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Amed-short but sweet. The best snorkelling EVER!
Published: October 12th 2011Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Amed
October 12th 2011
Our time in Amed was short but sweet. I woke up early and was able to see part of the sunrise, then went back to bed for a couple hours. We went to the beach and went snorkeling for a bit. We both agree that off the shores of the beach is the most beautiful underwater coral and plant life we’ve ever seen. The coral was blue, white and brown. Lots of the coral was alive slowly moving with the ocean. The plants were all different shapes and colors with fish hiding in its leaves. There were different fish swimming all around. We saw a long needle like fish, we saw another with a hook like fin by its head, and 4 spikes out by its tail, and tons of bright colorful fish. When we came ... read more
October 11th 2011
STAY HUNGRY. STAY FOOLISH. (Steve Jobs) Hola a todoooooooos!! Escribo mi primera crónica desde Indonesia, tumbada en un cojin enfrente de la playa, con LUNA LLENAAAAA!! Se puede pedir algo más a la vida??? Yo creo que no :)))... Lo primero, como siempre, mil gracias por estar ahí, Martita, anago, eu, lau y algun@ mas que seguís mis crónicas...no sabeis la falta que me hace leer vuestros comentarios y mensajitos...GRACIAS!! Y por supuesto a mis fans incondicionales, mi familia, que espero que si que me lea jejejej...aunque algo debo estar haciendo mal con este blog porque mi madre aún no se ha enterado muy bien de donde ando... (PARÉNTESIS: RETOMO MI CRÓNICA 4 días más tarde....resulta que el otro día cuando la tenía casi terminada se fue la electricidad en toda la isla y perdí toda ... read more
September 20th 2011
Le 18 septembre 2011, Ce matin, Norman vient nous chercher comme prevu vers 9:00. On embarque dans la voiture pour quelques kiometres avant de descendre pour voir la belle cascade de Munduk. Pour y parvenir, on descend quelques minutes dans un sentier de jungle pour rejoindre la riviere. Chose certaine, on peut dire que la cascade de Munduk est tres rafraichissante, on se fait arroser par de la bruine en provenance de la chute! On repart, cette fois en direction du volcan Batur, situe en plein coeur de Bali. Encore une fois, on a grandement sous-estime le temps de deplacement, ca commence a devenir un running gag au fil de nos voyages. On arrive finalement au volcan et c est deja l heure du diner. Notre visite de ce coin de pays devait se limiter a ... read more
August 9th 2011
After making a few small purchases at Ubud market (wanting to make many more - a good place for pressies - but not enough room in our bags) we said a sad farewell to Ubud and journeyed to the west coast to a little town called Amed. This really was a little fishing village. We soon discovered that their primary source of income, aside from the odd incredibly lavish hotel (we stayed in a cosy bungalow homestay next door to one and managed to persuade them to let us use their pool!), is sea salt. Within minutes we were accosted by a gang of kids; "Hey sis what is your name?" and "Mister you wan buy salt?" - and those who hadn't learnt to say that in English had a paragraph written about how our purchase ... read more
July 10th 2011
The minibus picked me up at 10am and after picking up a few more passengers we made our way across the north of Bali to the far east and the area collectively known as Amed. Amed is the first of about half a dozen villages and bays which have quite a few hotels and guesthouses scattered along the road. I decided to stay at Jemeluk which has good snorkelling and some of the cheaper hotels. It didn't take long before I got a nice big beachfront room including fridge and breakfast for $9 a night. After having a late lunch I walked down the road a couple of kms before returning along the beach. The beaches are either black sand or dark stones which can get a little uncomfortable to walk on, but it is a ... read more
May 2nd 2011
01MAY11 Dave here. Wow, what do I even say about Bali? After the mad rush of India, the slowness and friendliness are nearly shocking. I did like a lot of things about India, mind you. The things which we were ‘warned’ about never even came up on my list. The abject poverty was there, but I’ve seen it in San Francisco and LA. There was begging but I didn’t feel the background hostility I sometimes feel in the States. The food was spicy, but overall not as bad as Thailand can get. Now, I did not eat from street vendors and avoided ice except when it was stated clearly that it was filtered, but for all the crazy warnings we had going in, India was quite nice. There was lechery like I’ve never seen, Heather ... read more
July 24th 2010
Trafikken på Bali er ”Engelsk” med venstrekørsel, men selvom bilen er med manuel gearkasse så går det fint. Vejene er smalle og der er næsten hele tiden meget trafik. Det betyder at man sjældent kører mere end 50 km/t, så det er godt at afstandene er små og vi ikke har valgt en enkelt base, men skifter base på vejen rundt. Genrelt er der meget smukt og frodigt og med masser af små og store hindu templer over det hele. Religion går man meget op i på Bali hvor man primært er hinduer, modsat resten af Indonesien hvor man er muslimer. Hver dag vi kører rundt ser vi masser af folk som er til et ”helligt event”. I starten troede vi at det var en særlig hellig dag, men det ser ud til at alle dage ... read more
June 10th 2010
Quelques souvenirs de mes passages a Amed dont un avec Livane. Fraichement et facilement baptisee. Le barracuda est toujours sur l'epave. Les perroquets a bosse aussi.... read more
March 9th 2010
These are some photos from Bali part of our current Trip during Feb 2010. Hope you enjoy them.... read more
December 16th 2009
We made it to Bali! It was a long, uneventful transfer, 28 hours from the Chicago's Logan Square subway stop on the Blue Line to Life in Amed, our hotel in Indonesia on the island of Bali. Our flight left at 10:35 am for the 13 hour trip to Narita just outside of Tokyo. I was a little worried because we only had an hour between our arrival and our departure to Denpasar, Bali. I relied on the stereotypical Japanese efficiency to get us to our flight in time. My faith was well placed. We arrived late to Narita with only 30 minutes till our next flight departed. A very pleasant young man met us and escorted us through the airport to our flight with time to spare. The plane arrived in Denpasar at 10:30 pm. ... read more
