Padangbai, Indonesia Travel Blogs

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

... from a volcano explosion that happend in the early 1960's. We only spent one night in Tirta Gangga and from there we headed to Padangbai. This town is the first we've been to that has more than just tourism as it's main industry. It is also a fishing ...

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

... .  But it's all very tempting....   I head back to my hotel...the Topi Inn...a very nice place to stay in Padangbai if you ever get here...right on the beach....8 dollars per night for two people...all open air, plenty of fans....good people... ...

Bali, continued
Sep 4, 2003 (3 photos)

... soon as we woke up. I think he was trying to sell us his kidney as we jumped into a bemo for our current spot: Padangbai. The hawkers are less insistent here, maybe because there are many more tourists than in Lovina. Don't need to analyze why, I am ...

Modern Traditional Dance
May 25, 2008 (1 photos)

... , briefly, while we waited for the ferry to Lombok.  This time we had popped back to do some diving.  But Padangbai turned out to be a little more than just diving. We had a great room looking out over the harbor and that included another ...

Bali
Sep 1, 2005 (5 photos)

Bali was my vacation from a vacation. Instead of hanging out in the backpacker ghetto and drinking myself a few years younger, I went north for my entire trip. Perhaps the highlight of this journey was renting a motorcycle for $4 and driving 150 miles ...

Propositioned on Penida
Oct 7, 2009 (11 photos)

... nbsp; Fortunately I had a sarong with me in my pack, so wrapped that around me (a sarong mandatory to go into temples in Indonesia).  I thought I would be able to sneak in and watch from the back – but no!  The gamelan stopped playing, and ...

blue lagoon
Feb 18, 2009

haben endlich eine eher menschenarme bucht umgeben von regenwald und felsen und mit glasklarem wasser entdeckt. schnorcheln ist ab dem ersten meter moeglich. juliane ist zur begeisterten schnorchlerin mutiert. man kann alle moeglichen bunten fische sehen, ...

No money again
May 3, 2009

We got a boat back to Lombok and then the bus to Lembar. We got the ferry to Padangbai at around midday, still with no idea as to where we were heading for in Bali. You see, we had planned our itinerary up to this point. He had 4 days until our flight to ...

Padangbai
Nov 4, 2008 (5 photos)

vorem strand in padangbai hend sich es paar hotels, homestays, restaurants und tauchschuele ufgreiht. biz witer naebedra hets en grosse platz mit feine und guenstige warungs. de hafe isch wi jede, noed schoen sondern nur zweckmaessig. viel haendler ...

padangbai again
Feb 23, 2009

nach ausflug nach lovina und amed sind wir wieder in unserer lieblingsgemeinde padangbai. lemmy machte 2 tauchgaenge und wir chillen am strand. morgen gehts per shuttlebus nach ubud. dort uebernachten wir noch einmal und am abend gehts zum flughafen und ...

Padangbai
Mar 5, 2009

En route...

Padangbai
Mar 5, 2009

En route...

Padangbai + Moped Touring
Feb 27, 2009 (108 photos)

... bus had broken down, not possible to go today! Not all bad as we got our 'Rupiah' back and got a taxi to Padangbai, a small settlement towards the east coast. Far nicer, cheaper, and cleaner than Kuta. We arrived mid-morning, checked into a guesthouse and ...

Padagbai
Jan 14, 2009 (9 photos)

Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous avons ete silencieux hier puisque nous n'avions pas d'internet. Nous avons quitter Ubud pour un petit village nomme Paganbai. Nous avons decide finalement de quitte notre petite place douillet d' ...

Padangbai, Indonesia
Nov 11, 2008 (5 photos)

... ; There was storm clouds surrounding me most of the time, but it never actually rained until an hour after I returned the bike in Padangbai. After having our final breakfast at the Serangan Inn and paying our bill (60,000 Rp a night, no tax) we got picked ...

unexpected suprise :D
Jul 16, 2006 (8 photos)

... the map anymore. So were not bothering. We debated whether to go straight to Ubud from the gilis, but decided to waste a night in Padangbai, as it had a reasonable write-up in the old LP. (of course, that could mean the place is utter crap...or a real ...

