Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Travel Blogs

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 ...

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

... KFC we arrived in Bali 3 hours late to Humidity and best of all Kish, we were escorted back to our palatial villa in Nusa Dua and so began a week of utter relaxation and socialising, except for a day scuba diving. Nitty Gritty: Managed to get up in ...

Indonesian insights
Aug 22, 2005 (4 photos)

Here's some things I've learned, heard or noticed whilst cruising about Indonesia over the last month. 1) the narrower the road, the faster they drive. 2) the Catholics are very religious and are quite happy to bury their dead in ornately tiled above ...

Indonesia - Bali
Jan 26, 2007 (20 photos)

... 20-minute drive to our resort in Nusa Dua.   We had booked to stay for 10 nights at the Aston Bali Resort & Spa just outside Nusa Dua; an exclusive gated collection of resorts at the southern tip of Bali. We intended to spend most of our time ...

Christians in Bali
May 14, 2004 (10 photos)

... congregation was about 600 strong, remaining steady, if not growing a bit. Marcus also explained the heirarchy of the church Indonesia and how the cathedral had been built in 1959. I was pleasantly surprised when Marcus volunteered to drive me to ...

Soccer in the temple
May 6, 2004 (5 photos)

... the Mother Temple of all Balinese Hindu temples, and its at 1026m on the slopes of Mt. Agung, the highest mountain in Bali. We had halftime when a funeral procession going up into the temple cut through our makeshift pitch. Later the summit of Mt. Agung ...

Cody and Michael
Aug 23, 2004 (12 photos)

... coating of yogurt and honey is applied to restore your skin's pH. The whole thing wraps up with a soak in a bath, by the river, F-U-L-L of flowers: thousands of marigold, rose, frangipani (ubiquitous on Bali) and even a few orchid petals and full blossoms.

Elephant-astic!
Jul 20, 2009 (3 photos)

... by most of the prices being shown in US Dollars. Doesn‘t seem very logical to me!) On Saturday evening we walked to Bali Collection - an open-air shopping mall come multitude of eating establishments. I ordered a ‘Shell n Fin’ dish which ...

Statues
Aug 23, 2004 (14 photos)

The Balinese are great sculptors and carvers. There are monsters, demons and godly guardians everywhere.

Day one - we arrive!
Jul 17, 2009

It's been a lonog days travel with very little sleep, combinating with an hours standing around (felt like two!) in Bali's immigration office. When we were warned that the airport wasn't fantastic, we just shrugged it off. Next time i'd suggest taking some ...

Mums Dose of Culture / 'Saronging In The Rain'
Jul 22, 2009 (3 photos)

... own temple, and every village has three temples (for the community). This means that there are roughly one million temples in Bali. Before entering the temple, we were all given sarongs to wear (including Dad!). We were then sprinkled with holy water (I ...

Bali Take Two.
Nov 8, 2008 (81 photos)

... until 6:20 and its a little hot.  But, I feel good and then it happens.  We aren't running in the beautiful Nusa Dua gardens, we are running on the highway.  They can't actually stop traffic.  So, they are cars all over the place.  ...

In Bali and staying at PBR
Jun 8, 2008 (18 photos)

... 24/7. Got a studio room on the top floor on the south side of the resort. http://www.peninsulabeachresort.com/ Its surprisingly quiet at Nusa Dua, we dont have to book a pool lounge at 7am... Fred and Losan still turn up every day with DVDs and Watches. ...

This is our 2006 trip to the peninsula resort
Aug 13, 2006 (14 photos)

A few snaps of our second trip to Bali to stay at a studio apartment at the peninsula resort at Nusa Dua. we found the streets a lot emptier than last year and the hawkers more desperate.

Nusa Dua
Dec 13, 2008 (19 photos)

Heute haben wir uns für eine Fahrt mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln nach Nusa Dua entschieden (im Süden). Bin mit dem Fahrrad zu meiner Kollegin gefahren und hab mich dort mit ihr und noch einer Volontärin getroffen. Dann sind wir mit einem Bemo zu dem ...

