Bali
Travel Blogs from Bali, Indonesia
Bikes, dragons, and Kecak
Up and at 'em! Our transport picks us up for a bike tour at 7:30. Kat and I are a little sleepy after watching the Euro Cup finals in the middle of the night but we're good to go. Up to the base of Mt. Batur for breakfast, good to get a look at what we ...
Sanur - Beautiful Bali
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 ...
Holy Grail of Pig
... that this was the beginning of a love affair. I vowed to eat at Ibu Oka every day if possible. I believe this pig was Bali's way of apologizing to me for all the chickens. Kat, a vegetarian, was kind enough to document the three meat eaters is ...
Fire dancing
We packed up our bags in the morning and after breakfast we headed for the bus that would take us to Ubud (thankfully all the water in the alleys had drained away so it was a dry walk). After an hour and half bus ride we arrived in Ubud and was ...
Vroom vroom
... on the moon"! We checked out a couple other bars and met a nice Aussie couple who had gone bamboo less then a year ago. They told us they ran away from home and opened a restaurant in Bali. We were so proud of ourselves for staying up past ...
Bintang and braiding in Bali 16-23 March 2011
... is very touristy, not unlike busy resorts in Spain or Greece. And the roads are crammed full of traffic. According to the Rough Guide, Bali has a population of around 3 million and I’d say there must be a scooter for each of them on the roads at any ...
Days 56-58: Moped Drives & Sunset Dinners
... 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 ...
She doesn't know!
Despite going to bed as late as possible, we got up even earlier than before, We got ourselves together and took a walking tour recommended in LP. We started in Kuta on the beach and walked north along beautiful sand with blue water, watching waves ...
dejavu all over again
Jon and I moved AGAIN! We decided that while our room has an amazing view during the day, it is a little too "jail cell" for our taste at night. We move a bit further up Monkey Forest Road to Lumbung Sari Bungalows. A smidge more expensive, no A/C, but ...
On to Ubud
... on the island and thought we'd leave after 2 days, now after 5 days it's hard to depart. Waiting for our boat back to Bali we take advantage of the hammocks and say goodbye to all the great dive masters we met. I think Corrado is going to miss making ...
And onwards to Bali
... ….we would 100% recommend it to everyone. Currently we are enjoying the relaxed little resort of Lovina on the northern coast of Bali. We are staying in a lovely little hotel with our own balcony and we have views over the palm trees to the sea. We ...
Seminyak and beyond
... , eat breakfast by the pool, catch the shuttle into Kuta at 10 AM. Walk the streets and beach of Kuta. Bali is a Hindu island that is part of Indonesia which is 90% Muslim. Also Kuta is a favorite spot for young Aussies to come and party. There are ...
beyond itchy...
... 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, ...
on to Bali!!!
... to leave, because we were in the discount terminal there was not alot of places to eat or much do while we waited. Once we were in Bali we headed to a taxi stand and he took us to Kuta and a popular area with lots of hotels. We walked around for about an ...
Ubud - I used to be a backpacker.
... the 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, ...
problem with money, monkeys with problems
Our third day in Ubud started the same as the previous day, with tea waiting on our porch table followed by a plate of fruit and this time a toasted egg sandwich for breakfast! Mmmm Mmmm. We are so glad we ended up staying at this place and gave up on ...
A scorpion sting makes Bali bor-ing!
... of 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 ...
Clear water cool breezes
... 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 ...
Another day at the beach
Jon and I were up again early, we really are old people. After breakfast we looked into options to get to the Gili Islands. The tour guide guy told us to be careful when changing money as it is a common scam to use a slip of the hand trick and drop ...
Woke up this morning and got myself a Bintang
... 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...
... other 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 ...
Dengue fever!!
... definitely have better diving than Thailand does. Then the day after my diving we packed up and bought some tickets back to Bali where we could see a doctor. The hardest part was trying to get Jackie mobile considering she'd been in a bed for a ...
Our first motorbike crash........SMASH!!!!!
I finished yesterday with the words "If I ever go near another motorbike please shoot me". Maybe its Karma, maybe its chance or maybe things do come in threes. I woke and the ribs were still not back up to scratch so there is still no surfing. We leave ...
Bored of bartering in Bali
We woke up to find that the WIFI had been turned off in the night so the downloading hadn't got as far as we had liked. Andrew wasn’t too happy (he’s become a bit obsessed with the whole downloading things, I often find him just staring at ...
What is below the trapdoor
... weight" I’ve still got it where it matters. We managed to go higher than any of the tubsters from Australia or Indonesia and for a scary moment thought we were going over the top to certain death. Next we tried the Superbowl which again was ...
Costa del Kuta
... 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 ...
The last leg of our Asia tour - Singapore and Bali
... 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 ...
Welcome to the Southern Hemisphere
... to a building site he just pointed down the street and I must admit it didn’t live up to my preconceived ideas of Bali. This feeling was short lived though and we passed the building site and emerged in to a warren of bustling alleyways that ...
cooling down in sparkling water...
... 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 - ...
What were we thinking?
Today is the day we climb to the top of Mt. Batur to se the sunrise. I wake up around 12 am with incredibly painful stomach cramps. I have some of the worst traveler's diarrhea I've ever had. Cramping, expelling demons, 10 minutes of sleep, and ...

