Travel Blogs from Bali, Indonesia
Ubud to Lovina
... in the sky were gorgeous. So I finished my day in a new bed in a new place, content with the world, and the calming feeling Bali has had. Best: a swimming pool Worst: not the salad per se, but it was so spicy and also really expensive and then wasted! ...
Back to Bali
... fix, the boys had fun at the kids club, Brad bought some massive wooden carved frames to hang our Sumbanese textiles from, and we had a great meal at Sarong. We left Bali knowing that the only reason we would go back would be en-route to ...
A Big Colourful Day Out at.......a Cremation
10:46 I woke before 10 this morning, I slept quite well actually, the bed and pillows are soft and the room quiet. I had a delicious breakfast of French toast, tea and fruit before meeting Wayan (of which there are millions because it literally means ...
Touristy Crap
... in a computer game trying to dodge and outwit the enemy. Before we turned back we saw some little chicks that looked sick & were told they had the bird flu. We still don't know if it's true, but in Indonesia we saw lots of sick chickens and their ...
Wreck diving, nearly a wreck myself!
Today I went on the wreck dive, it's not far off shore and as such we put our equipment on then walked into the sea from the beach, this sounded easier than it was, in fact it was bloody difficult. The equipment is incredibly heavy and bulky, the rocks ...
Four Seasons Indulgence
... had arrived in a different world: hectic Bali, with close to 4m people all squeezed on a tiny island. The contrasts between Bali and Western Australia could not have been greater: we had gone from a quiet remote landscape with few people and ...
Bali-dy Beautiful!
... and some tv. I'm making my way through prison break at the mo and have broken off to watch "Eat, Pray, Love" so I can see the Bali bits. I love this film -everything rings a chord of empathy inside me. I doubt I will be finding love in Bali, however it is ...
AOW certified!
... Dive we shuffled into the water and saw what there was to see. The Liberty Wreck is supposedly the most dived site in Bali, and I believe it. There were at least 20 of us in the water roaming around. Liberty was an Amercian steamship ...
Meet the USAT Liberty
06/05: in the morning, our hotel phone does not work. We have to use our mobile to call a mobile in Indonesia via Belgium: ouch! But: pick up at noon. We meet Wayan and ... Tony from Perth, would you believe???? Those Australian Tonys start ...
Wanna see Bali ABOVE water ?
... bad. The sun goes down already when we leave the palace: 17h30. We tank at a 'normal' station. Most tank station in Bali are ... bottles of fuel, standing in front of a hut. Time to go home. Yes, this is recommendable. ...
Night diving
... for 6 nights (including 7 dives, breakfast, mini bar, day trip with private driver, pick-up from Kuta) 600 Euro. We are very happy with this price! Tomorrow, we are picked up by our destination hotel: Mimpi in Menjangan: the North West of ...
We lost our camera !
... they have the info we are after: they dove in Micronesia. On top of that: they leave tomorrow to Mimpies in the North West of Bali. Mimpies has 3 resorts on the island of which one down the street. Since we only have 2 nights left here, this might be an ...
Bali Bitches
... locals dressed traditionally, playing music and carrying offerings on their heads. We found out that just about everyday in Bali there's a festival for something. They often let travellers into cremation ceremonies where they burn loads of bodies at the ...
Completing My Open Water Course
Ready at 8:00AM, Mark picked me up for the drive to Padang Bai. We arrived within an hour and a half, suited up and went for our first dive. The area where we dove is called Blue Lagoon and although pretty it was more about me managing my buoyancy than ...
Today I ave been mostly on.....the beach
18:43 Nothing to report today, I walked on the black beach, swam in the sea, lay under the shade of a tree reading and glancing out at the view- the boats all on shore with their bamboo stabilisers, the air above the beach shimmering from the scorching ...
3 days diving in Menjangan
... IS a party city and a party hotel and it is weekend! So, we book the LAST night in Kuta in the HRH! The first 3 nights in Vira Hotel. 2 nights in between, we will see! So, tomorrow, we are going back to the south, where our Bali holiday ...
It is the same Kamikaze driver !
... 'Hi, remember me?' I will never forget him! Marie-Claude, my friend from Lorraine told me that her husband DID drive around in Bali. Well, chapeau Michael: I would not have the guts! We do not drive down the west coast line as I expected but go ...
Suksma
... primarily Hindu although I am going to see the one Buddhist Temple I found on the map in my guide book. The rest of Indonesia appears to be primarily Muslim. In the Jarkarta airport, there were prayer rooms nears the toilets. The mats were arranged facing ...
Diving, Holding Animals and Snorkelling
16:02 So I had a full itinerary of things to do today and indeed I left at 8.30 and got back at 4.30, so that's 8 hours of fun, and my fun cost me 11p per min. Yeah, it was pretty good value then perhaps. I went down towards Nusa Dua to the harbour ...
More days around Ubud and a Celebratory
17:07 I met wayan again this morning and we went out for a drive around the rice fields etc, once again it's a cloudy day so I have slightly disappointing pictures. We went to a couple of places and drove more. I had tried to arrange to see Nami again at ...
It all went wrong! Then I went to Monkey Forest
20:07 Morning went all wrong Planned to go to gili, told that because it's Muslim holiday for 2 days- no boat Tried to get shuttle to Lovina and failed Ended up staying in ubud. Sat in restaurant till 3pm making a plan for next few weeks and booked ...
Catching up with friends
Anyone who came to Bali on their gap year 20 years ago would be truly shocked by the busy, noisy over developed, crowded places that Kuta, Legian and Seminyak have become. What should have been a short 20km (or possibly less) drive from the Four ...
Surfing and sunset Bali
... getting on so well and required less attention from the parents as a result. The Wickens family were struck down by a 24 hour Bali Belly then horrendous colds/fevers so that kept us close to the villa as well. We did all venture out a couple ...
Returning to Kuta
... at 3.30, nice crossing, smooth, no pain! Leaving the dock was more people shouting and following us but it's nice to be back in Bali actually. We sat in the perama office for an hour, waiting for our bus to kuta and finally left at 4.30. It has ...
Short entry internet access v expensive but ...
Short entry, internet access v. expensive, but just thought i would let you know i am alive and loving Indonesia. I left Oz yesterday morning, and had a long day travelling and finding a place to stay. I returned from Melbourne and after the Kiwi ...
Super-Bali-Glad-I-Risked-It-Expats-Are-Ferocious
... there, partly because of the bomb 7 months previously and also because there has been a bit more trouble in Indonesia of recent, (though Bali hasn't been affected) oh and the other reason being that English insurance companies refused to cover me for any ...
Dolphin Watching
... in 1963 Gunung Agung erupted and pushed it into the sea, also splitting it in two, see more here http://indonesia.greatestdivesites.com/bali/uss_liberty , and some pictures here The homestay is right next to the beach where the sand ...
Indonesia
... (well, at least below the normal level of travel).... Back after a great 26 days in the glorious archepeligo of Indonesia...my third time to Bali, but first to the island of Java and the island of Lombok. A quick breakdown for those interested on the ...
Welcome to Bali
... we still have lots of stuff to do. Dad drops us off at the airport, where we take a Garuda flight to Bali: http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/ OK, they have a bit of a reputation, like not always landing exactly on the runway... . ...
