Blogs from Amed, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 3

Bonjour tout le monde! After spending a few days in a stormy Kuala Lumpur, we caught a flight to the world-famous island of Bali, the only Hindu island in the most populous Muslim country in the world, Indonesia... Kuta, Bali - I think Chris described Kuta as 'Magaluf for Australians' so expectations weren't high, but due to its proximity to the airport it made sense to spend a night here. From the fleeting glimpse I got it was exactly how I'd imagined - fast food restaurants, Tesco's, loud music, pissed Aussies and pretty much everything that you wouldn't associate with Indonesia. We left the next morning. Ubud, Bali - Made famous by the book and film 'Eat, Pray, Love', explaining the high proportion of middle-aged women out to 'find themselves', Ubud is another incredibly popular, albeit ... read more

STAY HUNGRY. STAY FOOLISH. (Steve Jobs) Hola a todoooooooos!! Escribo mi primera crónica desde Indonesia, tumbada en un cojin enfrente de la playa, con LUNA LLENAAAAA!! Se puede pedir algo más a la vida??? Yo creo que no :)))... Lo primero, como siempre, mil gracias por estar ahí, Martita, anago, eu, lau y algun@ mas que seguís mis crónicas...no sabeis la falta que me hace leer vuestros comentarios y mensajitos...GRACIAS!! Y por supuesto a mis fans incondicionales, mi familia, que espero que si que me lea jejejej...aunque algo debo estar haciendo mal con este blog porque mi madre aún no se ha enterado muy bien de donde ando... (PARÉNTESIS: RETOMO MI CRÓNICA 4 días más tarde....resulta que el otro día cuando la tenía casi terminada se fue la electricidad en toda la isla y perdí toda ... read more

After making a few small purchases at Ubud market (wanting to make many more - a good place for pressies - but not enough room in our bags) we said a sad farewell to Ubud and journeyed to the west coast to a little town called Amed. This really was a little fishing village. We soon discovered that their primary source of income, aside from the odd incredibly lavish hotel (we stayed in a cosy bungalow homestay next door to one and managed to persuade them to let us use their pool!), is sea salt. Within minutes we were accosted by a gang of kids; "Hey sis what is your name?" and "Mister you wan buy salt?" - and those who hadn't learnt to say that in English had a paragraph written about how our purchase ... read more

01MAY11 Dave here. Wow, what do I even say about Bali? After the mad rush of India, the slowness and friendliness are nearly shocking. I did like a lot of things about India, mind you. The things which we were ‘warned’ about never even came up on my list. The abject poverty was there, but I’ve seen it in San Francisco and LA. There was begging but I didn’t feel the background hostility I sometimes feel in the States. The food was spicy, but overall not as bad as Thailand can get. Now, I did not eat from street vendors and avoided ice except when it was stated clearly that it was filtered, but for all the crazy warnings we had going in, India was quite nice. There was lechery like I’ve never seen, Heather ... read more

Visite à Amed en compagnie de Liane, pour son baptême de plongée. Le barracuda est toujours sur l'épave. Les perroquets a bosse aussi.... read more