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Indonesia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Indonesia
Solo
... that they don’t know anything about the people who built it and the style is nothing like any of the other styles used in Indonesia. It definitely had an air of mystery and wonder to it as I wondered through the strange murals up to the foot of what ...
Surf Safari - SHEN GUEST POST #2!!!
... views I’ve ever seen, a whale started breaching repeatedly not far off shore. It was stunning. If you go to Indonesia, go to Southern Lombok, whether you surf or not. Unfortunately, there are rumors of large-scale development on the horizon. As we ...
Upscale Ubud and Sleepy Senggigi
After the great escape from Kuta, Jules and I hung out in Ubud, a charming town full of boutiques, restaurants and spas. Ubud lived its 15 minutes of fame following Elizabeth Gilbert's best seller Eat, Love, Pray, where the inspiring author fell in love ...
Horseriding on top of a volcano
Na Yogiakarta wilden we dus zo snel mogelijk naar Bali geraken om te ontsnappen uit dit deel van Indonesie waar het iets te druk was naar onze goesting. Om daar te geraken moesten we echter twee dagen op de bus. We hadden ergens gelezen dat we dit konden ...
Finishing up in Bali
... .com/action/welcome?sid=0QZuGTJo2ZMWOT Now we are at the highlight and finale of our trip--the remote island of Bali, Indonesia. Sunday, after a 2.5 hour flight from Singapore, we arrived in Kuta. This is a chill beach town that has been infamous for ...
Our wood carving lesson
We woke up early and had bannana pancakes on our balcony for breakfast which wad included in the guesthouse's price. Whilst we ate breakfast we saw a dangerous snake with a red head slither across the grass. We then headed to our wood carving ...
Bali-Bye
... people is very different in those places, everything is often overpriced, and it can be very difficult to break free of the momentum of the tourist routes. Also, one of the attractions of Indonesia is its incredible diversity, so why not get into it asap? ...
Bunaken Marine National Park
... ; She had to translate to everyone else....then I got lots of laughs :) The Religion: You would never have thought that Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world. Not many women wear head scarves and just about all of the men ...
Bodhidharma and The Shaolin Way of Life In Java
... is the Mahaguru that all Kung Fu students around the world pray to in monasteries. I wonder how this teachings spread to Indonesia and when exactly. I wanted to enquire more but the monastery was locked and I was told that the monks usually start ...
Tiring City Life
Nach einer kurzen Nacht (aufstehen um 5.30) in einem maessigen Hotel haben wir denn Zug nach Yogjakarta genommen. Zugfahrt wieder sehr angenehm, aber auch sehr lang (7.5h). Landschaft wieder wahnsinnig schoen! In Yogjakarta dann same procedure as ...
Bromo
The four of us took a bus to to Mount Bromo (ignore the city description at the top of this entry, Bromo isn't on the map!?) and what a terrifying ride that was! All started off well, with great scenic views but as we ascended higher up the mountain, ...
Batam Island, Riau Island, Indonesia.
Arrived in Batam and checked into the hotel. Then went for a local lunch. Dinner at the Seafront in Batam. Then the next morning went to the Thirupurasundari Temple in Batam to visit the temple again. Then to the ferry terminal to head to Belakang Padang ...
Dreaded visa extension!
The visa we got on arrival expires on the 21st, so we headed for the Kantor Immigrasi when we got back to Manado from Bunaken on the 18th. We filled out the visa application form and had to photocopy the front page of our passport, the visa page, our ...
The Eternal Search For The Party Kind (C. Sparks
Into the third day on Gili T, very hot and sweaty but no sun today. Started yesterday afternoon with an almighty downfall, ended up sitting in the hotel bar watching the rain hammering down with a couple of bottles of the local ale (very tasty) and ...
Gorontalo, Indonesia
Hidden Paradise on the Equator, here are just so many things that make Gorontalo perfect for holiday, the beauty of its nature, the culture and not forget to mention, the friendly people. General information about Gorontalo, stated at North Sulawesi. ...
Happy 21st Birthday!
21st birthday morning! We get up as normal and Liz gives me a couple of presents which she had secretly stowed away for our travel so far which were a really nice new shirt and t-shirt. As I was getting ready in the morning I cut my mole ...
Jakarta
Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous sommes maintenant a Yogyakarta. Nous avons prit l'avion comme prevue. Un vol o.k. mais comme toujours je mordais le banc d'en face. Rejean comme toujours dormait ou etait poigne dans son livre. 2h15 ...
Indonesia – Bali
We arrived in Bali at midnight and we stayed our first 3 nights not far from the airport in Legian on the west coast. It was a bit too touristy for us and we were really disappointed in the beach. It was cleaned every morning but by each afternoon the ...
Medan
Saavuimme jalleen uuteen paikkaa iltamyohalla ja pimeassa, kuten tavaksi nayttaa jo muodostuneen. Air Asian lento Kuala Lumpurista oli muutenkin siirtynyt tunnilla ostohetken aikataulua myohemmaksi ja nyt kone oli tasta uudestakin ajasta puoli tuntia ...
Kuta: Watch this space
Kuta, the polar opposite from it's Balinese counterpart, is on the south coast of Lombok. It's a surfer's paradise, with good breaks all along the coast (so I'm told, what do I know!?), chilled bars and cheap accommodation. We went because I wanted to ...
Lodging Review-Metro Guest House
... at 12:15, followed by a cannon ball contest and feigned loud arguing. It is good that an emerging middle class in Indonesia can afford leisure travel and accommodation at this price. WM would not stay at Metro Guest House again because, at this ...
White beach greetings
... a pool party. Mind you, on the mainland it was unthinkable to get alcohol and thinly covered young ladies into one place. Indonesia is strictly muslim, you know. Tomorrow, Rebecca will go diving, in spite of her bad, bad cold. It's still very empty ...
When i get older, I will be stronger...
... you in Belgium ;) And that was it for Singapore, yesterday i arrived in the last country i will see during this trip...Indonesia..havebig expectations but will tell you next time hownice it is:) Although i can already tell you now that yesterday, after ...
Sanur, Bali
... dark and so we missed what must certainly be a beautiful flight over the blue waters and several of the islands of Indonesia. In addition, our plane arrived into Singapore with dozens of Styrofoam coolers filled with some sort of seafood. How ...
Gili Paradise
Le voyagement pour se rendre sur Gili Trawagan n'a pas ete de tout repos. Un shuttle est venu nous chercher a 6 am pour nous conduire au port situe a 2 heures de route ou un gros ferry nous attendait pour partir. Nous sommes arrives sur ...
Pindang Sekanak...A Wonderful Dish
This afternoon, we have already checked out of the hotel a while ago and then head for lunch to a deserted part of town, the old port of Palembang which was the main city in the 1600's. Today, it is more of a fishing village where most of the ...
Borobudur et ses environs
Suite logique de la visite, je m'attaque maintenant à l’un des plus importants temples bouddhistes du sud-ouest asiatique. 2 millions de blocs de pierres composent Borobudur ! Le tout encerclé de rizière, de montagne et de quelques ...
Ternate Island
Ternate Island. Ternate, an island off the west coast of Halmahera, is just 15 sq. km in size but it offers a treasure of sights and experiences. There is an active volcano named Gamalama, two lakes, an old Sultan's palace, a picturesque port and ...
Snorkelling and stomach issues
We took a bus to Lovina on December 28 and made our way to a guesthouse called Sartaya that was recommended by a couple we met in Ubud. The bungalows were really nice but we were quite a ways out of Lovina. It was about 20 minutes to walk into the ...