Nos cogimos un barco hasta la isla de Lembongan a pasar el día. Al llegar al puerto contratamos 2 motoristas que nos llevaran a la isla mas bonita que conocieran y así hicieron, pasamos el día entero en “the Dream Beach” y si que era una playa de ensueño. Cuando llegamos por la mañana había aun neblina de las hola que explotaban a los lados. Arena blanca , agua transparente y plantas tropicales, no se nos ocurría mejor manera de pasar un día perdidos en una isla de Indonesia. Y ya disfrutamos al día siguiente de nuestro ultimo día en la [View Full Entry]

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Sam's turn to write: Sometimes conversation with people here can be downright silly. We don't speak Indonesian (much) and they generally don't speak English (much). We met an Indonesian fellow on a bus in Jogja who insisted his name was "Adam". Here's an excerpt: Adam: (pointing to a large grocery store) "Dis es place foh shopping. You like shopping?" Me: "Well...yeah. I kind of do like to go grocery shopping." Adam: (long pause. Blank stare. He didn't understand) Adam: "You like shopping?" Me: "...Yes..." Adam: (looking very pleased now) "Why do you like shopping?" Me: "....well. [View Full Entry]

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De laatste daagjes in Bali en Indonesie zijn aangebroken. Mark kampt na 2 dagen golfsurfen met serieuze oorpijn en zwemt even niet meermee. En dus ook geen duiken voor hem. Evelien bakt van het laatste meel nog heel veel pannekoeken die weer zo verorberd zijn. ’s Middags naar het strand en er wordt weer gepeddeld op de bekende paddlebootjes. Juno en Evelien bouwen een geweldig kasteel en we ontdekken een nieuwe strand activiteit: verspringen. Na een serieuze wedstrijd hebben we inmiddels veel pottekijkers en zelfs anderen die mee willen doen. Youk en Evelien gaan nog even shoppen en zor [View Full Entry]

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Lieve allemaal! Laatste week Bali... Na een ultra health kuur in Ubud vond ik het toch weer tijd worden voor een feestje en heb ik wat mensen die ik eerder had ontmoet opgezocht in Kuta (al hadden ze die 'a' best weg mogen laten), wat de feestplaats, het Lloret, het Chersonisos van Bali is waar je de Australiers en de Britten/Ieren in hun puurste vorm kunt waarnemen; dronken.... stomdronken... Absolutely shitfaced, zoals ze dat zelf noemen, en er dan zeer triomfantelijk bij kijken... Ondanks alle waarschuwingen vond ik toch dat ik het zelf mee moest maken, en dus heb ik me [View Full Entry]

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After a hectic week or so in Kuta we decided that it was time for another slice of island life. There are not too many options around Bali itself and as we only have a week left in Indonesia we decided on the near by island of Nusa Lembongan, famous for its awesome surf breaks, all of which have very appealing names like ship wrecks and lacerations……. Needless to say we didn’t try our hands at surfing as it was well out of our league! Nusa Lembongan is also well known for its diving, with one dive site in particular being [View Full Entry]

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March 24-27th Stayed in Nusa Dua over Balinese New Year which involves 'quiet day' where everyone stays at home and does nothing!!! We had booked a large hotel for this reason as we didn't fancy doing nothing and having to eat crisps in our room for dinner!! At our hotel it was business as usual... the gym was open too so that was good. I won a free massage in the 'guess the weight of a melon competition' 5.125 and I guessed 5.1!!!! March 28th -29th Caught boat to Lembongan island- we got the speedboat by accident- it was the same [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, April 5th Took catamaran from Bali to the island of Nusa Lembongan today. Beautiful sailing. Arrived at the island and went snorkeling off of a floating pontoon. Beautiful coral reefs and wonderful tropical fish to see. Even feed them by hand. Went back to the island to have a wonderful buffet lunch. There was a slide that went into the salt water pool. Lunch consisted of chicken satay, prawns, fruit, salad, exquisite. After lunch went on a banana boat with Jerri, Jennifer, Brad and John. Brad,b eing the crazy man, decided to make sure that we landed in the water. [View Full Entry]

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When we got off the bus from Probolinggo in Java, we were swamped by taxi drivers...one of them got my attention by saying “excuse me miss, taxi with meter”. “Meter” is not a word which is commonly used by taxi drivers in Asia until you twist their arm. Normally we make an effort to avoid using the taxi drivers who harass you, but this guy was polite which was a nice change so we all climbed into his taxi and, amazingly, he turned the meter on. He got us to our street in Sanur easily enough, however couldn’t seem to find [View Full Entry]

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