Gajah Biru Bungalows Ubud

Zum dritten Mal sind wir jetzt in Ubud, um endlich unsere Reisepaesse mit dem verlaengerten Visum abzuholen. Morgen soll es wohl soweit sein und fuer uebermorgen haben wir einen Flug nach Bima/Sumbawa gebucht, um von dort weiter zum Hafen und mit der Faehre endlich nach Labuan Bajo/Flores zu kommen. Direkte Fluege nach ...

... special had a coach load of Chinese tourists not turned up just as we were settling into the mood. Posing for photos and making peace signs and jabbering away in rapid Chinese isn’t generally conducive to the atmosphere of a temple so we left after a while and headed to this other one a few kilometres away. It reminded me much more of Peru. And it wasn’t just the steps that did that - just the whole atmosphere. It was quite a chore to get down to the temple due to the high ...

... we are the guardians of the temple.&#8221; That was very noble and very clever. Unfortunately, especially according to my father, I am stubborn. &#8220;I don&#8217;t need a guide&#8221;. &#8220;It is very cheap only $2.&#8221; I repeated myself. &#8220;I don&#8217;t need a guide.&#8221;<br><br>Then a new tactic. &#8220;You must have a guardian with you today it is a special service today.&#8221; Now it was my turn for my eyes to bug out. This sounded a lot like Bangkok&#8217;s ...

... the different crops grown at this elevation. We bought delicious strawberries, something we had not tasted in a very long time. The highlight for the kids was the &#8216;Treetop Adventure Park&#8217; which consisted of zip-lines and a maze of ropes and ladders all set in the tree tops. <br><br>The kids also loved the Monkey Forest in Ubud. It is a park like setting full of macaque monkeys that will climb on you to take food and anything else that is ...

Today was our day to walk around Ubud, or "jalan jalan" in Indonesian translated as a "walkabout." It was one of my last days here and it would be nice to go look around the shops. And besides I hadn't even gone to the market once yet and it was somewhere I needed to go. The market has all the local crafts that you bargain for. And if you go in the morning, a) there are less people and b) you get the "morning price." The local people give ...

... they really like Fat Yogi's, and it hadn't dawned on them that getting extra tests at a hospital may not be a good thing. When questioned on it, Michael just gave us the "glass is half full" optimistic lecture; · Some things are the same the world over. Tracy, being the kind hearted person she is, helped a young girl by answering her holiday questionnaire. The following morning, we received a phone call (and we didn't even know we had a phone in the ...

... s engines fired up, all the sales people evacuated the ship in a hurry and soon we were off to the port of Lembar on the island of Lombok. We had seats in the bottom deck, which although they provided shade from the intense sun, also trapped in the smell of diesel and stifled the cool wind. It was hot, but not as bad as the public bus and train in Java had been. Lisa and I used the laptop to watch a movie and some prerecorded TV shows which helped waste away the time ...

... lovely to see, all the locals were laughing at my for some reason. One evening i went to see a fire show with singing, dancing, and one man literally walking in and out of the fire, his feet were scorching afterward!! Then my final day i saw a huge Hindu burial/cremation ceremony, also called Ngaben of about 30 peeps (dead ones i mean). It was fabulous. It was held in Monkey Forest Sanctuary, just close by and it truly is ...

... of the agricultural acreage is irrigated, the remainder being used for yams, cassava, corn, coconuts, fruits, and, occasionally, oil palm and coffee plantings. In the same town, we see very fancy young ladies (25?) in traditional dresses, pretty and made up to perfection, walking along the street. T saw that too. What he did NOT see, was that they are escorted by body guards, 6 in total, dressed in black. School children are everywhere in their uniforms. Education is highly ...

... a loooong hot shower and packed all our bags up. We cracked our Canadian Maple ice wine we bought when we left Canada. It was nummy, but super sweet. Visited with the guys, then headed into bed. Wow, another great night's sleep. Woohoo, another week, another country! This morning we awoke very excited about heading to Singapore. Sad about leaving Bali, but excited all the same....relaxed around the pool for awhile, then said our goodbye's and headed to the airport.