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Bali, Indonesia

A travel blog entry by alexbright

Bali - Kuta Kuta is the largest holiday resort on the small island of Bali and not a place for the feint hearted at 2am on Saturday morning. What a shame it was Tweeky's first taste of Bali. Drunken white people all over, folk yelling across the traffic jam of taxis, women begging with babies in arms, prostitutes looking to make a buck, vehicles …

Java!

A travel blog entry by alexbright

Java - Probolinggo We journeyed from Bali by coach and ferry to the heart of Indonesia: the island of Java. Not the longest journey in the world, maybe five hours as it turned out, which landed us by the side of the road at roughly 2am in a large city named Probolinggo . After drawing the attention of a local fella who could speak a little tourist …

Malang

A travel blog entry by alexbright

Java - Malang Fresh from the invigorating lofty altitude of the mountains, we headed for more of the same. BRING ON THE COOLNESS! We travellled by train to the rather delightful hill city of Malang. Arema Malang FC was by now my adopted Indonesian football team. I had watched them play on TV the evening before in the presence of a few devout …

Batu Keras

A travel blog entry by alexbright

Java - Batu Keras We spent several days here enjoying the waves rolling along the point. What a place to surf for us novices. I spent over five hours in a single day enjoying the waves. The more experienced locals and a few white skins were just as content with the waves provided. What a location, and if only we could say thanks to the Australian …

Bandung

A travel blog entry by alexbright

Java - Bandung We took train to Bandung and the first guy we spoke to on the station new a local guy we had been friendly with in Batukaras. He walked us to a nearby hotel that was perfect for our needs. However, i have a tendency to become extremely tetchy when i am lugging my backpack and day pack over anything further than about 200 metres. This …