Blogs from Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 223

Bonjour de Bali! On se repose enfin apres 3 jours mouvementes, passes dans le centre de Java, entre volcans, plantations de cafe, rizieres et villages de montagne. Malheureusement, la connexion internet etant plus que lente, on ne pourra pas mettre en ligne beaucoup de photos. En partant de Yogjakarta, on commence par 11 heures de route (quasi non stop) en direction de parc national Semeru. Pas grand chose a rapporter excepte une prise de bec avec notre chauffeur qui essaie de nous placer dans un hotel bien moins cher que celui annonce par l'agence. On fini par avoir gain de cause mais l'ambiance s'alourdit. A l'hotel, c'est la chasse au touriste (au pigeon selon Isa...) qui commence : location de Jeep pour un point de vue (inaccessible a pied et avec une vue tellement meilleure que ... read more

**The map decided to relocate 2 of my points from Chengdu and Sapa to somewhere in Africa. It took me over an hour to draw and it won't let me edit. (Goddam you google). Please excuse these errors. I hope to update in the future** So this is it. The final blog from Asia. I am sat in Kuta waiting to fly out of Asia into a whole new continent. Australia. Land of kangaroo's, digeridoo's, surfing and sunblock. But that is all in the future. For the last few days we have been travelling around Nothern Bali having got the ferry back from Lombok. The first stop was Ubud in the central mountains. Ubud is known for the arts and crafts produced in the area. It is not particularly touristy but pleasant enough. We only had ... read more

Ok not a long one this time. We´re actually in Mendoza, Argentina at the moment having spent a month in New Zealand and a few days in Sydney. To save you having to read too much here´s some photos of the Gillies (Trawangan and Air) Islands of Lombok, Indonesia and Bali. Actually Gilli Air means Water Island - not sure how that works. The other people in the photos are my family, my brother and his girlfriend and the old dears - can you guess which is which though? Enough to say we had a really good laugh with them, the Gillies (the Islands) are paradise and very cheap and Bali is very different to the rest of Indonesia but still awesome. My Mum was bitten by a monkey too.... read more

Sorry for the late addition of this blog but the site lost the entry I had written, before I could publish it so I have sort of put together a very brief overview below. After landing in Bali I moved down to Kuta the main tourist/ backpacker area. I stayed there for about four days and rented myself a surfboard and tried to get in some more practice in the water. Kuta was nice but too touristy for my liking and most of the people were Australians on holiday so a lot of drinking was to be had, I suddenly realized how out of practice I am on the drinking front. After wearing two small holes at the bottom of my ribcage from the rubbing on the surfboard I decided to move on to the Gillis ... read more

Leaving Australia was bittersweet. We were sad to see it go but excited as hell for a new adventure. Our flight from Perth to Bali was only 3 hours and was nice because of the free alcohol and the friendly Australian couple sitting next to us giving us advice. Arriving in Bali's airport was interesting in that we thought we had walked into an Asian restaurant. There was an overwhelming smell of incense and a plethora of Hindu figurines. Before we could really figure things out we were mobbed by a horde of taxi drivers yelling, "Transport!" Instead of stressing out we just hopped in a taxi and said, "Take us to Kuta beach." We figured even if we get charged a little too much it's only a matter of a buck or two. Speaking of ... read more