Blogs from Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Le 27 septembre 2011, Aujourd hui, on part pour la petite ile paradisiaque de Nusa Lembongan. Pour s y rendre on prend d abord un minibus jusqu la plage de Sanur, puis un bateau public qui nous amenera, en 1,5 heures, jusqu a notre ile. On embarque dans le bateau les pieds dans l eau… ce n est pas trop evident, il y a de la vague par ici… A peine installes, Carl commence a avoir mal au coeur… ca promet pour la traverse… On part, on se dirige tranquillement vers la barriere de corail qui protége la plage de Sanur des vagues de la haute mer. Soudain, Carl voit ma bouche s agrandir en un O parfait, avec des yeux ronds comme des billes… Il se retourne et apercoit le monster de vague que je ... read more

Depuis mon séjour en Polynésie française où j'ai entendu parlé de Nusa Penida et de ses mytérieux mola mola, je rêve de les observer en plongée. La saison s'étendant de juillet à septembre, toutes les chances sont de mon coté. Après avoir récupéré ma copine plongeuse Catherine, qui me rend visite pour 3 semaines, on se dirige vers Nusa Lembongan, une île au large de Bali. On est très près de Bali et pourtant l'île est vraiment paisible. Ici 90% des habitants vivent de la culture d'algues, ce qui fait que seulement quelques plages sont accessibles aux baigneurs ou aux surfeurs. Cela évite donc un tourisme de masse qui volerait son âme à l'île. Les plongées se font surtout près de l'île de Nusa Penida, bien plus grande que Lembongan mais quasiment inaccessible aux touristes et ... read more

Well, since Kimi basically filled you all in about our previous travels, i thought it might be time I quickly let you know what ive been up to. Since Kimi and Hannah wanted to stay in Padang Bai, I went off (as kimi said allready) to Lovina, Sanur and Nusa Lembongan. Met 3 really nice German people in Lovina, and with them I've been on a motorbike trip to waterfalls, Hot springs and other random places around Lovina. The only thing is that after that one day of driving around on the motorbike, you have basically seen everything that Lovina has got to offer, so after one day I went on to Sanur. Sanur isnt a place where I would go for a long time. There are a lot of hotels and sunbeds everywhere, and after ... read more

Current Mood: Overwhelmed Well where did i leave off? Ahh yes sipping Bintang and eating some sort of Goerang. It was tasty but i had to move on. Last Wednesday which would have been the 10th or so we left Kuta in search of tranquility and oh my Buddha did we find it. Jumping on your typical hot, Asian, sweat fest Bus we made for Sanur where we were to catch our Ferry to my newest destination, Nusa Lembongan. Nusa Lembongan is set just to the south west of Bali and is a lovely 1 hour boat ride across. the boat was a type of Catamaran but no Lumpraya that many of my friends know well. This is a wooden version with all of the features you expect in South Eastern Asian Travel (pigs, Chickens and ... read more

Hello, So, after leaving Singapore, and upon the recommendation of numerous Aussies, I headed down to Bali. Due to delays, I ended up arriving at about 1 in the morning, which is obviously not ideal. I ended up getting a taxi into Kuta for the night with another couple off the plane. Once there, we spent ages looking for a cheap, available hotel, as it was late, so everyone was either just saying "full" and going back to sleep, or trying to charge us around 200,000 Rupiah. Eventually we found one for 150,000 which was still a lot, but by that time we didn't care so much. After chucking down our bags, we did what was expected of us (being in Kuta) and went out to buy some beers before hitting the beach. This turned out ... read more

Day 29, November 10th, we had an early morning start for a cooking class at Bumbu Bali. The class started with a visit to the local produce market and then to the Jimbaran fish market. It was really great to learn about all the different ingregients and understand what foods you find in a typical Balinese market. Then we headed back to the cooking compound to learn to cook 26 different traditional Balinese dishes. It was a fun interactive class led but the energetic Swiss ower, Heinz. He has lived in Bali for over 20 years and is married to a local woman. After Heinz walked us through his favorite dishes and the key components of balinese cooking we indulged in an amazing lunch. We surfed Uluwatu at sunset to get some exercise after a day ... read more