http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Bali , Nusa Lembongan en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:51:48 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:51:48 +0000 Nos cogimos un barco hasta la isla de Lembongan a pasar el da.Al llegar al puerto contratamos 2 motoristas que nos llevaran a la isla mas bonita que conocieran y as hicieron pasamos el da entero en ldquothe Dream Beachrdquo y si que era una playa de ensueo.Cuando llegamos por la maana haba aun neblina de las hola que explotaban a los lados. Arena blanca agua transparente y plantas tro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-437855.html Sam's turn to writeSometimes conversation with people here can be downright silly. We don't speak Indonesian much and they generally don't speak English much. We met an Indonesian fellow on a bus in Jogja who insisted his name was Adam. Here's an excerptAdam pointing to a large grocery store Dis es place foh shopping. You like shopping Me Well...yeah. I kind of do like to go grocer http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-431541.html De laatste daagjes in Bali en Indonesie zijn aangebroken. Mark kampt na 2 dagen golfsurfen met serieuze oorpijn en zwemt even niet meermee. En dus ook geen duiken voor hem. Evelien bakt van het laatste meel nog heel veel pannekoeken die weer zo verorberd zijn. rsquos Middags naar het strand en er wordt weer gepeddeld op de bekende paddlebootjes. Juno en Evelien bouwen een geweldig kasteel en we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-427677.html Lieve allemaalLaatste week Bali... Na een ultra health kuur in Ubud vond ik het toch weer tijd worden voor een feestje en heb ik wat mensen die ik eerder had ontmoet opgezocht in Kuta al hadden ze die 'a' best weg mogen laten wat de feestplaats het Lloret het Chersonisos van Bali is waar je de Australiers en de BrittenIeren in hun puurste vorm kunt waarnemen dronken.... stomdronken... Abso http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-415417.html After a hectic week or so in Kuta we decided that it was time for another slice of island life. There are not too many options around Bali itself and as we only have a week left in Indonesia we decided on the near by island of Nusa Lembongan famous for its awesome surf breaks all of which have very appealing names like ship wrecks and lacerationshelliphellip. Needless to say we didnrsquot http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-412425.html March 2427thStayed in Nusa Dua over Balinese New Year which involves 'quiet day' where everyone stays at home and does nothing We had booked a large hotel for this reason as we didn't fancy doing nothing and having to eat crisps in our room for dinner At our hotel it was business as usual... the gym was open too so that was good. I won a free massage in the 'guess the weight of a melon compe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-391770.html Sunday April 5thTook catamaran from Bali to the island of Nusa Lembongan today. Beautiful sailing. Arrived at the island and went snorkeling off of a floating pontoon. Beautiful coral reefs and wonderful tropical fish to see. Even feed them by hand.Went back to the island to have a wonderful buffet lunch. There was a slide that went into the salt water pool. Lunch consisted of chicken satay http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-387879.html When we got off the bus from Probolinggo in Java we were swamped by taxi drivers...one of them got my attention by saying ldquoexcuse me miss taxi with meterrdquo. ldquoMeterrdquo is not a word which is commonly used by taxi drivers in Asia until you twist their arm. Normally we make an effort to avoid using the taxi drivers who harass you but this guy was polite which was a nice chan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Lembongan/blog-380163.html