Indonesia
Travel Blogs from Indonesia, Indonesia
Pretty but not quite paradise
Sanur was our choice of residence for our stay in Bali. There were many places to choose from, but it seemed a quieter beach, close to the airport, near beautiful islands and the wonderful Gilli Islands we had set in our sights. Sanur is a very quiet ...
Hangin’ with the locals
Today, our friends left to continue their journey and the goal for the day was to do laundry and go back to Mawan Beach. The laundry issue is quite a drag because you need to figure out where to hang it outside, make sure it's not gonna rain, etc.. As I ...
An excellent end to our Asia travels
... the north of Bali to go diving at a ship wreck which was amazing. It was a cargo ship that had been carrying train tracks to Indonesia and was blown up by the Japs in 1942 and has been underwater ever since and is now home to thousands of species of fish ...
[literally] A Pain in the butt travel & A Pool
Day 252 ; Won't bore you with too much, but it went a bit like this, ferry from flores to sumbawa, local bus from sape to bima. From there a coach, took us right the way across sumbawa.... Day 253 ; Six o click this morning onto another ferry, ...
Leave Indonesia to the surfers
What a country! We have arrived to central Java, and I feel stuck, with the walls closing in. Only the walls are people. I used a metaphor with Amanda yesterday that I feel as though I am a large side of beef being jabbed by many men with ...
Bemos, Ferries, Buses and Cigarettes
... , i was glad as they were doing my head in, i think they had clearly been expecting a more costa del sol feel to indonesia when they came here and their shouting sunburnt faces trying to drop the price to mere pence as they pointed wildly at the lonely ...
La Silla Azul
(((( A short story to be read slowly, with a chapino accent despite the lack of the tildes marking it, while listening to "Le Moulin" by Yann Tiersen. )))) Quien te viera asi, fuera de lugar, toda azulita como digna reina de feria de pueblo. Decime, ...
Giant Tea Plantation
... difficulties, hopefully Sumatra will be better. In talking to Marcos and Andrea I realize that not many travelers make it down to Indonesia because of the ease of traveling in the other countries and they assure me that I will be meeting people all the ...
PADI Open Water Kurs
Nach einigen Tagen faul am Strand liegen, waren meine Batterien wieder aufgeladen und die Lust auf ein neues Abenteuer war gross. So entschied ich mich den PADI Open Water Kurs zu machen. Nebst einem Tauchgang im Pool, um die wichtigsten Fertigkeiten zu ...
Gedonsongo....the Oldest Hindu Temples in Java
After exactly travelling for two hours and thirty minutes, we arrived at the base of Mt. Unggaran where the Gedongsongo temple's entrance is located. From Bandungan town, it was a massive up hill slope and even the car had to take it slow, alternating ...
