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Blogs from Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, Asia
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October 16th 2012
After a shocking 12 months which saw us NOT get to Lake Eyre and a couple of other hiccups, I surprised Peter with a quick week getaway in Bali. HAving been to Bali December 2011 and thoroughly enjoyed Seminyak, I thought we should try some other part of Bali to even the balance. We headed off from Brisbane - Denpasar on board a small Virgin plane, it was a long flight to say the least. A bit on the cramped sided and the 6 hours went past very slowly. On arrival into tropical Bali, despite being quite exhaused at midnight, we were met by our driver and headed off to Pat Mase Villas in Jimbaran Beach. The trip from the airport to the Villas took about 30 mins. We engaged the driver and guide for a ... read more
June 12th 2012
After 2 months of travelling we had become a little tired, especially mentally; what's next, where to go now, how etc... The planning was always being pushed forward due to time lack but at a certain point you have to get going, again. Sometimes you wished it had all been planned ahead, but it wasn't !!! So, only thing to do was to find some hidden energy and move on. We still wanted to see some parts in the South of Bali, so we rented ourselves the ground floor of a private house (with pool) in Jimbaran. Here we were welcomed by Maddie ( Indonesian) and Paul (French) and their dogs! Here we could laze the days away by the pool; we had a kitchen to use, seperate bedrooms, equipped living room (televison etc, wifi). The ... read more
March 18th 2012
Interesting to say the least...... Started out from Ubud at 730am with my driver, Kadek. I have met him on the street outside my hotel and am happy to see that he is the driver. Air conditioned vehicle, but oddly enough we don't really need it. The trip is about 2 hours and although it's really not far mileage wise it always is busy because the roads aren't really designed for the amount of traffic that there is....the pollution is deadly.......funny that all the pictures that you see of Bali are beautiful but the truth is, they have a huge garbage and pollution problem...I'll keep the mystical side of Bali to your imagination and not burst any bubbles with the "real" pictures....... After quite an interesting ride, as it always is, we arrive at the surf ... read more
February 12th 2012
Today we decided just to relax and go shopping before heading off to Jimbaran Bay for our sunset dinner. It is, of course, our 35th wedding anniversary today, the reason for our trip. We had breakfast at the hotel and then went for a swim in the pool to occupy a few hours. After this we went to Carrefour for a bit of a look around the store. There are a lot of small shops in the complex so we looked at them before heading into the hypermarket itself. As usual we forgot to eat lunch so by the time late afternoon came around we were starving and ready to head down to Jimbaran. The afternoon was just sensational and the bay is beautiful, with the exception of all the rubbish on the beach, mainly plastic. ... read more
