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By Wandering Gal
October 17th 2009

Bali/ Legion and Ubud Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud

First Indonesion Dinner $4.50

Well I have finally made it to Bali. So far haven done too much. (Sorry for typos but this comp sticks!!) The first few days I spent at the hotel in Legion which is outside of Kuta where all the Aussies hang out (Auzzies is how we are suppose to say it!) They are a fun bunch so had a lot of fun but never really saw much. However I am in Ubud now which is the art center of Bali/Indonesia. I was expecting a smaller town but with it being such a popular tourist destination it is a busy place. [View Full Entry]

By EdwardC
October 17th 2009

Bali Beach Asia » Indonesia » Bali

The final stop to my Asia trip following just under four months of intensive travel throughout its range. We had visited Bali possibly 11 years earlier and in spite the memories of a child are never all that accurate, certain aspect strook me. The airport which I remebered as small and quaint has become a endlessly extended building taking in the largest Boeings. I arrived and headed to Kuta, centre of the toursit life, and with suprising difficulty shared accomodation as in spite being low season the hotels and steets still seem filled and booked out. The beach is a long [View Full Entry]

By olso9
October 16th 2009

Sulawesi Blood Bath Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Tana Toraja

The infamous buffalo

The last five days or so have been an exercise in going with the flow, which was my goal from the beginning of this trip. I flew onto the island of Sulawesi at night, landing near the metropolis of Makassar. My initial plan was to go into the city and try to find a cheap motorbike to buy on which to tour the island. But as I was getting my luggage, I met a Canadian girl named Rachel who was getting a night bus up towards the center of the island to Tana Toraja. And so I went on a 12 [View Full Entry]

By Backers
October 16th 2009

Indonesia with Lisa!!! Asia » Indonesia » Lombok

Bali - Kuta Sunset

Firstly.......Apologies for the lack of grammar on cant, wont, dont etc. in this blog entry. For some bizarre reason every time I saved it the format would change and they would disappear, it is not because my English is THAT bad. So after avoiding the duty free at the airport (unwillingly due to lack of funds!!!!) I boarded the plane to Bali. I was quite nervous about this flight as I am not the greatest flyer in the world and with everything that had happened in South East Asia the last few weeks with floods / earthquakes / tsunamis I thought [View Full Entry]

By Breathe Deep
October 16th 2009

Day11 Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Negara

Entering races

Day 11 Off to the races! This morning we met our driver at 7:00am in the hotel lobby and started on the road to Negara for the buffalo races. We were about 20 minutes driving time from the Jimbarwana Hotel, the hotel we ended up staying at. If I never saw that hotel again that would be OK with me. The rooms certainly weren’t worth what we paid and they weren’t negotiable on the rates at all. The kind gentleman behind the desk explained that the hotel is government owned and it is impossible to negotiate. On the way we saw [View Full Entry]

All the buffalo are wearing different head pieces

By Tanya og Steffen
October 15th 2009

Gili Island - vi kommer helt sikkert igen Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gili Air

Foerste moede med Gili Trawangan

Efter at have brugt laengere tid end beregnet paa Borneo, havde vi kun knap 3 uger inden vi skulle vaere tilbage i Bangkok for at fange vores fly videre til Nepal. Vores plan havde til en start vaeret, at vi gerne ville se en del af Lombok og Flores (og lidt af Bali), men det kunne vi ligesom godt se, at det ville blive for presset et program. Indtil videre havde vi ikke oplevet sol og strand saa meget, og det synes vi lidt at vi traengte til (ja, det er haardt at vaere rygsaeksrejsende indimellem). Derfor besluttede vi at tage [View Full Entry]

Banana pancakes, ananasjuice og frugtsalat til morgenmad - mumse mumse

By Patsy the Purple Cow
October 15th 2009

Patsy in Bali Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud

Tour Guide Patsy

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia It’s been a long time since Tioman, the last time I wrote. I got Purple Cow Sickness, and could not write a blog. Ella also got sick, although she didn’t get Purple Cow Sickness. After Tioman we went to a place called Kuala Lumpur, which is a big, chaotic, trafficky city in Malaysia. It was very hard to get around, but we found a very nice mall that had a good food court and a nice place to walk around. After Kuala Lumpur, we went to the oldest rainforest in the world, and it was pretty much a [View Full Entry]

By Caitlin10
October 14th 2009

Adventures in the Jungles of Borneo Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan

Orangutan

Borneo has proven to be just as exotic as it sounds. We have spent the last week seeing floating markets, diamond and gold mines, and a jungle full of orangutans, proboscis monkeys and gibbons. It has been a wild ride. We started in Banjarmasin, a city that relies heavily on the river system for all aspects of life. I was laying low trying to recover from some stomach problems when the Sams found a guide, Tyla waiting for them at our hotel. "I have been waiting long time for you here" ..."Oh...um. Sorry?" Apparently Tyla had heard tourists had arrived and [View Full Entry]

By Breathe Deep
October 14th 2009

Day 10 Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Negara

Girl creating fine Filligree jewlery

Day 10 The drive Today was check out day at The Grand Bali in Nusa Dua. Peter negotiated and found a driver for $40 a day. Every night while in Nusa we had talked to a shop owner named Matt (that is what he had us call him) and he said he had a friend that needs a job. Before you knew it we were talking his friend via Matts phone. The driver (named Mogley, like the character in Jungle Book) picked us up at 11:00 and off we went. We had a route planned out in our heads but we [View Full Entry]

The parking attendents at Mengwi were more interested in their picture than the parking fee

By teamschlechta
October 13th 2009

In love with Solo Asia » Indonesia » Java » Solo

Lady in blue

Yes, in love with Solo...well, a few nights at the Novotel helped, after the grime and skank of Pacitan. Joni wasn't well at the end of our time in Pacitan - a bit of a cold and a fever, she had a tough day on the public bus, we were set upon by many pushy becak drivers at Solo bus station, but it seemed that in no time we were swanning about in a beautiful swimming pool, contemplating a buffet breakfast of champions the next morning. But, glorious nest of capitalist enterprise aside, Solo is a great city. We weren't sure [View Full Entry]

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