Denpasar Villas - Reviews and Rates

I got here yesterday afternoon, and with the travel and everything, walked around for a bit and crashed.  I mean, crashed.  So, I missed dinner, since I fell asleep at 6:30 and felt like I was coming down with something.  I woke up once in the middle of the night, and crashed again until I got woken up by laundry service just before 10:00.  The ...

In Bali they are celebrating some spiritual holiday that we still don't understand but we did our part. They make offerings to their Gods out of bamboo and palm leaves and let me tell you, it's not easy. I spent about an hour to make the most simple of offerings that takes them about 2 minutes. Then we got drunk and carried away with our new fri...

After moving to Indonesia for 2 months, I had a chance to visit Bali. Of course, it was a business trip. But I did really want to see how Bali is. One of my colleage volunteered to be a tour guide. How nice he is !!! The first day, I went to Uluwatu. It's a Hindu temple on the cliff with a lots of monkeys. Honestly, I hate monkeys. I don't like ...

On Sunday, Pak Gunawan, my language teacher, took me out for the day with his wife, Bu Lucy, and Steve, who is learning Indonesian with Lucy. Steve is the office manager for VSO Uganda, and he has come to Indonesia for two months to share skills with the new office manager here. It was a nice early start, with a 0800 pick-up, and first we drove...

We are nearing the half way point of our trip and so we thought it was time to add some reflections on our travels. Nothing serious, just a few observations. We are still at Kuta Beach, however the formatting of this blog will not allow us to do two enteries from the same place. Henceforth we are using "Denpasar" as a location instead - it is on...

On Sunday 4 September, we flew from Kota Kinabalu back to Johor Bahru on mainland Malaysia. We had woken up that morning in Mount Kinabalu Park, taken a bas mini into the city and spent the day emailing, shopping and doing admin before flying in the evening. The highlight of the day was a phone call to Simon and Gill, our newly married friends b...

Setelah sekitar 3 jam naik pesawat dari Perth, akhirnya kami tiba di Bandara Ngurah Rai Denpasar. Setibanya di Bali, kami segera menyewa mobil dan berkeliling Bali. Malam pertama kami di Bali, kami memilih tinggal di daerah Kuta, setelah menikmati terbenamnya matahari di pantai Kuta kami segera beristirahat. Keesokan harinya kami berjalan-jalan ...