Blogs from Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 11

Today we have planned to spend the day with our very good friend Yvonne and her daughter Brigitte who are coincidentally here in Bali from Melbourne at the same time as us. They’re staying over in Seminyak. We spend the morning lazing by the Sofitel pool. A Chinese couple who look like they are both about thirty take up residence on the sun lounges next to us. The man is carrying a very large blow up floatation device in the shape of a unicorn. It‘s mostly white, but with a gold horn, and brightly multicoloured mane and seat. We look for the child that will be using this device, but it soon becomes evident that the couple are here by themselves. They both get into the pool, and the man then climbs onto the unicorn. I ... read more

Issy decides to sleep in and give breakfast a miss, so I bravely head off on my own. Our hotel, the Sofitel, is massive and a bit over the top luxurious for either of our likings. One of the main reasons we came here was that we managed to find a special deal on a holiday website. This made it a whole lot cheaper than going to our originally planned destination which was a very downmarket and much less interesting resort on the central coast of New South Wales back in our homeland. Go figure. One of the downsides of coming to the Sofitel is that it‘s so big that I get lost coming back from breakfast. This is not helped by the room numbering system. I’m fairly sure that the Sofitel is a French chain, ... read more

The Bali Temple Tour and the return As a solo traveller i preferred a join in group tour. In addition to reducing the cost it also facilitated companionship on the tour. But I was in poor luck for the. “Temples Tour” as most people had already have made their arrangements. So,I had to take the expensive option of hiring a car myself for the day. Then I reasoned that it was a price worth paying as a Bali visit will not be complete if I left without seeing some of the temples. Temples are such n integral part of Balian culture. There are thousands of temples on the island graded according to their importance and location. Nearly every house of any value has a temple on ite grounds and then there are ones shared by a ... read more

The night flight from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan Airport landed in Kualalampur by day break. This time there was a special route for transit passengers ( flight from Kochi for some reason did not have that option) and one did not have to go through customs formalities. With a window seat it was nice to see all the landmarks below though there was fair bit of cloud cover at times. We landed in Bali on time. Got a taxi to Grandma's hotel. Escaping the grime, dust and chaos of Kathmandu Bali was more than living up to the expectations. The roads were clean and less crowded. Except a couple of dual carriageways most roads were single carriage. However the dirt and dust were absent. It was hard to find any potholes on most roads. In the cities and ... read more

Als ich heute aufwache und mich auf die Terasse setzte, spricht mich die balinesische Frau aus dem Zimmer gegenüber an: „did you feel de eathquick in night?“ Ich frage “what?“, sie wiederholt „did you feel eathquick?“ - ich schaue sie verständnislos an.... „de eathquick at 3... you not wake up?“. Langsam dämmert es mir... „eathquick“ heißt „earthquake“ - ich kann es kaum glauben, aber sie insistiert, sagt aber auch, dass auch ihr „boyfriend“ geschlafen habe. Da weder Emma noch Tyrone in der Nacht bei uns auf der Matte standen bin ich mir sicher, dass auch sie nichts mitbekommen haben. Ich Google also Erdbeben Bali 11.10.2018 und finde sofort mehrere Meldungen. Ein Beben der Stärke 6 hat um 3 Uhr Nachts Bali und Java erschüttert. In Denpasar (wo wir uns befinden) gab es 3 Tote. Und wir? ... read more