Blogs from Asia - page 15981

first time in south east asia & love at first sight bali - kuta beach: checking out the surf and the parties, bali - national park buleleng trip to national park, walking with funky monkeys and other crazy animals through the jungle, bali - uluwatu: surf spot, bali - tanah lot: touching the holy snake supposed to bring luck and it did!: after touching it, delayed luggage (hasn't arrived for 5 days) arrived and was immediately brought from airport to our accomodation, should have done that immediately after arrival,.. bali - volcano mt batur: climbing up the volcana with torch at 4am to see amazing sunrise at top and enjoy breakfast there: eggs & banana cocked from hot volcano steam, after 5 hours walk we relax at the pool, what a great day, bali - besakih ... read more

Mount Slamet or Gunung Slamet is an active stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia. 3.432 meters above the sea level is the highest volcanic mount in central java, and second highest in java island. It is also one of Java's most active volcanos, with many eruptions recorded since the 18th century. It has a cluster of around three dozens of cinder cones on the lower southeast-northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed by two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. the area of mount slamet comprises four forest areas, which are montane forest, hilly dipterocarp forest, ericeaous forest, Mt. Slamet last erupted in 1999 and produces eruptions similar to most Indonesia volcanoes: central vent explosions and lava flows. Slamet has erupted frequently over the last 100 ... read more

This trip was for a wedding. We were based in Manila and had to go shopping a couple of times. It wasn't easy then to go too far, especially because we had to cross the whole congested city to go anywhere and that with the rainy season, some roads were difficult. In Manila we stayed in a middle class neighborhood. It was very comfortable, but we only had ac in one room, and temperature was well over 36 Celsius and 100% humidity all the time, so it was tough. In the city lots of slums, metal sheet "houses", but also very rich places, often side by side... which is a culture shock. Also, almost at every store in town, one or more armed guards. It's also a shock..but after a while you get use to it. ... read more

When I worked as a travel consultant, one of my favorite destinations to sell to honeymoon couples was the Maldives and Seychelles. When I visited the island of Maldives in 1999, the largest promotion of the Maldives was being run with a huge sign that read ""MALDIVES . . . The sunny side of Life;. This slogan has been Maldives tourism selling slogan for as long as I have known the island as a destination of choice. I cannot agree more with the saying, the white sands, the sun and the sound of the sea each morning and night is as tranquil as it gets to make life rosy! The dazzling blue waters has an almost spiritual side to it, I remember many couples did yoga right on the beach, there were many people meditating right ... read more

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