Bali, Indonesia Travel Blogs

Sanur - Beautiful Bali
May 6, 2009

Swapping Laos for Indonesia was a master-stroke; Bali is sensational. The beach at Sanur isn't a patch on the Perhentians but the streets and their architecture are a joy to be around. The Balinese people are highly spiritual, going beyond ...

Days 56-58: Moped Drives & Sunset Dinners
Jul 18, 2008 (34 photos)

... water rolled in. Pure magic. I've been taking it easy in preparation for the intense next two weeks. Tomorrow I fly to Sumatra, Indonesia's angry dark heart, long exploited by Java and given little in return, where I will take part in a jungle dark in ...

beyond itchy...
Jun 10, 2008 (70 photos)

... nbsp; I sure can understand why.  Well, all that said, it's great to be scooting along thru the countryside of Bali.  I keep reminding myself to pay attention to the road and not to the multiply distractive displays along the way....rice fields, ...

Ubud - I used to be a backpacker.
May 8, 2009 (50 photos)

... hotel. As Charlotte and I are celebrating four years of being together we splashed out on a 15 pound room, this is expensive by Bali standards, yet middle of the road for anywhere else we've been. We're enjoying a huge room, with hot water, veranda, air ...

A scorpion sting makes Bali bor-ing!
May 18, 2008 (18 photos)

... the '24-hour' pharmacists and doctor's surgeries were closed and the nearest place open was a long walk away. Unfortunately in Bali the backstreets around Legian are very narrow and aren't great at the best of times, all uneven and lined with potholes. ...

Clear water cool breezes
Sep 4, 2003 (8 photos)

... even the ocean seemed extremely warm. If you're trying to find Tirta Gangga on a map, it is on the easternmost mountain in Bali. Besides more picturesque rice paddy fields it is also home to a very cool and unique series of pools that were, according to ...

Woke up this morning and got myself a Bintang
May 3, 2005 (11 photos)

... a week in Kuta recuperating was a real setback. Still, we managed to have a fantastic time staying in the party capital of Indonesia although I didn't always feel up to the full-on party. We also hired a scooter which meant that I managed to get a ...

monkeying around...
Jun 8, 2008 (69 photos)

... part of their name...makes it easy to remember names.    A couple of things...because of the overpopulation of Bali, one of the earlier presidents, I think Sukarno, said that families could only have four children, now they can only have two ...

Forgotten Paradise
Mar 12, 2004 (6 photos)

... . So far we have only seen a collecion of mostly middle aged Dutch and German people. The Brits seem to have forgotten that Bali is here. It is a shame as most of the Balinese livliehoods have depended on the tourists, but as there are so few after 2002, ...

Costa del Kuta
Sep 6, 2004 (2 photos)

... sat next to and 2 of his mates. The lad i was seated next to was a guy from Bristol called Jason. Upon arrival in Bali, Jason and i had formed a friendship and decided to share a room in order to cut costs. We shared a reasonable room but the town of ...

The last leg of our Asia tour - Singapore and Bali
Dec 7, 2003 (25 photos)

... hour on the internet. Mon 1st Dec - Up at 7.30am to go and try and bring our flight forward with Singapore Airlines from Bali to Sydney on the 8th December. We now fly on Saturday 6th December. Have a treat of coffee, fresh sandwiches, cake and cookies ...

Little Australia
Aug 30, 2005

... Bali absolutely stuffed- it had been 19 hours on the bus from Yogya. I didn't get any sleep though. The reason I had been racing to Bali was Bek, who had come up for a holiday with her best friends Beck and Lou. My four days were a haze and I think I left ...

cooling down in sparkling water...
Jun 9, 2008 (79 photos)

... popular place for the folks down under to vacation here...and right now it's getting closer to Australian winter...why not head to Bali?    Since I'm all hot and sweaty from the walk over I try to dodge the vendors for a moment - unlikely - ...

Indonesia - Bali
Feb 5, 2007 (72 photos)

... subsequently ushered to a balcony overlooking a massive plantation and served with a selection of coffees and teas, including Bali Coffee, Cocoa, Ginseng Coffee, Ginger Tea and Lemongrass Tea (PIC). Most of the drinks were surprisingly nice, especially ...

Bali, continued
Sep 4, 2003 (3 photos)

Bali continues to amaze...We left Ubud, the "artist capital" of Bali in favor of Lovina, famous for black sand beaches and dolphin watching. It was a needed relief from the constant hot of Ubud, and the breeze from the water reached our bungalow's porch so ...

