Blogs from Negara, Bali, Indonesia, Asia
April 18th 2010
First Stop on the Motobike Trip. A very small Village with nice Waves, but the waves are full of Pro-Surfers. I was to slow to catch a wave before them :). Have a look to the PROs is very good for learning. :) After 4 Days i driven to Lovina. It was a very nice Ride. The Landscapes are awesome. Bali is very nice for Riding a Motobike.... read more
October 16th 2009
Day 11 Off to the races! This morning we met our driver at 7:00am in the hotel lobby and started on the road to Negara for the buffalo races. We were about 20 minutes driving time from the Jimbarwana Hotel, the hotel we ended up staying at. If I never saw that hotel again that would be OK with me. The rooms certainly weren’t worth what we paid and they weren’t negotiable on the rates at all. The kind gentleman behind the desk explained that the hotel is government owned and it is impossible to negotiate. On the way we saw more beautiful countryside. This was clearly a more rural village and there are few tourists. We approached the races and parked the car. I could tell right away this was going to be worth the ... read more
October 14th 2009
Day 10 The drive Today was check out day at The Grand Bali in Nusa Dua. Peter negotiated and found a driver for $40 a day. Every night while in Nusa we had talked to a shop owner named Matt (that is what he had us call him) and he said he had a friend that needs a job. Before you knew it we were talking his friend via Matts phone. The driver (named Mogley, like the character in Jungle Book) picked us up at 11:00 and off we went. We had a route planned out in our heads but we were flexible if he thought there was something else of interest he would let us know. Our first stop is in Celuk. On the way to Celuk we passed through the town of Sanur, and ... read more
February 25th 2009
Zjutraj sva torej pricakali Ketuta v najinem guesthouseu, frustkajoc, ker je prisel pol ure prezgodaj. Ni panike, tako ali tako sva mu naredili biznis, za katerega je bil pripravljen cakati, in ob devetih smo sli novim dogodivscinam naproti za 400 tisoc rupij oz. 40 USD. Tudi prav. Najprej smo se ustavili v Pura Jaya Prana, kar menda pomeni tempelj lepih moskih (in naziv na Baliju ne bi mogel biti bolj na mestu). Ketut naju je vprasal, ce bi radi videli ceremonijo (ceremony - kar je tu vse v zvezi s templji), in pritrdili sva. Ampak nisva si predstavljali, da to pomeni, da bova sedli z njim pred tempelj, bili delezni zegnanja lokalnega zupnika, si nalimali riz na celo tko kot lokalci in pili neko sveto vodo! Sledil je obisk war memoriala v Cekiku, in sicer v ... read more
February 10th 2009
On the way to Bali (Indonesia) we stopped at Singapore. It was like a city from the 22 century ,all chrome glass and air conditioning. We stayed in a Massive beautiful hotel called Crowne plaza , It was awesome we were only staying 1 night but the room was good enough to live in, with a flat screen TV 2 big comfy double beds a giant bathroom with a bath and a shower warm towels and a dressing gown for every one, plus a huge pool. We went on a sky train, which really goes in the sky, without taking off. They were absolutely immaculate, there wasn't a single piece of chewing gum or rubbish on the floor anywhere in Singapore. Bali....One word to describe Bali is HOT. Another way to describe Bali is HUMID. ... read more
Back to our second home Hotel Courtyard, and Pujan and Michelle in Kathmandu Then off to Singapore!!!
Published: February 7th 2009Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Negara
February 7th 2009
Hello everyone from Bali, and Singapore before that. We were hoping to blog from Singapore, but it was all a bit rushed. The flight was only 2 hours and forty minutes, our shortest yet, in the biggest plane yet a 777. Our hotel was faaaaaaaaantastic. It had a pool, the restaurant had food from everywhere in the world - I had a bit of everything, Mum and Dad ate until they felt sick. Singapore is like a future world. It has all sorts of technology, and is incredibly clean - we still think Kathmandu was very special though. Oli summed it up by saying I'm sad to leave the Courtyard Hotel, but I'm excited to be going somewhere else, and we all feel a bit like this. In Bali it is HOT and HUMID. Mum says ... read more
