http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Bali , Padangbai en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 11:16:29 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 11:16:29 +0000 Ah Bali Images romantiques douceur de vivre doux hindouisme parfums flottants. In your dreams or at the movies only A la sortie du bateau Bali nous avons t accueillis par une meute de vendeurs de ldquobbellesrdquo la meute la plus aggressive que jrsquoaie jamais vue de ma vie. Et rappelezvous que crsquoest Michel qui crit ces lignes et le Michel en question a vu pas mal de http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-387200.html I'm once again realizing the relativity of expense in adventure traveling. What is a budget for one is an impossible expense for others. When I took my first trip nearly 20 years ago I had a very tight budget. I was between jobs didn't know what I was going to do when I returned so assumed I had to manage every dollar carefully. So I did. I counted every little expense. Seldom did I have http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-376124.html I arrived here yesterday by motor bike. The one hour trip took over 2 hours. Time is very relative here. From Ubud to here they said it was very close only maybe one hour. From here to Ubud they say OH Very far Go figure.Two ladies next to me are from Belgium. Evelyn was the first I met. She stopped through here for one day on her way to Lombok came back and has been here for over http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-375988.html .March 31st 2009 Bali Padang Bay A really backward island similar to those of east Africa. At sail in we could see a volcano north of the small island Mount Batur this describes the island as mountainous therefore lost of climbing and switchbacks.We were tendered to the town pier as the tide was at its lowest very slow disembarking those with tour tickets first. We waited for an hour and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-359096.html Padangbai is a great little ferry port town. The people are friendly the food is awesome and the White Sand beach is small enough not to draw the attention of most tourists. Padangbai is regarded as most to be nothing more than an arrivaldeparture point on the way to bigger and better but we both fell in love with the laid back feel and small family run establishments. Here on the White Sand http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-334692.html Padangbai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-333926.html I'm in Padangbai now which is a port to Lombok island. I would like to go to Gili Islands which are right next to Lombok. It is renowned over here very popular among the backpackers all the people talk also about the magic mushrooms that you can get there. There is no police on those island it seems that the government turns blind eye over it. But I go there for snorkelling of course I did s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-333576.html Back in Padangbai Love this place.... good dives sites and great local friends. We have been diving again with our local friend Tuncas. We are leaving on the 6th for KL Malaysia and will figure things out from there. Hope to be able to post pictures again soon. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-272186.html found myself here after ubud just a simple quiet little fishing village not much here was intending on leaving the next day but actually fell in love with placed so decided to stay.locals really wonderful spent my time hanging out with them gossiping being taken to the local beautiful areas of Tirta Gangga Tulamben Candidasa watching the sun go down on the beach watching the stars http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-169224.html UbudFor the next part of our trip Marc and I pulled ourselves from the coastline and headed into the center toward the cultural capital of the island Ubud a great town full of beautiful architecture some swanky stores and topnotch cuisine a huge outdoor market surrounded by beautiful jungles. Ubud is famous for its art galleries and traditional Balinesian dances at night.Upon arrival via pri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-163030.html Hello againStill in Padangbai will be our fifth night here tonight. We were going to move on this morning but Ben had a rather funny tummy last night see title and is not very wellheadache fever the lot. Therefore we are staying here for another night and hoping it all goes away If not we will go to Kuta tomorrow and go see a doc... I'm a bit worried cos I'm getting a little bit of a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-162893.html Ahoy all Apologies for the lack of blogs but we actually havent had a chance to get on the net for the whole time we've been hereGonna have to give you a quick run down cos its been a few days so no details on each and every meal we have had although I do find that the most interesting bitMy belly rules me what can I sayI think we left you in Kuala Lumpur we flew staight to Bali from http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-161711.html Yogya was a cool city with some great characters. Most notably a university lecturer who started talking to me straight after all the market sellers has driven me mad. He explained the 'spices' of life as 'speaking tasting and joking' and then directed me to a government owned batik Indonesia's traditional fabric painting workshop. Obviously I got lost but another friendly local with the wor http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-136897.html Everything that New Zealand Australia were Bali is not. Bali is not large. Bali is not sparsely populated. Bali is not populated by Englishspeaking Englisheating backpackers. Bali is not into toilet paper trashcans or milk in tea. At the same time it is entrancing purely because it is not those things. We were assaulted our first night by scenes of complete mayhem in the streets of K http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-122701.html Okay This may be a bit long winded as I haven't had access to interner for a while. Not sure if you are all aware but an earthquake and landslide over here have severed several cables carrying internet to Indonesia. Well so the feet...yes it seems no matter where I travel on this rock be it Grand forks or Bali I am the pincusion into which insects wish to insert their probiscii. My feet were http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-115397.html Okay so yesterday I typed a large message about my christmas. Just as I published it the internet fed up and sure enough I look today and I have no posting...so here we go again.After 5 nights in Lovina I took a Perama over to a small town called Amed. I got a room and discovered a coral reef right out front of the hotel. So obviously a snorkelled for a while. I walked through the town mostl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-113694.html After months of anticipation and 26 hours of travelling we finally arrived on the tiny narrow road that was Poppies Lane Kuta. As the 3 of us piled out of the taxi and began to wonder just where this 'Fat Yogirsquos Bar' was that we'd arranged to meet in who should come wandering along Sharon. It must have been part of the Woolley telepathy that she should come along at that precise moment. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-82218.html Slowly being lulled into sleep by the rhythmic chugging of the ferry's engines. I'm 3 hours into my 10hour journey to Gilli Trawangan I'd decided to take the slow option to save some rupiah one of three little islands off the North East coast of neighbouring Lombok.Feeling a bit daft because I'd already decided a week ago to spend my time in the Gillis at the end of my trip rather than in the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-77099.html Today was a day for celebration. The festivities were already in full swing when I came down for Breakfast. The entire family was dressed in their best and were busy praying and organising offerings and generally having fun. A feast had been prepared and as honoured guest by virtue of being the only guest staying... I was invited to try it all. It was a nice 'n spicy affair lots of meat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-59005.html On our sail into Padang Bai Bali Indonesia we pass low green hills. A volcano rises majestically behind them shrouded in clouds. The wind blows and parts the puffy whiteness to reveal the volcanorsquos jagged cone. Alan and I are taking pictures from the balcony when I spot many odd looking boats in the sea. They are white with leglike appendages sticking out from each side into the water. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Padangbai/blog-43145.html