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Tempeh Village
... capitalist hands). You can call me Kentucky Colonel Tempeh.
WM purchased the secret ingredient at a local store and is ready to feed the N. Thailand masses with homemade tempeh using Muus' secret recipe.
Special thanks to Karnan and Muus, who showed us true Muslim hospitality, which is unsurpassed on earth. Muus makes a pink whiskey from the waste product, Whiskey not recommended.
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What did you say a cidomos was ?
Tour Blog Hop into cidomos (horse-drawn carts) to visit a market and local villages famous for their crafts, including pottery and bamboo weaving. Travel by minibus around the spiritual centre and sleeping giant of the island, Mt Rinjani. Total driving time is about 5 hours but it will take most of the day to reach our destination at Senaru as we stop a couple of times. Senaru is a small rustic village nestled between the base of Mt Rinjani and the edge of ...
Water, water everywhere - and all of it drinkable!
... exhausted budget could afford, but the volcano sped up our exit. We are just too lazy and given Mike's report to us since ("fabulous, but i couldn't walk for 2 days afterwards") perhaps it was the right decision. But we guaranteed Mike's visit to us back in the UK by sending all our accumulated souvenirs to his mum, on the understanding he bring our portion down to us next winter. Thanks for everything Mike.
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Pedang Bai
We left Belangan today. We had to drive 2 hours to Pedang Bai to catch the ferry over to Lombok. We opted to spend $5 for a 5 hour slow boat instead of $50 for a 2 hour boat. I regretted this decision after the first hour of sitting on the floor/hard benches of the jam packed ferry. After the boat ride we still had a 1.5 drive to Kuta, Lombok. So it made for a LONGGGG ...
Eating our way through Sengiggi
... med at spise super lækker mad på vores nye yndlings restaurant (det er vi meget gode til hernede) :D
- at retfærdiggøre vores noget ekstravagante dag på restaurant med den undskyldning, at vi rent faktisk sparer penge ift. hvis vi skulle sidde på en internetcafe, hvilket koster 25 kroner i timen (-:
- at få en helt ualmindelig god cremet græskar suppe
- Anders’ appetit er noget af en sensation i sig selv (i dag formåede han at spise intet ...