Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 16

We were in the queue for 20 minutes before I realised that we couldn't pay for our Indonesian Visa at Customs and behind waiting were scores of people holding their 50 US dollar visa receipts, too late he was calling us forward! We got away with it jumping the visa queue as Lynn waited with customs, close call and a bit stressful, but we arrived in Bali late in the dark to be taken to our Hotel in Kuta by "the transporter", more on him later. Kuta's a crazy place with narrow lanes called gang, we stayed in a quiet gang halfway between the beach and the main drag at a place called Unns. In Kuta everyone trys to sell sell sell, hawkers everywhere ,keeping an eye on where you go as its easy to get ... read more

Let op; er zijn 2 pagina's voor foto's Waar waren we gebleven? Na de overwinning van oranje tegen Japan zijn we direct aan boord gestapt van de Parama boot, deze slowboot; met aan boord jonge kinderen en Fransen... dit volkje trekt elkaar aan als vliegen op stront en je vind jezelf niet snel tussen een groep Fransen terwijl je lachend over de grond rolt van de gemoedelijke saamhorigheid. De Fransen die wel gemoedelijk en in voor een praatje zijn, zijn diegene die alleen op reis zijn, (Moni) anders dan dat, ben je constant het derde wiel. De boot maakt een stop in Rinca, uit de boot stappen alle passagiers en aan land worden we in twee groepen verdeeld. In ons groepje treffen we Nederlanders, Engelsen, twee jongens uit Singapore (geen idee hoe mensen uit Singapore genoemd ... read more

Hello dear friends! As you probably know, it was my birthday last Tuesday! Yeahhhh :) Attached you can see some pictures from the party the night before as well as from the actual day. It was the best birthday lately! I had a really great day with nice people. On 31st of May we went to a Mexican restaurant and then partied in Skygarden, Kuta, Bali. At 00.00 there was a big group of nice people with me on the roof of the club! On 1st of June I was woken up with a great chocolate cake and nice presents! Then went to a spa and end the day with a special dinner with special people. I had ordered Babi Guling - grilled whole pig! Later we chilled by the pool until 3 AM with a ... read more

Greetings Blog Readers, Well, we have returned to our beloved Asia, this time in Bali, Indonesia. We decided to make the most of being close to Bali (3 hour flight) and check it out for 3 weeks before our New Zealand adventure begins. So, we left the blog last time after selling Harry to the two Israelis and finding a hostel to stay in around Perth. Now after living in Harry, and at Jan’s house, for a number of months we have not needed to use the back packs, so as we tried to pack all our things up we soon realised that we had accumulated a lot of extra things. We waved off Harry and whilst carrying our big bulging backpacks on our backs, our smaller daypacks on our fronts and both carrying plastic bags ... read more

Paluu tanne viime talvelta tuttuun paikkaan on sujunut jouhevasti. Jo toisena perillaolopaivana tuntui melkein silta, ettei olisi poissa ollutkaan, aivan kuin olisi edellisviikolla lahtenyt. Taalla on (lahes) kaikki samanlaista kuin ennenkin - ei mitaan sen enempaa, mutta ei myoskaan vahempaa. Lentokentalla meita oli vastassa ihana ja auttavainen paikallinen pikkuveljemme Chandra, joka oli myos varannut meidan lempihotellista meille huoneen valmiiksi. Pari paivaa ehdittiin olla taalla Lauran kanssa kaksin, kunnes kurvattiin taas lentokentalle ja haettiin iloiseen joukkoomme kolme jasenta lisaa: Martti, Hessu ja Reetta, jotka saapuivat Intiasta. Nyt on viides kokonainen reissupaiva lopuillaan. Paivat on kuluneet (taas) paaasiassa rannalla hengaillen, mutta on mukaan mahtunut myos esimerkiksi vahan shoppailua, jalkahierontaa ja keilausta. Takalainen urheiluelamakin on jo aloitettu:... read more