesson had been there for 4 already ...

... pattern where the clouds start building up on the west side of the island and eventually dump their loads on the islands below.  Because Kuta Beach is on the far west side of Bali it is sometimes spared.  You can lie on the beach in the sun ...

Mrs. Monik and Miss Nia are two Sengkol English teachers with whom WM taught in February 2009.  WM taught there again on Saturday December 13(yes folks, school is 6 days a week here), while WW was a lady of leisure at the bungalow. Mrs. Monik ...

Small boring city. One guy fooled me taking me on his motorcycle sengkol, have the way to Kuta Beach in the south of Lombok. He dropped me after half a kilometre out of Praya and told me I am in Sengkol. I recognized being fooled and did not let this ...

... ! Anywho, now were here, all 4 of us. Me, Claire, John and Ricky and it's time to learn how to surf. No better place. Kuta beach is really resorty but has deadly beginner waves every hour of every day. Rows and rows of 4 to 5 foot waves coming in. ...

Left Kuta Beach, Bali for the airport. Blimey, what chaos! The only airline desk with 200 people, thousands of boxes to get on our plane and guess which queue (and I use the term loosely!) we had to join! Joined wrong queue and had to re-queue in ...