Blogs from Indonesia, Asia - page 5

Last full day in Sanur so we decided to spend the whole day here. Woke up late, had a leisurely breakfast, face timed Krissy and Oscar, then set off on our walk of Sanur at about 10.30am. We started walking up the main road of Sanur, Jl. Danau Tamblingan and first we dropped off a 4kg bag of washing at a laundry which only cost us $10 plys they deliveted it back to our hotel for free. Suited us perfectly because we didn't plan to get back to the area until late. We continued on, looked at a few shops and bought a few things before stopping for a very good cup of coffee at The Glass House at 1.30pm. So it had taken us 3 hours to do a 35 minute walk. Guess we did ... read more

Quiet day today. Decided to visit Kuta after Daisy had a swim after breakfast. Grab car only cost $7.80 but it took over an hour because of the heavy Bali traffic. We got dropped off at the Beachwalk Shopping Centre at 1.45pm, had some lunch at a Japanese place and Daisy spent most of the afternoon in just 3 clothing shops. My left leg has been sore from nerve pain so I just found places to sit while she shopped. We decided to have a coffee before heading to the beach for sunset and found a good cafe latte at a cafe called Arabica on the outside of the shopping centre and just across the road from the beach. We crossed over at 5.40pm and it was surprisingly, a nice family atmosphere. Sunset was beautiful of ... read more

Today was relaxing day after 2 days of early starts. Had our lovely buffet breakfast at 8.45am and decided to visit Nusa Dua and do the Bail Underwater Walk. There are 2 companies here like Uber. Gojek is well established like Uber and Grab is a newer alternative. I did a couple of comparisons and Grab seems cheaper so ordered a Grab car to pick us up at our hotel. Another popular alternative is to hire a driver all day. Cost for that is about $55 for 10 hours, but we decided we didn't need that today. Cost to get to the activities centre was only $11.90. I was expecting an office for the Underwater Walk but instead we were directed to follow this guy who sat us down and asked us which of the activities ... read more

Early start to the day to catch our 8:30am flight on Batik Air. Daisy is always anxious to get to the airport early. On this occasion, there were no worries. Took 10 minutes for our Didi driver to arrive, got to the airport by 6am as there was little traffic. Then only took about 15 minutes to check-in (no line), clear customs and security check. We had some breakfast and coffee as Batik is one of those budget airlines where nothing is included. We decided to just get some snacks for lunch which we bought before boarding. Flight was less than 7 hours and we both managed to get a bit more sleep in between watching videos and listening to blogs. Although the plane left about 30 minutes after scheduled take-off, we arrived on time at ... read more

Where the land is stepped, there the sky is upheld… ~ Indonesian Proverb HE SAID... I had two very small points of reference for our Indonesian adventure – surfing and vegetarian food. And to be honest, even these were relatively unknown to me. My knowledge of Indonesian surf was derived entirely from surfing magazines, and my knowledge of Indonesian food was derived entirely from a small eatery in my home town of Hobart. I knew little about the country, because I had never travelled there. This was my first trip, which somewhat defies the stereotype of the quintessential Australian tourist. Most Aussies travel to Indonesia at some point in their early adulthood. For some, it's considered a rite of passage. The proximity of exotic islands such as Bali to our northwest corner makes this coming-of-age ritual ... read more