Ahhh Bali
Aug 29, 2003 (2 photos)

... - such nice comfy seats! That was pretty much it for Singapore, but we'll be back & not so jetlagged. Our first night in Bali was in Denpasar. We stayed at what is a "traditional-style" place, meaning it is run by a family who live there. There is a ...

Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door...
May 8, 2007 (4 photos)

He Said: Bali is sort of an anomaly. Indonesia currently is the world's largest Muslim nation (there are more Muslims here than the entire Middle East) but the small island of Bali is the last remaining pocket of what was once a vast Buddhist and Hindu ...

Singapore to Bali via Hong Kong....
Sep 6, 2005

... Little India for our favourite curry meal at a small informal restaurant. On Tuesday morning we embarked on our convoluted transfer to Bali. Though direct flights from Singapore to Denpasar are probably only three and a half hours or so, it took us the ...

Diving and motorbiking on the east coast
Sep 27, 2005 (4 photos)

... there, we headed further north, through landscapes of terraced rice paddies, to the crater lake of Danau Batur. This is one of Bali's most visited sights, and rightly so... from the rim of an enormous volcanic crater, one looks down onto the massive blue ...

what is Bali?
Jun 5, 2008 (58 photos)

Describe Bali?  This is a start.... Stone carvings decorating houses, temples, street corners...everywhere.  Gods, goddesses, indescribable creatures...well taken care of ...all wearing cloth sarongs and waist sashes and most with a parasol over ...

Chapter 23: The Komodo Debacle
Jan 31, 2004 (18 photos)

... . Wednesday morning we took the 1-hour shuttle boat to Gili Trawangan, which is one of the primary backpacker destinations in Indonesia. It's only 2km x 3km, there are 700 residents, there are no vehicles aside from pony carts, and there's a beautiful ...

the end of a life....
Jun 13, 2008 (79 photos)

... me in...it's a struggle...but a few grunts and groans and scrapes and bruises later...we're headed back to the island of Bali and Dewa to see the rice-paddied landscapes as we drive back down to the south.  June 13 The Balinese cremation ...

Day 55: Ubud, Beach Bumming & the Memorial
Jul 16, 2008 (8 photos)

Ahh, what a good night's sleep, and in a great budget hotel too. The Indonesia section of the LP book scores again. After devouring a banana pancake, I headed out to the beach. Kuta is basically a larger, busier Asian clone of Rosarito, so anyone who's ...

Bill, Ben and Bali......
Mar 7, 2004 (5 photos)

... we were taxied back to his villa at Nusa Dua. Kish is a friend from north London we actually met on our last trip to Indonesia, in Borneo. After a somewhat faulting start in borneo(we thought he was trying to hustle us) we got on famously, united in our ...

Bali
Sep 1, 2003

... ; poor Phil, I have never actually USED one...). I love hot weather. Loveitloveitloveit. Can't get enough of MICHIGAN in August. Bali in August, it's a bit different. Went for a long walk today, did Phil and I. Saw some postcard-perfect rice paddies and ...

Unplanned bonus time on Bali!
Oct 1, 2005

... , once we had the flight sorted out, we had a bit of a think as to how best to spend this unplanned bonus time on Bali. Over breakfast, we flipped through the Rough Guide and decided to head to the north-west of the island, to a village called Pemuteran. ...

Tyre-d of call to prayer so relax at Gili Air!
Feb 10, 2008 (40 photos)

... and the policemen who drove around looking for fit young girls to chat to and perv over! One of the problems of traveling in Indonesia is that you can only get a one-month visa if you buy on arrival which, for such a huge country is nothing really. ...

Quiet Day in Ubud
Feb 28, 2008 (10 photos)

So I totally vegged by the pool today, had dinner on my front porch (room service) and only because the Gamelan Orchestra was playing literally next door at the Lotus Temple pond did I venture out for the show tonight.  I've decided to stay in Ubud ...

Woodcarvers Worshops & Wyan's House
Mar 3, 2008 (27 photos)

... cousins and uncles, and a bunch of other people that he didn't even bother to introduce.  His Mom made me Bali coffee (yum) and I got a tour of the grounds and fields.  Then he showed me his family's carvings, and started the ...

A weeks worth of Dining & Drinking in Kuta
Mar 30, 2008 (25 photos)

And a quiet sunday afternoon here, so here are some of the gratuitous dining and drinking photos from the past week. -------------------------------------- HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you Happy Birthday To YOU Happy Birthday dear Maaaa-AaAA-rc HAPPY ...