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Indonesia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Indonesia
G Land? We're in Dreamland!
This is a top pick! We woke, fortunately E was feeling a lot better, I on the other hand needed her to lift me out of bed. Another day of not surfing then. Essentially we had another day relaxing by the pool reading and for Lady E to shop..... well to feel all the items in ...
Bruised thighs and altitude highs
This is a top pick! We woke at 6am (still with my ribcage showing no sign of feeling better) to find it still dark so we only got underway at 06:30, we jumped on the bike realising I hadn't actually driven a bike since way back in India when we thought we had been caught ...
Forgotten Paradise
This is a top pick! C... Hello, I am back into the land of the living after joining the Dengue Fever club. They call it break bone fever too, which is not very surprising. The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur, the Bali pace can be quite tough at first especially ...
In Search of Values
This is a top pick! ... time in Tonsai unfortunately drew to a close, I had the tremendous pleasure of having my father come visit me for a diving trip into Indonesia. When he arrived I brought him to Tonsai so he could get a taste of my paradise before we headed to the tourist ...
Let’s get silly on the Gili’s
This is a top pick! ... party so I expect the many magic mushroom shops on the island will be busy. Despite the heavy penalties for drug taking in Indonesia (30 years for smoking a joint) there are no police on the islands so only the island chiefs decide what can or cannot be ...
No better way to wake up a cock down your ear hole
This is a top pick! ... of Lombok just across the water from us. We went for a late lunch at a warung across from our huts called Warung Indonesia and had a fried chicken and rice and a Nasi Goreng. The chicken was tiny, I think it was a chick and Andrew even thought he ...
The quest for a cheap beer
This is a top pick! We made an early start this morning after our relatively long sleep. Andrew had lost a few pairs of ear plugs in the night, god knows where, so hadn't had the greatest sleep added to by the ribs still hurting but I on the other hand (with my amazing ...
Indonesian insights
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Day 163
This is a top pick! 24th September. Had the standard three meals in silence again. I went up the front and got soaked twice by two errant waves. "Up the front" has an entirely different meaning in my World War 1 book - can't believe what the men on both sides had ...
Yogyakarta & Mount Merapi - Day 183
This is a top pick! ... become completely impossible. Probably lucky more than wise that I changed my plans at the last minute. Tonight I climb Indonesia's most volatile volcano, and the sixth most active in the world, Gunung Merapi ("Giving Fire"). The Javanese worship ...
ooh ooh aah - Jungle Trek....
This is a top pick! We decided to come back down to Indonesia with Kate and Darren in search of the wild orangutans and to see Lake Toba. We had been told many good things about the lake last time we were in Bukittinggi but the 18+ hours bus journey complete with sick bags ...
The real Java
This is a top pick! Jakarta was crap, and I was tired. Really tired. I hadn't had more than 4 hours sleep since arriving in Sabah the week before, and the amount of miles I had covered was exhausting. It's much more tiring sitting in a bus all day than you'd think. I had ...
Sumatran Sickness Strikes!
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 93 Temperature : 30 degrees Weather : Sunny Apologies once again for being tardy on the blogging front but unfortunately Kevin and I succumbed to a nasty, nasty, stomach bug that has been going around. Kevin managed to get away ...
*Day 60: Orangutans & French Lullabies
This is a top pick! After a warm fruit filled bowl of "muesli"(actually coconut flavored debris from the bottom of their toaster oven), I was fetched by guide Abdul and followed him on a round through the village to pick up the other four trekkers. The first was a ...
Bali High !
This is a top pick! ... east (see the map above). With a population recorded about 3 million, the island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. 93% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also ...
on to Bali!!!
This is a top pick! We left our hotel and headed for the airport where we waited to leave, because we were in the discount terminal there was not alot of places to eat or much do while we waited. Once we were in Bali we headed to a taxi stand and he took us to Kuta and a ...
Care Packages
This is a top pick! ... of you have mentioned wanting to mail me some care packages. My address here is: Wyndi Roebuck PO Box 830 Banda Aceh, Indonesia 23001 DHL is probably the best way to mail packages overseas/here. You can send packages to me via regular mail, but ...
Final Indonesian thoughts + random signs of life
This is a top pick! ... about it here - the only Java Post I managed to read had an encouraging editorial piece about it. However I am concerned for Indonesia - with widespread use of plastics and the huge consumer population now faced it may not be possible to reverse even if ...
We Jump together, We swim together
This is a top pick! Early check out and onto a mini bus across Bali for a few hours to the harbor. We saw a motor bike accident, but luckily none of the 6 riders on the 2 bikes had more than a few scratches and scrapes. Our boat left early as the waves were picking up ...
Big Buddhas of Borobudur
This is a top pick! ... sure what you call such a place (maybe a 'mosple'?) but it again illustrates the two religions generally living in harmony in Indonesia, in recent history at least. I've avoided religion as a topic but will probably tackle it when I wind up Indonesia. ...
Gunung Rinjani National Park - Day 173-175
This is a top pick! ... Gunung Rinjani completely dominates Lombok, the active volcano covers half the island and is one of the largest active volcano's in Indonesia. I'm hoping to climb this angry 3730 metre peak over the next few days. Caught the boat from Gili Trawangan to ...
problem with money, monkeys with problems
This is a top pick! Our third day in Ubud started the same as the previous day, with tea waiting on our porch table followed by a plate of fruit and this time a toasted egg sandwich for breakfast! Mmmm Mmmm. We are so glad we ended up staying at this place and gave up on ...
Javan Lava
This is a top pick! ... to pass on the offer for our possibly last chance of such luxury for a very long time. A... On the April 5th Indonesia will be holding their first ever free presidential elections, and campaigning is pretty well under way here. It's pretty ...
Indonesia - The Final Few Days
This is a top pick! ... , came over to play with the cat. She asked el Grande if he understood English. I broke in saying that the animals of Indonesia recognize that in a global economy English is not just an asset but a must. They both stared back at me blankly, neither ...
Just got to Bali
This is a top pick! We Said: Although we got an amazing fare on our Viva Macau Airlines flight from Macau to Jakarta, you do get what you pay for. You had to pay extra for EVERYTHING on board the aircraft, including pillows($3.50), blankets($4.50), and ...
Quiet Day in Ubud
This is a top pick! So I totally vegged by the pool today, had dinner on my front porch (room service) and only because the Gamelan Orchestra was playing literally next door at the Lotus Temple pond did I venture out for the show tonight. I've decided to stay in Ubud ...
Woodcarvers Worshops & Wyan's House
This is a top pick! Wyan, who works in the Pradha cafe is an amateur woodcarver on the side, and offered to take me to see some 'Master Woodcarvers' in Ubud. This town is known for its art, and I'm not really into paintings so much, but when he mentioned wood carving ...
Colourful crater lakes... and a robbery
This is a top pick! Early on Monday morning 12 September we said goodbye to our super hosts in Ruteng and boarded the bus to Moni, the village from which to explore Kelimutu, the extinct volcano famous for its three coloured crater lakes. We had decided to skip Bajawa, ...
Jakarta, Bogor and Yogyakarta
This is a top pick! ... beaches we know. Thousands of people covered the dark sand and people go into the water with all there clothes on. Most of Indonesia, especially the island if Java is islamic but not so strict. Dave and me were celebrities and pretty much the only white ...
