Blogs from Bukit Peninsula, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Nachdem es uns in Lombok so gut gefallen hat und wir in Bali an vielen Stellen etwas geschockt, sowohl vom Müll als auch vom Ausmaß und der Kommerzialisierung des Tourismus waren, wollen wir Bali noch eine zweite Chance geben. Die letzten sechs Tage unseres Urlaubs werden wir uns den mit Traumstränden gesegneten äußersten Südzipfel der Insel anschauen: die Bukit-Halbinsel. Dafür haben wir uns in Balangan ein kleines Hotel mit Pool als Ausgangspunkt ausgesucht, nur wenige Kilometer von Jimbaran, einem mit Edelresorts gespickten Ferienort an einer wunderschönen endlosen Sandbucht. In leichter Hanglage etwa 5 Rollerminuten vom Balangan Beach sitzt unser Hotel auf einem grünen Hügel, hier weht eine leichte Brise und es ist angenehm unaufgeregt. Wir mieten uns direkt am ersten Tag einen Roller und kurven durch kleine Ansiedlungen nach Jimbaran. Unsere Navigationsapp schickt uns durch ve ... read more

Me voilà donc lancé à l'aventure à la découverte de l'Indonésie. Forte de ses 17000 îles, l'Indonésie est le plus grand archipel du monde. Ancienne colonie hollandaise, elle est le troisième pays le plus peuplé après la Chine et l'Inde, et le premier pays musulman au monde. Malgré tout cela, j'ai choisi de ne découvrir qu'une partie finalement infime de cette grande culture insulaire: l'île de Bali, de Lombok et l'est de Java. Station touristique la plus prisée du pays, Bali, l'île des dieux a la particularité d'être à très forte majorité hindouiste, contrairement au reste du pays principalement musulman. Me voilà arrivé, à 23h passées avec mon gros sac à l'aéroport de Denpasar. J'ai prévu de me rendre à mon auberge à pieds, ce qui se révèle finalement plus compliqué que prévu. Après avoir humé ... read more

Hi folks, Well we've had a pretty busy couple of weeks since our last update. Well, actually busy in terms of moving about a bit, we've spent most of it lying on a beach and in the ocean, so not really 'busy' as such!!! We had an over night in kl after Cambodia, spent a great few hours seeing round the city. Nipped up their sky tower for a great view, then went into Chinatown for a phenomenal meal on a simple street pavement cafe. On our first day in Bali we decided to have our engagement dinner, we hadn't had a nice night out and dinner together since we got engaged, primarily as Nepali cuisine is pretty average, so we went to a swanky place on the beach called Ku De Ta. Awesome seafood salads ... read more

I left Canggu for Balangan in the mid-afternoon and it was awesomely easy to find. I took Sunset Road past the turnoff for the airport, then kept going to the next right turn where there was a sign for Jimbaran/Ulu Watu. I fought the traffic down the length of Jimbaran bay and then it was just up the hill, past the GWK cultural park, to the Nirmala Supermarket, where there is a sign for Balangan. I did find it a little hard to adjust to the crazy Kuta scooter traffic, which is so unlike the re3latively open roads of the far west of Bali. I stopped at Nirmala to stock up on the cheapest water I've seen and a few groceries and then drove the last 7km to Balangan beach. The landscape of the Bukit Peninsula ... read more

Air Asia was a pleasant short flight from Singapore, just a mear 3hrs which is nothing for the journeys i have taken in the last 2 months! Landed on this island and went straight to Balangan beach on the south peninsula of Bukit where i parked myself at a surf warung (bungalow on the beach) for a few days and soaked up some sun and sea! Waking up to the view of surfers already out catching the waves at 09h30 was wonderful to say the least and the days there were totally unstressful. I lived on fresh fruit juices and and very quiet evenings catching up on some reading, as not had the chance to do much of that since i left Belgium!!! It was one of the best surf spots here so I am told ... read more