The main attraction for us has been the Orang-utan rehabilitation center (ORC) and the Rainforest Discover Center (RDC) Although the main purpose of the RDC remains as an environmental education center for students and teachers, it has opened its doors to the public since August 2006. Its primary function is to create public awareness and appreciation of the importance of conserving forests, as well as the sustainable use of forest resources. We walked around the park using the Canopy Walkway. The Canopy Walkway is about 300 m long with 2 towers. It is the first of its kind in the country and one of few of such structures in the world! And gives a great perspective of the Reserve and the size of the trees! There we saw the Giant Sepilok. Enormous tree! We feel so ... read more

We spent only 2 short days in KL but we had some form of 'city lust' here.. - an instant attraction and love of KL. It is much like London and felt like a 'home from home' for us. We will come back to Peninsular Malaysia in 2 weeks time and will spend more time and visit the Petronas Tower and spend more time in this great city! We had a wander around and visited Little India: area with lots of shops selling textiles, Sari's etc. There is a clear mark of colonial style of some buildings. The Central market nearby Petalung Street - Chinatown and malls. KL is full of Shopping centres, in fact it is a shopaholics heaven... KL is a very cosmopolitan city with people, food, entertainment and culture from all corners of ... read more

We met a retired couple - Anton and Joke (pronounced Yoka) on the ferry back from Lembar (Lombok) to Padang Bai (Bali). Originally from Holland they moved to Papua New Guinea then Australia at the beginning of the 60's and never looked back! They were renting a nice villa in Candidasa and invited us for a drink... So after enjoying our chat on the ferry with Anton and Joke we thought it would be nice to spend some more time with them so we decided to go with the flow and alter our plan and check out the east coast of Bali before going to Ubud. . On arrival in Padang Bai we decided to try traveling local style in a mini bus/bemo to Candidasa (we waited/roasted for 30 mins prior to leaving Padang Bai then ... read more

We return to Bali via Perama boat to follow the journey in bus infected of mosquitos towards PadangBai. PadangBai is a small fishing town in the south of Bali connecting Bali to Lombok with the main public ferry. It sits on a small bay with 2 main beaches: white Sand and Blue Lagoon. We sayed at Celagi Inn - referred by our friend Jury whom we met at Swara. Indeed the hotel is runned by a very sweet family: Made and Ilo, and there 3 kids: Poutou, Krishna and Bartez. Mostly Made and his employee Ketut have assisted us in our requests and have been very helpful. There we met a lovely french couple: Matthieu and Krystelle from Brittany and also had a nice discussion with a Japanese couple. It is so nice to be able ... read more

We used Perama boat to travel from Sanur to Nusa Lembongan. Perama company organize transport around Bali and the island. Cost effective and reliable, it is also possible to have some discount (10% off in majority) for every travel made with them. The journey is about 1 hour. Hopefully the sea wasn’t too bad. Through Wikitravel we organised a stay at Swara Homestay. New opening in 2012 with only 3 rooms. Due to misunderstanding and/or mis-communication, we had to find another place to stay for just 1 night. We were happy to finally stay at Swara as Made has been during our stay a great host. Always smiley and laughing, he has been genuine and wasn’t trying to get our money like all the others. Guesthouse and homestay are the best way to meet local people ... read more