Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 22

Tom and I are in Bali now and it's truly unbelievable. The beaches are really beautiful and we've been enjoying relaxing, learning and getting better at surfing, working on our tans etc. I decided a couple of days ago that I wanted to visit Ubud, which is a town about an hour from Kuta beach where we're staying, and also where the author of Eat Pray Love goes to do some spiritual healing. I decided to check it out for myself while Tom conquered some waves on his rented surfboard for the day. When I woke up in the morning, there was no way of knowing what was in store for myself later that day.. I had plans to go to the two people the author visits in the book in Ubud, Wayan the traditional Balinese ... read more

Hi everyone from Bali, Indonesia! Ok ok ok, been very slack with writing - but that's usually a good thing, means I'm too busy doing interesting things! Perhentian Kecil Took a fairly epic bus journey up here from KL still feeling like crap and followed it up with a 40 minute boat trip out to these relatively remote islands. Met Ciaran first eve there out on the beach and later met another guy Nigel. Nigel works in SE Asia on oil rigs month on, month off and gets a pretty damn sweet living out of it. He'd just brought a Catamaran and had arranged to have his own place built on the island whilst he stays there between jobs - not too shabby! Ended up sailed the boat with him and Ciaran a couple of times, ... read more

We spent the last two days at Bali Island doing our last shoppings and enjoying the pool of the hotel. Last night we had dinner at Poppies on Poppies Lane 1 to celebrate the end of our travel. Today is birthday of our son. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MURAT. We thank you all , sharing our travelblogs and many thanks to the friends, accompanied us during our travel, for their sincere contribution. Hopefully we will be at home late evening on Tuesday on 21st April 2009. ... read more

Much has been said about the prevalence of poorly translated Asian tattoos on Western males' bodies, and I know we've all shared a laugh or two over some classic 'Chinglish' translations in restaurants and on signs in this part of the world, but I have finally reached the pinnacle of cross-cultural misinterpretation. What I witnessed HAD to be an honest and unintentional mistake, but even so it was so amazingly bad it just had to be photographed and documented. I'll set the scene... We had been on shoddy trains for 5 hours escaping the dreary town of Solo and heading to the metropolis of Surabaya. Our plan was to change trains there and head to the city of Probolinggo which serves as the main starting point for trips up to a tiny town on the edge ... read more

Rakastan merta! Sen varit, voima, aaltojen kohina ja siloinen tuntu iholla saa mut aina hyvalle mielelle. Viime aikoina ollaan lahinna hengattu merimaisemissa, joten mieli on myos ollut oikein hyva lahestyvasta reissun lopusta huolimatta. Alotettiin "merielama" Kambodzassa, kun matkattiin pieneen 4000 asukkaan kalastajakylaan, jossa ei turhan paljon turisteja tallannut :) Siella ihmeteltiin rapumarkkinoita, syotiin merenelavia joka lahtoon monta kertaa paivassa, ja uitiin. Tehtiin myos kokopaivan veneretki laheiselle janissaarelle, jonka maisemat oli varmaan reissun paratiisimaisimmat. Putipuhdas valkoinen hiekkaranta, palmuja ja turkoosi meri. Rannan tuntumaan oli rakennettu bambubungaloweja, joita sai vuokrata. Siella taalla oli myos saarelaisten koteja, ja pitkin rantaa kayskenteli lehmia, vuohia, kukkoja, kanoja, koiria ja kissoja. Saarella ei ollut mitaan moottoroituja kulkuneuvoja ... read more