http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Bali , Lovina en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 03:58:26 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 03:58:26 +0000 Day 12 Lovina Beach We basically did nothing all day except lay around and drink beer. I read and Peter went to the pool where he chatted with some Aussies and met an older Canadian man traveling alone. We noticed a lot of people traveling alone here. One lady summed it up. Itrsquos safe. She told me she is divorced her kids are grown and she feels comfortable going to Bali by herself because of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-446377.html July 2ndAfter we enjoyed our last breakfast on our veranda we packed our goodies hopped in our Jimny and set off for Lovina a town on the north coast of Bali. On the way we picked up another tote bag to put our shopping in. We've accumulated a few things since our arrival here and need a spot more space.Driving on these roads isn't as scary as we had thought we've survived the streets of Vietn http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-415087.html Lovina Northern Balinese coast Wednesday 25th February 2009Since returning to Bali from Flores we have been chilling out in Lovina on the North coast. We were a bit concerned that having left Flores sooner than planned due to washed out roads and travel difficulties there we would be disappointed with our final Indonesian week in Bali since Flores is so scenically beautiful and we would ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-376654.html Zjutraj sva torej ujagali zajtrk kar v guesthouseu ker 1 se nama je mudlo naprej 2 je bil samo 5000 rupij na osebo in 3 tu ni bas nekega street fooda. Ampak zajtrk kot se sika banana pancake skleda sadja in caj. Nicht schlecht Mimo je prijadral najin drajver in zmenili smo se da se do Lovine na severu Balija z vmesnimi postanki zafuramo za 38.000 rupij 38 USD. Pa pojdimoStrpal naju http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-375810.html We headed to Lovina for a few days in the hope of escaping the rain for a while. The weather was much better during the day time but still we experienced heavy rains during the evenings we didnt mind so much as we chose a place to stay in kalibukbuk with an amazing balcony where we were happy to while away several hours. While looking for the room we also found a great and good value place to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-372264.html Hello AllSince we last wrote we have become Auntie and Uncle Baby Girl Hobbs no decision on name yet as far as I have heard arrived two days early on 1st November. And she's gorgeousMeanwhile we have been touring around East Java. We flew straight into Yogyakarta from Sulawesi avoiding spending any time in Jakarta which doesn't sound like a very pleasant place for a tourist.Yogyakarta w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-342488.html Having exhausted every potential site of interest in Lovina Karen and I headed east by Bemo to the town of Singaraja about five klicks down the coast. Singaraja is the second largest city in Bali with a population of 100000. The majority of Balinese live in the countryside tilling the soil and producing crops of rice tobacco coconut and corn among many others. Singaraja was established as th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-336821.html Transportation around the island is comprised of a hodge podge of choices. The kids who visit Kuta in the south prefer scooters. They find them more suitable to the spontaneity of their vacation lifestyles. There is no waiting for a bus and the scooters are always ready to take you where you want to go at any time like 4 AM when you roll out of the Hard Rock Hotel three sheets to the wind and if http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-335282.html After a week in Lovina the rhythm of the day has been established. We wake at 5 and spend time reading until breakfast at 730 when the kitchen opens. We seem to find ourselves the only hotel guests more often than not. This is the slow season for tourists. They call it the lsquorainy seasonrsquo here but there is little rain in actuality. When it does rain it does so for only a short period i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-334412.html Lovina http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-333925.html We then headed to Medewi a point break in West Bali not much here and there was no beach for Nibby to sit on just rocks but the waves were good it was hard work climbing over the rocks to get inout of the sea but worth it 2 days and 3 surfs later we headed to LovinaWe found a cool hotel in Lovina it had an open air bathroom was really weird taking a shower and looking at the moon and the st http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-330051.html Travelled from south to north of Bali yesterday and treated myself to staying in a hotel with hot water lights and a balcony and of course the coconut palms. The tourist bus is great ..such a variety of people from all over the world on one bus. And it's cheap The journey was fab...through forests rice paddies and rain Sadly Lovina is still suffering from the lack of tourism and the comp http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-328483.html Well I'm back but I hate feeling like I'm on the clock when I do these. Of course I feel like that because I am on the clock at about 4 an hour which is a significant chunk of our daily budget down here. Not that I expect the sympathy to flow freely or anything. I think that when I left off we were in Ubud watching some crazy Balinese dancing. Well the day after that we hightailed it out to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-317383.html We enjoyed a lazy final morning in Ubud before we needed to catch our bus to Candidasa. I took the opportunity to visit the local pasar market and browse around. We bought Wes his first ever mangosteen he was as unimpressed as I was with my first one although I have come to enjoy them more over time. We wandered through dozens of stalls of clothing vegetables spices fruits...and finally http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-315553.html well guys i got the pics up with the wrong caption or at least it chose the wrong picture that i wanted up but never mind the colourful one that said gadogado was the hotel we did not stay at we had our jackfruit party at sunset and it was lovely. all the kids of my new friends were there as well as a dutch family that have moved in next door. Ouma and the teenage grandson are sharing the room http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-311080.html Well we have had another great day yesterday on our way to Lovina. we travelled all through the middle of the country with our driver Ketut very HatiHati carefully we stopped at the volcano museum and there were some great exhibits in this modern museum. would be lots of fun for the kids. we eyed out the monster Batur which until very recently has been erupting on a small scale. You can stil http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-309607.html Foerst og fremst sorry for daarlig oppdatering siste 10 dagenehar slitt maximalt m daarlig internett forbindelse. Blir litt mye aa oppdatere helt fra sist men saa prover aa gi en liten historie paa hva som har skjedd de siste dagene.Er naa kommet oss til Bali. Planen var aa ta buss fra Pangandaran og overnatte paa Bromo vulkanen. Men vi trivdes altfor godt i Pangandaran og saa altfor moerkt p http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-284040.html My last day in Ubud was pretty cool Got to check out the monkey forest and watch monkeys pester other tourists who held large amounts of bananas in their hands. Pretty much sat and watched the monkeys for a few hours and laughed myself to the point were i seriously had the monkeys pretty bewildered not to mention the other tourists and local Balinese people. After Ubud I had the pleasure of retu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-283974.html I am walking along the small fishing villages along the northern coast of Bali. Along the beach I tread a path through the fishing boats cataramans along the shore through the water as I am literally walking through the back yards of their owners. At night the Bali Sea is lined the entire horizon with a linear line of lights each representing one of these boats. They head off at sunset ev http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-282181.html I left Ubud and headed to the north of Bali to a town called Lovina recommended by Lisa whom I had met in Singapore Hi Lisa if you're reading this. Lovina isn't your typical beachside resort as it's made up from black volcanic sand so it's spectacular in a different way. The bus journey from Ubud had lovely views as we went over a mountainous area and then made our descent with views of the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-279501.html