Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 10

It just occured to me that this trip resembles Julie Roberts Eat, Prey, Love minus Italy. Yes, I watched it but I won't admit to liking it. The flight from HK to Bali was only 5 hours. I'm glad we split up the travel time or it may have been a 17 hour flight from Canada.. Bali aiport is small and word to the wise when you get off the plane go directly to the visa on arrival to purchase your ticket. There is another area also called visa on arrival but that is customs. Not sure why they didn't just call it customs, Iguess that would be too easy. I can take anywhere from 1 hour to 3 hours to get through the airport. Think of it as game of chance. If it happens you ... read more

Selamat siang! Since I last wrote we have switched continents and definitely changed lifestyles. The last two weeks in Sydney were similar to the first one- rainy and cold. Much of it was spent planning for Asia, although I did get the chance to catch up with some old friends and teachers from when I studied abroad. It felt weird to say goodbye to our Australian housemates since we had spent so much time over the past few weeks with them, but I know we will meet up again in the future. The flight from Sydney to Bali was 6 and a half hours, and did not include a meal or movies. While JetStar offers the cheapest prices around, you really don't get much for your money. Once in Bali, we breezed through immigration and customs ... read more

We said goodbye to Medan, and flew to Bandung an enormous city to the South East of Jakarta. We stayed one night and the following evening got a sleeper train to Yogyakarta. Without trying to sound ungrateful (but no doubt doing so) the 3 days from Medan to Yogyakarta were a bit horrible, big faceless cities with little history/culture/fun/food and more pollution and unfriendly locals, if only passively, than anywhere else on our trip. Two tips for if you find yourself with no option but to spend time there 1) Bandung has a nice Cinema where we whiled away 3 hours. (Twilight - No Comment) 2) Travel First class on the train, We didn't and 11 hours has never felt so long or indeed so Uncomfortable. Anyway we arrived in Yogyakarta with high hopes and were ... read more

Erm...in a word....OMG! Our flight from Perth was delayed....due to lack of staff! The actual Captain came on the voiceover thing to let us know they needed 4 cabin staff, but only had 3! All we wanted to do was get to Bali and we had to wait nearly 2 hours so they could find more staff.....brilliant! Anywho...Bali is immense! Not good news for us, but its leavers week, so heaps of Aussie kids are in Bali at the moment after finishing school. It kinda feels like Magaluf, but with kids of steroids! We spent the first couple of days just having a walk about and seeing whats around, and getting accidental sunburn! Buuuuut....beer is cheap ($2 for a litre of Bintang beer) and even better spa's are even cheaper! Yesterday we had 2 x 1 ... read more

17th to 20th October Bali was not high on our “places to visit” list for one reason or another. Denpassar just happens to be the transit point for flights to the island of Flores, where we intended to visit a child we sponsor. Our initial plan was to spend one night at Kuta, not too far form the airport and grab a flight to Ende the following day at 1.30pm. We had the morning to have a quick walk along the main drag of Kuta, which consists of bars, restaurants, shops, and lots of hawkers trying to rope you into all sorts of things, such as looking at time share bungalows, etc. All the shops sell the same T-Shirts, caps, glasses and flip flops. Where do all the billions of unsold T-Shirts in the world go ... read more