Srecanje s komodskim zmajem
Sep 12, 2003

Lep pozdrav v Slovenijo! Prezivela sva srecanje s komodskim zmajem in sedaj sva spet tu v Padangbaiu. Torej, v soboto sva se odpravila iz zadnjega Gilija, kar nama je bilo kar malo zal, saj je imel ta zadnji Gili najlepso plazo. Tako se je pocasi ...

Jaga delfinov, rajske toplice, rizeva polja ...
Sep 20, 2003

Pozdravljeni! Zadnje case sva se kar precej potikala naokrog, ker so nama dnevi steti. Najina prva postojanka po Ubudu je bila Lovina, ki slovi po svoji lepi plazi. Tako sva se zelela takoj prepricat ce to drzi in bila vsa razocarana nad umazano vodo, ...

ost bali tour
Feb 19, 2009

wir sind umgezogen weil uns das hotel puri rai zu teuer war. zahlen jetzt fuer ein besseres DZ 6,3euro. fuer heute haben wir uns wieder einmal einen fahrer gegoennt und haben eine ausgiebige tour unternommen: besakih tempel (der groesste und wichtigste ...

'Express' to Lombok
Aug 31, 2009 (4 photos)

Padang bai was our port to Lombok (the next island to Bali). We’d arrived looking for a room and fortunately a place that Wim had recommended to us had a cancellation so we didn’t have to sleep on the beach.. The Topi Inn has a Dutch owner ...

Pause!
Mar 24, 2009

Liebes Volk! Ubud war der Anna zu Schickmicki und so beschlossen wir, uns im Fischerdoerfchen Padangbai zu treffen, von wo aus auch die Faehre nach Lombok ablegt. Dort haben wir es denn auch glatt eine ganze Woch ausgehalten - ach ja, eh ich es vergesse ...

Scoooba
Jun 27, 2007 (2 photos)

Just thought you might like to see pics of Paul and I underwater.....3 day scuba diving course and it was excellent. We saw enormous multi coloured tropical fish and squid and sea slugs and star fish and something called a thumbcruncher. There were sharks ...

Souvenir von Indonesien / Souvenir of Indonesia
Jul 4, 2007 (5 photos)

... slowly going on to Lombok after a few days in Kuta with slightly party and even sunny weather. On the way to Padangbai (Ferryport) I decided to stay one day extra there to look around for a Indonesia- Souvenier for my collection (traditional hut for men).

Izlezavanje na full
Aug 30, 2003

... , kjer so raznobarvne ribe in korale. Po treh dneh sva se odpravila nazaj v sanur od kjer sva z lokalnimi bemoti sla v padangbai, kjer sva se danes. Spet eno mestece z dvema sanjskima plazama in na najino olajsanje veliko nizjimi cenami. Eno ...

Nitrogen and spring rolls
May 9, 2009 (10 photos)

This is a wonderful little fishing village on a pretty bay. Not what we expected but all the guide books play this place down so we were pleasantly surprised. We were not here for the views, the beach, the great food and the friendly people that we found, ...

Last day of the year
Mar 29, 2006 (4 photos)

Today is supposed to be the last day of the year according to the Hindu calendar. In the evening they carry around the village the ogoh-ogoh's, monsters that suppose to scary away the bad spirits.

Nyepi - New Year's Day
Mar 30, 2006 (1 photos)

Nyepi is the first day of the New Year. Everybody must stay home, with the lights off, having as less activity as possible, so that the bad spirits will think that nobody lives in Bali and will not come. Even the airport is closed this day. See the photo ...

Back in Padangbai
Oct 18, 2009

More snorkeling and just enjoying life in the sun. That's what one does in Bali.

Padangbai
Mar 28, 2006 (8 photos)

Padangbai was a nice place to relax and to be during the nyepi celebration.

Who needs Lombok?
Jun 6, 2007

... first class snorkeling in Thailand with Mum and, after 7 months on the road, I finally got a couple of dives today in Padangbai.  If nothing else it means I haven't carried my 2 PADI certification cards around the world for nothing. As it's been ...