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I'm kind of a moped legend

A travel blog entry by thamitastouch

OK so last night I arrived in Bali and instantly coming off the plane I knew I was up for culture shock 101. Wait, let me rephrase that.... Culture shock One Billion, One Million, One Thousand, One oh my god oh one. instantly the smell of Asia as soon as I walked off the plane. I sat next two two fellows from Alberta, Canada on my plane ride ( …

The actual moped story - first full day in Bali

A travel blog entry by thamitastouch

Monday November 5 Woke up early after only 4 hours of sleep to the sounds of heavy city traffic. I got online and updated my travel blog as well as catching up on email, etc. I walked downstairs for my first breakfast at the hotel and was thoroughly impressed. Buffet style with normal breakfast foods but also local dishes and cooked to order …

Change of Plans

A travel blog entry by travelkraut

... mit Air Asia nach KL. Problem! Kreditkarte abgelehnt! Was!? Rief die Kreditkartengesellschaft an. Aber alles war OK. Mmh. Wie sich herausstellte, hat VISA die Partnerschaft mit Air Asia gekuendigt. Das heisst niemand kann mir VISA Karten online Fuege mit Air Asia buchen. Fand ein Air Asia Buero 5km weg und kam gerade noch rechtzeitig vor Ladenschluss um das Ticket in bar zu bezahlen (110$). Yeah! Feierte mit Koteletten und Freibier (wortwoertlich HappyHour:)
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De Lombok - Rinjani trek

A travel blog entry by lennardenmaire

Op de slowboat van Padangbai naar Lombok werden
we door een Frans koppel aangesproken of we samen met hen een busje
wilden pakken naar Sengiggi. In dit taxibusje zat ook een gids,
waaraan het andere stelletje wat informatie vroeg over de trektocht
over Rinjani. De Rinjani is een enorm grote berg/vulkaan, met
bovenaan een kratermeer met hierin weer een kleinere vulkaan. Wat ...

The train keeps 'a movin . . .

A travel blog entry by robertandkevin

This mornings wake up call came via Mr. Mosquito. Funny, never one seen or felt one out in the country with all that water from farming and rice fields, and here in Bali OC in a big resort, a mosquito. Go figure, so I took this as good Karma and decided to share it with Rob at 5:25am...as thought, he was up too. Our sleep patterns have been just a little whacked. But I guess 4 - 5 hours is all you need when trying to run as hard as we have been.

And so, ...