Bale

... sure the find print might have said "do not mix with alcohol"... Shashemene was a necessary waypoint in our trip to the Bale Mountains.  After the Simien Mountains, it was unlikely that this would have the same "wow" factor, but it was apparently ...

... Dodola after a 6 hour wonderfully scenic journey on a very bumpy dirt and gravel road. The guide from the company organizing the Bale Mountains treking knows I will be arriving, and he greets me outside the bus station.  It is still early enough in ...

... and a guy who works for Habitat for Humanity (he was scoping out the construction method for possible use on a Habitat home). Straw bale construction has seen rapid growth in Canada (and elsewhere) over the past decade and a half, but there are not ...

Nous sommes arrivées à Bâle vers 7 heures du soir et on a juste eu le temps de manger une pizza avant de ce changer pour sortir. Bon évidemment, Aida a tenu à me maquiller et m'habiller bon parce que j'avais pas de vêtements pour sortir. On est ...

... was in bed, but it's true what they say - the best meals out here are eaten whilst sat on a plastic seat on the street. Bale Well. What a place. It does one type of food and it does it well. Basically, as soon as you sit down staff start bringing ...

... to a really nice KOA on a plateau above the wheat fields. The reason to go to Great Falls was so we could see the Bale Trail-What the Hay competition where farmers make sculptures from hay and bales of hay. It actually takes place about 70 miles east of ...

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... but we asked if there were any restaurants within walking distance. We were told there wasn't so we just decided to eat at Bale Kampung. However, I was served a deep fried chicken leg that was stone cold in the centre. We grabbed an Anker beer and sat on ...

... not much to do here we decided to head to Sengiggi the next day. 15/3/10-18/3/11 We stayed in a lovely home stay - Bale Kampung. The days were filled with beach hopping and watching the great surf and the evening chilling in the attic space of ...

... in handy as we arrived trying to find our room for the night!  Many folks pointed us in the right direction.  We stayed at Bale Sampan the first few nights.  It was a very nice place on the quiet end of the island.  We then moved to ...

... , people are tempted to go on to Candi Dasa or Padang Bai, but this is a mistake. We asked to see the place (RohoTu Bale Lodge) and were taken there by Salit. Bapak Wayan and Nyoman then took us up this seeming endless flight of steps, past the sign ...