Day 133: Pulau Menjangen
Feb 2, 2007

... pray at a roadside temple and returns with petals pasted to his own temple. Menjangen Island is off the northwestern corner of Bali, where the volcanoes of East Java dominate. The diving is so-so - strong currents, great corals but poor visibility and ...

Last day in paradise
May 17, 2006

... to see. More swimming and sunbathing was followed by a quick visit to the gym before packing and leaving for the airport. Bali airport was interesting, as it had more security checks than even a USA airport - my bags went through 4 scanners and my ...

Well rested in paradise
May 13, 2006 (8 photos)

... he visited. I knew much had probably changed in that time, but I was fortunate to have booked a hotel (Melia Bali) in the Nusa Dua area. The hotel itself is fabulous, rooms are large and very comfortable all with private balcony and the reception and ...

The Indonesian Adventure Begins
Nov 18, 2006 (2 photos)

... a Garuda 737-400 (not the Airbus A330 as promised), I found myself thinking about my decision to go ahead with a visit to Indonesia. I still had mixed feelings about being in Indonesia after the bombings. I did take a chance and looking back, this time my ...

Bali
Sep 2, 2005 (10 photos)

... The weather has been great it only rained once & that was in the early hours of the morning but we were ok we were sat in a bar. Bali was cheap cheap, it was less than 50p for a big bottle of Bintang beer and 40p for a box of fags (to cheap to pack in). ...

at the bottom of a volcano
Aug 12, 2006 (4 photos)

if you are on a motorbike and starts getting dark, you go uphill and it even gets cloudy you are going to feel sooooooooo cold!!!!!! incredible, i was freezing down on my way to the volcano...i would've never expected to feel so cold in summer on the ...

Sun, Sand and... Holy Crap, is that a Shark?
Jun 17, 2009 (7 photos)

We're about to leave for Japan for our final couple of days on our vacation, after spending an amazing week in Bali. We went straight from the airport to Tulamben, on the east coast for several days of diving. The water was crystal clear and we saw some ...

getting out and about
May 8, 2006 (5 photos)

... out of gas, we'll need to put some gas in it as soon as we can. (Have I mentioned yet, that nothing is easy in Indonesia?) So we travel down some one-way roads, and ask for directions to a gas station. We follow the directions, but make a wrong turn ...

Short update on where Im at and stuff
Apr 12, 2005

... a proper diary entry as I dont have my diary on me. Just to let people know where I am and stuff. I arrived in Bali 2 days ago after travelling through Malaysia and Singapore for the past week, leaving Ginge to enjoy himself in Thailand. Seen and done some ...

Living in the lap of luxury
Mar 6, 2008 (15 photos)

After researching several hotels and resorts in Bali, I decided to book at the Conrad Bali Resort & Spa because they offered a Government rate based on my U.S. military affiliation. Great decision! I will definitely stay there again during my next trip ...

Monkeys, bats and more
May 18, 2006 (25 photos)

... more authentic. From there we went to Sanur, another beach resort area similar to Kuta. For south Bali, the main resort areas are Kuta, Sanur, and Nusa Dua. Kuta has partying, hawkers, and cheap tourist stuff all over. Nusa Dua has nice hotels, but ...

Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia
Nov 16, 2006 (3 photos)

The time had come for me to leave India and explore more of the world....so here I am in Indonesia at the popular Bali island! I'm staying at Kuta Beach, which I immediately found too commercialized and touristy (I must be spoiled from all the gorgeous, ...

Is this the real Bali?
Jun 10, 2009 (19 photos)

... seafood restaurant by Jimbaran Bay, a major surfing beach on the west side of the island and another at Bambu Bali, a well known Indonesian restaurant in Nusa Dua. (but to be honest, my favourite was the noodles from the warung on the beach). OK, so what ...

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Nov 21, 2006 (3 photos)

... a sad undertone to the emptiness because it's not only due to low season, but to the lack of tourists after the Bali bombings. Every night I walk past many nice restaurants that are sitting empty and making no money. Almost every local I've talked to ...

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