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... only problem I had with it was the huge numbers of tourists that were there as well, although I later found out that in high season they can come in thousands every day! At 5:30am, we drove to the bottom of Mount Bromo itself and climbed the volcano. I was able to go right up to the crater edge where fumes were billowing out, and if you're feeling daring, you can climb around the entire crater without a rail or anything - I'll blame my need to recover ...

... the diagnosis was. (Speaking Indonesian paid off big time during this incident!) He explained that nothing was broken, and it was just a few scrapes that needed to be cleaned up and bandaged.<br><br>At this point, knowing that she was basically OK, I explained very politely (with my fingers crossed behind my back) to the doctor and the family that we were heading back to Kuta as we had a plane to catch later in the day and we were not able to wait ...

... all sat around and sung koombyar (not really :)) We all drunk plenty of the local Balian spirit Arak,which tastes like Tequila, pretty nasty!! So I was quite drunk along with everyone else but having a good time, then some of the locals brought some local fried tuna to the table, which had been caught today!! It also had rice with it and we all digged in and ate it, it was really awesome, chatting together, eating local fish and rice, drinking the local alcohol and ...

... fish food" and soon had our boat surrounded with beautiful fish of all colors. We discovered that our driver had picked the best spot for viewing. Although we were well away from the shore the area of coral was quite shallow in places. I've never seen blue starfish before.<br> The afternoon was spent by the pool in the shade reading or, in Gary's case, practicing Balinese astrology. Later in the ...

... on going to the market as they have better prices. We have no idea of the going rate, and this is a place to bargain. Bali is famous for Batik, carved wood, basket making, and silver . There are so many wonderful items, you just can't imagine. We made it only half way to the market and didn't even get to the most popular shopping and restaurants when Gary decided we should go to the ...

... Cambodianere og Laoter. De holdt hver især deres egen kultur i live, og dette viste sig ikke mindst i forbindelse med risdyrkningen. Thailænderne plantede risen. De var så omhyggelige med alle deltaljerne i deres forberedelse af jorden og i deres fremdyrkning af stiklinger fra frøene. Cambodianerne sørgede for at tage stiklingerne fra thailænderne og plante dem ud på markerne. De kunne det der grove, hårde fysiske arbejde og kunne lade være med at spise ...

Another reason I like walking around Ubud - Balinese architecture. It's everywhere. Most families live on a large compound. The perimeter is surrounded by a thick cement or stone wall. A large arch emcompasses the doorway which is often left open. Sometimes there are small statues outside. Temples are similar. And most other buildings in fact. I was surprised how pervasive architecture is in Balinese culture.

... had one room so J & A took it, it was their tip after all. Kat and I check in next door at a nice place with a sweet fan and screened windows. It's much cooler in Ubud (but still hot) so we thought saving some money on a room without AC would be prudent. The damn chickens from Gili must have followed me. The moment we accepted the room they started crowing in the neighboring yard. Ugh. We poked around and got our bearings in our new town. Ubud is very quiet and ...

... egy mega falu lett belole. Aprilis vegen meg nem kezdodott el az igazi turista szezon, igy az utcak eleg nyugodtak, kifejezetten kellemes kis varos, juliusban lehet, hogy menekulnenk innen. Ahogy setalunk, olyan, mintha lepten nyomon templomok lennenek, nagy, dus kerttel korulotte. Es akkor eszrevesszuk, hogy az csak egy egyszeru lakohaz, vagy esetleg szallo.

January 3 - After a day of rest and figuring out what we wanted to see, we had a plan and started to execute this morning. We had read in the Lonely Planet guide that we could walk to Goa Gajah and the Elephant Cave from downtown Ubud, so we went to the tourist office to get a map and they confirmed that, yes, there was a way to do it, so we headed off, map in hand, excited about the day ahead. It was hot and humid and the sky was sometimes overcast, sometimes sunny. Hard to tell ...