After our flight from Bali, we arrived in Taipei, Taiwan arround 7:30 am and had a 10 hour layover. We decided to make the best of our time and go do some exploring around Taipei. After some research, we found out the tallest skyscraper in the world, Taipei 101, happens to be in Taipei! We were excited to find out about this and were off to see it for ourselves. We exchanged some US dollars for some local currency and headed out of the airport. We had several options for transportation. We could have taken a cab, bus, or high speed [View Full Entry]

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Our Last Day in Bali :( Wow, what an amazing trip we have had so far. We can't believe it has come to an end. What better way to start off our day than a trip to the spa? We both enjoyed heavenly spa treatments at the Lembah Spa in the Viceroy. The view from the spa alone was breathtaking, but the service was also magnificent. After the spa we went back to our villa to pack a little before our driver picked us up to squeeze in one last thing, Mt. Batur (and some more rice fields). Mt. Batur [View Full Entry]

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Today we wanted to take it easy. We left the hotel this morning and headed for some of the small shops here in Ubud. It was a beautiful day outside and great for walking the streets. We made our way in and out of some of the shops mingling and conversing with some of the local vendors. It was fun. Next Dewa told us he wanted to take us to a famous rice terrace. On the way, we stopped and had a nice lunch with ANOTHER beautiful view. Heard this enough yet? The food was great and we enjoyed a nice [View Full Entry]

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Today was our first full day in Ubud and it also happened to be Indonesia's Independence day. We left the resort at 9 a.m. and headed to the Ayung river to go white water rafting. WOW doesn't even begin to explain it! what an experience. The river was absolutely beautiful. We were rafting at the bottom of a valley between lush green mountains covered in palm trees. It truly was a surreal experience. Along the way there were several water falls we stopped at and we were able to get out and swim a bit. Also along the way, the local [View Full Entry]

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What a journey so far! Today was our last day in Jimbaran :( It has been SO nice here at the Jamahal. All the people were amazing. Every employee greeted us by our names whenever they saw us or even when we called, some of them even recognized our voices over the phone - they were just that good. Always asking us if we need anything or if everything is ok and with huge smiles! Such a great place. We were kinda sad to leave but were looking forward to going to Ubud to The Viceroy. We had late checkout today [View Full Entry]

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Today we decided to relax at the resort for a little bit. We started off the day with breakfast served to us at the main pool. It was very nice just relaxing there and watching the waterfall and nature. After breakfast we came back to the villa and scheduled some more spa time :) The receptionist informed us that we would be getting a free upgrade to the luxury spa villa at 12:30! We were so excited and not expecting it as it is high season in Bali right now and most resorts are fully booked. The spa villa was more [View Full Entry]

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Wow! Another great day in Bali. We started our morning early with breakfast in our Villa at 6:45 am. We had to leave our resort at 7:30 am in order to meet our fishing guides by 8. Thats right, fishing. Deep sea fishing was on the agenda today, Trolling fishing to be exact. We arrived both excited and anxious to get out on the water. We took a short car ride to the bay where the boats were tied up and left on the boat from there. There were 3 men on the boat with us who all spoke very little [View Full Entry]

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AOA and Hello everyone WOW! We had a full day today! We woke up right before sunrise and got a nice start to our day by taking a short swim in our pool. We had a lovely breakfast and then got ready to meet our driver, Dewa. Our first stop was the Tanah Lot temple, such a beautiful place with so many different things to see. Walked through a local market on the way back to the car. Had lunch at an amazing restaurant overlooking a breathtaking view of rice paddies in the middle of nowhere - it was so nice! [View Full Entry]

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We are in Bali!! This last 5 hour flight was a breeze compared to our 13 1/2 hour flight. We were able to sleep some more and give our bodies some more rest. After a pretty long line to get through customs, we were greeted by our driver from our resort holding a sign with our names on it. The drive from the airport to the hotel was a short distance but took a little bit of time due to all the traffic!! There are scooters everywhere and people, the road signs and markings don't really mean much to the drivers! [View Full Entry]

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Hello/AOA to all! We have just arrived in the Taipei airport after our 13 1/2 hour flight! The flight was not that bad. I was able to sleep for about 8 hours and Tayyaba slept a little less. The food we had on the flight was chinese noodles for a snack and then for breakfast we shared scrambled eggs and some chinese type of porridge that had carrots, peas, and chicken it it. The plane was huge and we are glad we have the longest leg of our trip behind us! We have one hour until our plane leaves from here [View Full Entry]

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