Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 17

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I had searched for the flight(s) that would get me from Kuching to Bali as early in the evening as possible, whilst still being economically viable. The best route I found was via Singapore. So, on the 19th of Jan, I woke up at 06:00, headed for Kuching airport and flew to Sinagpore, before a 6 hour lay over, spent at the airport in an attempt to save money, and my connection flight to Denpasar. In the morning I met a woman heading back to Australia and we shared a taxi and a fair long and decent conversation about travelling and volunterring and many other topics. In consistant fashion I cannot remember her name for the life of me, but she was very plesent and helped pass the time by buying me a coffee. Once at ... read more

The most economically viable and less soul destroying option for me to get to Oz was to fly indirect. I flew from London Stansted to Kuala Lumpur where I spent the night and not a day longer. I believe that now in total I have probably spent about a month of my life in Kuala Lumpur and feel that there is no longer anything else I can achieve there. It's a good city and I really recommend it, vibrant, convenient, hassle free, safe and like any good and grimy south east Asian city far from clean. For me though it doesn't quite have that same allure as other big south east Asian cities such as Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh. So after a night in Kuala Lumpur I unliterally jumped on a flight to Bali, with ... read more

13 December 2009 - 07 January 2010 TRANSPORT: Maumere to Bali by plane (Merpati)--Rp1,190,000 HOTEL: LA Inn (Kuta) Double, fan, western toilet (that didn't flush), cold water--Rp116,000 (New Year's Price) Great value for money considering the price rocketing that happens during New Years. Right in the heart of it all! Our flight from Flores to Bali was pretty good considering Merpati's reputation and aging 1980's plane. A couple of friends had flown this route a week earlier and was faced with a 10 hour delay and only a few days earlier another plane on this route had overshot the runway. We left on time, the pilot spoke great English...even the passengers were well behaved!! We arrived into Bali after a routine stop at a tiny airport in Sumba and headed back to the Roberts's villa back ... read more

Wow every time we sit down to write these blogs we realise just how much we have been packing in! After leaving Penang having finally had all the viruses removed from our usb memory sticks we went onto the Cameron Highlands in the center of Malaysia. the country side leading up to there was beautiful winding in and out of the mountains and above the clouds however when we arrived to the town it wasn't so beautiful as it had been over developed and was just a bit touristy for what should be a quiet pretty mountain retreat. Anyway we met another couple there who are on their honeymoon but for a year so beat us and it turns out they know one of our friend tim and are from Midhurst...its a small world. It was ... read more