http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Bali , Nusa Dua en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:26:54 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:26:54 +0000 To say we have been tardy in posting a blog would be an understatement I will therefore attempt to cover the last month or so and keep it concise...sort of.Over the past few weeks we a traveled to Bali for 4 fun filled jam packed days with Mike Rita b Debated our job situation here in Australia at nauseum c Started to plan our trip to the final destination home d welcomed Dani Sheena' http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-453839.html Day 8 Rest and relaxationToday Peter left early in the AM to have the scooter repaired. I stayed behind and did some research on where our next stop would be. We are interested in the area to the North West. This part of the island seems much more remote and Irsquom uncertain what we will find. We need to start narrowing it down after tonight we will only have only one more night then we will b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-444660.html Day 4 Today is our first full day at Nusa Dua. We opted for the breakfast buffet at the resort. We felt it was pricey at about 7.50 pp. We have been used to a deluxe complementary breakfast being brought to our room for the last few days. I guess we have gotten spoiled.The menu options are a lot different also. The Balinese eat a ldquoporregerdquo for breakfast that looks a lot like a thick r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-442486.html ldquoWith its pounding surf emeraldgreen rice terraces and exceptionally artistic culture the small volcanic island of Bali has long been Indonesiarsquos premier tourist destination.rdquo The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia.Bali has long been a favourite holiday destination for Australians akin to the way Irish and English flock to the resorts in Spain. Most remember Bali being in the ne http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-435614.html I returned from my trip to Bali and Gili I decided that it was only fair to take a week off from my research since I still need to finish up with looking at my data and start writing my paper Here goeshellip I went to Bali with my friend Tom who I lived with first year of vet school but then moved to China to work at his familyrsquos business. He was only able to take a long weekend Thur http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-424564.html We headed to Bali for some beach time. It's the middle of the dry season here and we got lucky because we had three out of four days with blue sky. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-420917.html Well thought I better update u all starting with heaven to let u know we are both still alive and kicking had lots of adventures been very difficult to update bloginternet issues travelling so much so stopping for web access just not happened and well our excuse in Bali is we would have been bankrupt which we may well aready be as was 6 poundsmin...obviously we needed the money for copious http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-390493.html HeyJust a qiuckie to say i've arrived safely to Bali Ellies hotel is amazing and Caroline and David are fantastic hereLast night in sydney was a total tits u and all went wrong but ended up really funnySo Jack W and I were due on the boat cruise show dinner blah blah....we started in a bar and were both a little on edge as we knew it was our last night so began to reminis about the good http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-386686.html asdgastea ashdgasgasbdajshdajshd http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-379256.html This will be our last entry about Bali Waaaaaaaa I'll just tell you about the hotel wellsome of the other hotels had their own turtleelephant 's but this one had it's own beach with white sand and the clearest sea I've ever seen. The night before we left we went to see a Kechak dance at a temple in Puta Wasu it was about Rama and Sita. The evil monster Ravana had kidnapped Sita and Rama and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-376336.html Trying to get to the internet cafe turned out to be rather an adventure tonight. As we headed out of the hotel the main streets of Kuta were completly flooded chech out the photos. Dinner is also proposing problems with no power on the block we came to too get dinnerHowever dispite the terential rain we had a great day today. We ventured into Nusa Dua and successfully mastered our second pool c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-373830.html I graduated from college in 1974 and I planned all Summer for a trip to the North Shore of Oahu. I still recall a line from a Surfer Magazine from that time that went something like No matter if you are the hottest thing back home it will take you at least two weeks to get your sea legs on the North Shore.Well I certainly don't consider myself the hottest thing back home but it has taken two http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-364638.html BaliBack on Bali we avoided the extortionate taxis at the airport and walked out of the parking lot with our luggage. We eventually hailed down a cab to take us to Nusa Dua which would be our home for the next night before flying on to Singapore. We got on so well with our cab driver that we decided to hire him for the rest of the day. We had a busy day planned first stop was the temple at Ul http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-359772.html After a long day of travels from Borneo to Kuala Lumpur and a seven hour layover in the KL airport we finally arrived in Bali. Thank God Eddie came to hang out with us at the KL airport or else we really would have been bored We arrived in Bali and had arranged airport pickup to our first hotel. We decided we deserved a bit of a splurge while in Bali so we booked a little nicer hotel called E http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-352630.html Just recently I was lucky enough to to travel to Bali quite strange actually being an Aussie because most West Australians make Bali their first travel destination but I have travelled elsewhere thinking Bali maybe a pretty average place but I love the place and can't wait to get back there my ultimate plan is to live there but the only problem is cash flow I was also lucky enough to stay at http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-341892.html Ok Im hoping I can now get the rest of my Bali photos on to bore you more .But then I will get you all up to date very quickly I hope after that Im getting good at this now when it all works Miss you all but am having soooo much fun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-337809.html The following morning in Mataram Saturday after nibbling on the American portions of the included breakfast we headed back to the scene of the Mataram Mall that Eric had ventured to the evening prior. And I must agree it was quite a sight. Very much a mall like any other mall. Multiple stories multiple shops kiosks a McDonald's cars displayed on the ground floor. One of the most strikin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-303158.html httpasiaholidaytravel.blogspot.comget luck for travel to BALI nusa Dua Bali http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-297978.html After five days in the busy Kuta we decided to head south of the island to a highly recommended destination. This place being dreamland We stayed in a hut which was ten metres away from the sea so waking up in the morning Jon had the chance to check out the waves just by lifting the blind up It only cost us Five pound a night to stay there and the food was stupidly cheap 2 mains and 2 large http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-222297.html Visited Countries Map http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Nusa-Dua/blog-214781.html