Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 15

Bangkok and Bali Bangkok I arrived in Bangkok at 8:30. This gave me enough time to find a hotel, freshen up, and hit the town. I walked around aimlessly for a while just following the stream of shops by sukhumvit 19. There is an endless line of shops selling a wide variety of items including: sex toys, hardcore porn, illegally copied movies, Viagra, weaponry, and typical touristy crap. On the side of the street is a wide selection of prostitues in all shapes and sizes. I couldn't help but feel sorry for these women and the men who were getting their attention. After getting tired of these shops I went to an area called RCA. This is a place like Lodos in Denver or the Marina in San Francisco. It's a posh area with a series ... read more

SALAM!!!!! Voici notre premier message sur ce blog tout juste crée afin de vous (famille et amis) embarquer dans notre pérégrination asiatique. Ce voyage attendu depuis si lontemps mais très peu planifié (certains penserons « normal » mais j’ai une bonne raison cette fois: « laisser place aux surprises » !!!!) nous permet de partir à la rencontre de nouvelles cultures, de personnes aux habitudes différentes des nôtres et ayant une philosophie de vie singulière. Ce blog écrit parfois en français, en néerlandais (amis hollandais vous allez pouvoir apprécier mes ameliorations en la matière!) ou encore en anglais sera notre carnet de voyage au travers duquel nous pourrons vous donner des nouvelles (nous sommes les rois dans ce domaine ;) !!!!) mais aussi vous prêter nos yeux, vous faire imaginer les odeurs et arômes des différentes ... read more

Hello, This is the penultimate entry....! In my last update we'd just got back to Bali from the Gili Islands........... Thursday 9th September - The Gili's to Kuta, Bali continued The journey back into Kuta took a long time. It was interesting though as it was the last day of Ramadan and there were a lot of people on the side of the roads dressed up very colourfully with elaborate food laid out in front of them waiting for sunset so they could eat. The Bali countryside is really beautiful, lots of lush green and nice rivers. The traffic in Kuta was TERRIBLE!!! We moved about an inch a minute. We hadn't realised that a lot of Indonesians come to Bali at the end of Ramadam for Eid, there's a 5 day national holiday. This also ... read more

A small cup of Java I spent a few days in KL in a futile attempt to get a proper 60 day visa to Indonesia. August 31st was however the Malaysian independence day so the embassy closed and apparently didn't accept new visa applications the day before. The day after they threw so much red tape after me that I gave up and flew to Jakarta and got another visa on arrival in a matter of minutes. I had a day in Jakarta before Eric would join me again after his short trip to Vietnam and I tried to get some practical stuff sorted out and get a quick impression of this weird city. When travelling in Indonesia you hear a lot about how awful the bigger cities like Medan, Surabaya and Jakarta are so I ... read more

Ellie: We're back in Kuta! Our flight back from Flores was at 11, and we amused ourselves before boarding by spying on two very rich and very good looking families with squillions of shiny children. I couldn't guess which child belonged to which glamourous mum but Claire worked it all out. We also listened to "I'm Sorry I havn't a Clue," laughing like morons at the gate. After we got back we sunbathed on the beach, and got a manicure, pedicure AND haircut all for the very reasonable price of 8 dollars. Sushi again for supper, and tomorrow we'll probably stay by the pool until leaving to catch our internal flight from Bali to Jakarta at 2.45. Claire: Having giggled relentlessly to I'm Sorry I haven't a clue we're now describing ourselves as Euthanasia. (Youth in ... read more