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Bali Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bali, Indonesia
Surf 'n Fail
This is a top pick! ... were correct. Is it me, or shouldn't it be draining anti-clockwise down here? As you can tell I'm having a grand time in Bali.... The streets of Kuta are a nightmare, it's mainly little alleys where heaps of motorcycles pass you both ways all the ...
Dengue fever!!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
A weeks worth of Dining & Drinking in Kuta
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Indonesia, the last word!
This is a top pick! ... tobacco or in the villages, betel nut. > 1 large Bintang (660ml) usually about 3 EUR. > Dinner usually about 3-5 EUR each. Indonesia is a sprawling country and you need lots of time to get around and lots of time to recover from getting around! You can ...
Bali - Indonesia
This is a top pick! Hi There All, Ohhhh bet it's getting much much colder for those of you back in the UK! Not long now until Santa pays you a visit.......The drunken christmas parties are probabaly already well underway! After sadly leaving OZ we landed Singapore and spent ...
One day in Kuta is enough....
This is a top pick! ... Homestay turned out to be pleasant enough, with friendly people. The next morning we set off on our mission to buy an Indonesia guidebook... what a struggle! We were hoping to pick up a secondhand Lonely Planet, but could not find an edition more recent ...
A little luxury in Bali..
This is a top pick! Arriving in Kuta, Bali after a full day travelling we checked into the Simpang Inn which is a lovely little hidden hotel off the main street. We got a huge room with bathroom, fan and balcony and the hotel has colourful gardens and a great swimming ...
Nyippe Celebration!
This is a top pick! Nyippe is tomorrow, but that is the day of rest. Today is Nyippe-eve? I'll call it that. Today is Nyippe-Eve! It's like New Years Eve, and today is the day for the party! All the Ogoh-Ogohs that have been in preparation for ...
Bali Bird & Reptile Parks, and rice patties too!
This is a top pick! ... I took off after brunch for a day out. (I now have brunch everyday, I'm getting so lazy here in Ubud!) We headed up to Bali Bird Park and the Reptile park adjacent to it. I've uploaded a few of the highlights here. The bird park had lots ...
Birthday in Bali
This is a top pick! ... excellent and the standard of accommodation was also very good. The beaches however, we found to be rather unremarkable and overall we found Bali to be very touristy. That said, we only spent one week here, which is not really long enough to get a full ...
Ubud Market & Rice Fields
This is a top pick! ... ; After the cremation we're going to head up to Pura Besakih, (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2762244-pura_besakih_bali-i?action=describe) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Temple_of_Besakih) the biggest and most important of the temples on ...
High Priest Cremation Ceremony, Gianyar Indonesia
This is a top pick! The pictures really tell the story of the ceremony, so take the slideshow tour. I've narrated in the photo descriptions ...
A weeks worth of Lovina Beach sunsets
This is a top pick! This beach is so gorgeous. It's a small little town, with just a few shops and even fewer restaurants. And I thought Ubud was small. All eight "beach sellers" knew me by name after day 1. And I was only on the beach in the ...
I'm being featured on BohemianJourneys.com!
This is a top pick! So a good friend of mine, Miguel, asked if he could feature this little 'old blog of mine on his fantastic travel website called Bohemian Journeys. I was so honored I hardly knew what to write back, I'm still surprised ...
Indonesia - Bali
This is a top pick! We arrived into Denpasar Airport, Bali, at just gone 10pm. After picking up our luggage and a long queue to pay for our visas and get our passports stamped (slow but with no complications) we found our transfer and hopped into the taxi for the 20-minute ...
Dodging scooters in Kuta
This is a top pick! We woke up at about 9am and decided that we should go in search of a new place to stay that had a pool where we could chill out as I'm not a massive fan of the beach with all that sand, salt water and hawker stuff to contend with. So I left Andrew in bed ...
The Effects of Terrorism
This is a top pick! ... and secondly Australia was bleeding me dry of cash. So I left OZ a week earlier than planned and arrived in Kuta Bali. Straight away I could tell I was back in a developing country, taxi drivers hassling me, some bloke trying to carry my bags. ...
Kuta (Bali) - Day 164-165
This is a top pick! ... which was great as I didn't need to leave for the airport until 3.30pm. I fly to country number sixteen this evening, Indonesia. I was suppose to fly to Manila in the Philippines today but I changed my plans to come to Bali instead, lucky really as a ...
I'm certified for Open Water SCUBA Diving!
This is a top pick! ... . I'm not sure exactly what I'll do after Tuesday. I've extended my visa for another month starting the 14th (I arrived in Indonesia on Feb 14th, I can't believe it!). I doubt I'll use the whole month here, but who knows? I think ...
Has it been four days since I posted last?
This is a top pick! ... me actually) and we went for lassies* after the fair and swapped travel stories. Her name is Faith and she just came to Indonesia from a month in Thailand, so I had to pick her brain to find out all the great spots to visit while I am there. ...
Back in Ubud
This is a top pick! ... our bags did indeed arrive dry. Too bad the same could not be said for us. Nusa Lembongan is a very small island (still considered Bali) which we walked the length of the second day we were there. That took maybe 2 1/2 hours. The place we ended up ...
Buddhist Monastery & Hot Springs
This is a top pick! Bali only has one Buddhist Monastery so I went to see it. It's located on the north shore a little bit up a volcano. I rented a motorbike for the day and rode up. (I am SO getting one when I settle back in SanFrancisco - I'm ...
The Indonesian Archipelago - Bali
This is a top pick! ... am just putting this in to let you know that I have left the Western world and am currently makin my way around Bali. Its a damn interesting and sometimes frustrating spot. So far I have explored the tourist hell of Kuta, found a stunning temple ...
Oh, there is a 1 hour time change?
This is a top pick! I only flew from one island to another (Java to Bali) yesterday, it was a 90min flight - and I crossed a time zone? Who knew, I guess that is one of the little things you miss when the announcements aren't made in English. Well, no worries, I ...
Bali - Our Island Paradise, don't make us leave...
This is a top pick! ... ) 12. Bill and Di being here for two weeks 13. The Food, The People, The Island and it is an Island in Indonesia, not a country - I was corrected very directly on that by a non-Bali native from Java. 14. Running through the Rice Fields and back ...
Spa Day
This is a top pick! I spent the whole day today at the spa. I have no pictures. It was 5 hours of unreal luxury. I has a Swedish massage, a body scrub with something that smelled like Maple Brown Sugar Cream of Wheat (and felt like it too) Then a body treatment of ...
Hindu Temples and Ceremonies
This is a top pick! On 04 May I decided to get the hell out of Kuta. A shuttle bus landed my fairly painlessly in Ubud and I checked into Ketut's Place. Incidentally, for those of you using the 2003 Lonely Planet, the Suci Inn no longer exists but the manager from that ...
Arrived in Ubud, on the island of Bali!
This is a top pick! ... Hindu paintings, and wood and stone sculptures. Guess I'm going shopping! If any of you guys Google "Ubud Indonesia" and see any crafts you want, just send me an email. I'll be happy to UPS stuff to you from here, ...
Again with the scooters
This is a top pick! We started our day with a complimentary breakfast on our little porch at our homestay, which consisted of a toasted banana sandwich (delicious), a plate of fresh friut, and a colunder full of of very good tea to wash it down with. After we finished ...
Day trip to Jimbaran and Uluwatu Temple
This is a top pick! ... sand. Makes scooting up to the table a little tricky, but the views are ok =) Uluwatu temple is the southern most temple in Bali, it sits (as you can see) on the cliffs. Its a really small temple compared to the others I went to, and the ...