Puri Dalem Sanur Hotel

Well our flight is tonight, and after half a month in Sumatra and Java before Singapore, and now a whole month in Bali and Lombok... I'm all Indonesia'd out.

I finally got over that stupid cold that was plaguing me on Gili Air, thank god for antibiotics! We spent the rest of our time in Bali staying in the peaceful village of Sanur - much nicer than braving the drunken Aussie surfers & co. in Kuta. A nice surprise was our ...

... have wished upon them what I saw. My guide told me it was probably a cock fight and he stopped in his tracks in the town street and wouldn't go any further. He told me it was a dangerous place and to be careful of the knives!!!! I told him I needed to see what the action was about so I trundled up to the gate, paid my 5000 Rupiahs and went to my second cock fight of my life. I had been to one in Mexico years ago, but there they simply sharpen the ...

... rays in the 90 degree weather provided us with the ideal laying out weather. That and watching all the surfers in front of us! 12 foot waves crashing and about 25 surfers out there catching each and every wave. For about the millionth time in my life, I wish I knew how to surf. I was jealous of those who got to be out there. This beach would not be friendly to beginners, so hopefully I can travel down to Kuta soon to start on the little waves and take the much needed ...

... ce trois jours!!!! que dire de plus!!!! 1 iere journee (3 janvier), nous sommes partie de notre guest house pour aller au Mont. On devait faire 100 metre selon l'agence de voyage mais en realite c'etait 5km, nous avons peste tout le long mais on est arrive quand meme au pourtour du cratere, qui fait 10km de diametre (impressionant). Une vue imprenable sur le mont Bromo , qui se situe dans ce grand cratere, un panorama presque lunaire. Une belle journee en perspective. Seul ...

... so-ever. I have a feeling that a smaller board will make turning a little easier, but I don't think I'll be ready to use a smaller board for awhile yet. These large boards do make balancing rather easy and right now I am happy to simply surf in a straight line. The day surfing left me in a rather sun-burned state again though, so I'll have to wait a day or two before I try again. Lisa also managed to get up a couple of times all on her own and I took pictures ...

... se tahnout restaurace a obchody se vsim moznym a otravnymi prodejci. K dobru se da Sanuru pripocitat, ze zrovna tech par dni, ktere jsme tam stravili, se tu konal kazdorocni festival (nepodarilo se nam zjistit, ceho festival, ale asi neco o zivotnim prostredi), a tak jsme kazdy vecer vyrazili do ulic poznavat mistni kulturni zivot. Seznamili jsme se s docela hodne Sanurany (nejen) a dokonce nas naucili i neco rict v Bahasa Indonesia a Balistine (to teda ...

... a muslim war dance with a dozen 8 year old boys. The huge crowd loved it, cheered and took pictures. I felt like a rockstar. We got offstage only to have them scream for us to come back and dance more! This time they wanted Ben and I to dance to some reggae with a very beautiful indonesian singer. I danced conservatively, not knowing how I should behave in front of a large muslim crowd, but Ben got up and let loose, even shaking his butt at the crowd. I laughed and the crowd ...

... naar een kamertje, nadat Roos kopien van haar documenten heeft gemaakt. De jonge agent is vrolijk, flirterig en uitdagend, met name naar Rozemarijn toe. We lachen er beiden om, het kan ook niet anders dan dat we bij zo'n agent terecht komen. Hij helpt ons de hele procedure door, ook in de grote wachtruimte waar alles in het indonesisch omgeroepen wordt en een uur of twee later staan we buiten met Rozemarijns nieuwe rijbewijs. Onze tank is bijna leeg en we ...

... some local surfers to give me some lessons. Surfing is hard work but in Kuta youve got the advantage of the beach always near you to have a rest after some hard peddelig to come in front of the waves. After two days i was already trying to stir the 6.2 surfing board, not that it went anywhere, just trying.. After the surf i went as usually to the paddy's bar and the cocconut bar next to it. Lot's of australians out here, the ...