Blogs from Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 3

Today was one of those lazy days that you have on holidays. Everyone is basically well but probably fair to say we're tired from the heat and from being sick earlier in the trip. We all had a decent buffet breakfast this morning and then took it in turns to either do an exercise class and a swim (Pamela and Emily) or a relax and a swim (Brett and Tom). Because of their time outside in the exercise class the girls are now quite pink from the sun despite taking precautions. Hopefully this settles overnight. We had lunch basically on the beach but the humidity is making it uncomfortable to even sit down unless there is a breeze blowing. Another swim after lunch and we then went for a walk to a nearby shopping centre to ... read more

06 janvier 2017 : Nous prenons notre petit déjeuner à l'hôtel à 8H00 puis nous retournons nous coucher jusqu'à 11H00. Après une bonne douche, nous évacuons la cvhambre à midi. Nous n'avons pris qu'une nuit dans cet hôtel pour nous faire une idée. Finalement, il est bien situé et il est agréable donc nous nous y arrêterons plusieurs jours au retour. Nous dînons à l'hôtel à 19H00 et à 20H00 un taxi nous prend pour nous déposer à l'aéroport. L'embarquement se fait à 22H30. Nous n'avons eu aucun problème avec les bagages; Nous décollons à 23H25 en direction de Brisbane à bord d'un Boeing 787. 07 janvier 2017 : Arrivés à Brisbane à 6H50 et à la douane le système de contrôle des passeport ne reconnait pas le mien et le suis donc accompagné par un ... read more

Geo: -8.79958, 115.229You start with an hour to Heathrow, courtesy of that honourable chap Stephen Whaley, then having dropped your bags you hang about for a couple of hours, then you hang about at 37,000 feet for a little over 12 hours vainly trying to get much sleep. Then you spend an hour clearing Singapore Immigration, collecting bags, checking in for JetStar flight to Bali, going out through immigration again. Then you hang about eating rubbish muffins for another 2 hours (not eating muffins the whole time!) then another 2 and a half hours at 32,000 feet then about an hour and a half getting the Indonesian visa, clearing immigration and customs and being driven to the hotel by the nice man sent by the hotel, So you finally arrive about 10:45 pm (local time) the ... read more

Good Morning !!! It is November 8th @ approximately 6:30AM here is Bali, the sun is shinning, the birds are singing and I can hear the sound of the surf. Yes, and Marika is up and about, making coffee. Our plan is to take a walk on the beach before breakfast. Today will be a relaxing day with an afternoon tour to Tabanan. My net book says that it is November 7th back home at 2:55PM, which means that those in BC are still at work. Our journey from Vancouver was very long, however we arrived well rested and most didn't turn in until around 10PM. I don't think it will take us long to adjust to the time difference. I will attempt to keep you updated on a daily basis. Cheers!... read more

Today was a rather relaxing day. In the morning we had a swim and a laze around the pool for couple of hours before lunch. We then went for a walk along the beach boardwalk, really a paved path, towards Kuta. This was a really nice walk and surprisingly we were not hassled by vendors. There were a few, but a shake of the head and they accepted it quite well. Our intention was to get a massage and we went to place called Melasti Spa. We had a one hour massage which they called a Melasti massage, a combination of Balinese, Swedish and Shiatsu techniques. How can someone so small inflict such pain? The massage was great and we will be going back there again. It only cost Rp115,000 or about $12. Such good value. ... read more