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Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta March 24th 2007

After leaving the quiet town of Candi Dasa, we headed for the unofficial cultural capital of Bali, Ubud. The streets were lined with art shops, wood carvings and more art shops. We found a cheap room set in a small courtyard close to a river, we found out after we had agreed to take it that the bathroom was infested with giant ants.......nice! After ten minutes spraying them with DEET (it was all we had handy) they seemed to dissapear or die and left us to it, feeling confident that they weren't going to move into our backpacks we headed out on the streets for some exploring. This turned out to be a bad idea as we came across a painting that took our fancy. We inquired on the price and quickly left the shop agreeing ... read more
Surfer girl!
Rice Paddies
Sunset on Kuta beach

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta March 23rd 2007

Wow Bali, it was a little suggestion at first after looking at a world map and put the question out 'what do you girls think about a side trip to Bali?' and surprisingly Louise & Katy were both up for it - I was well impress for 100 quid we managed to get a return flight from Singapore to Bali! When am I ever going to get a chance like that! Ideal oppertunity to put my underwater camera to the test aswell :) Bali is not the honeymooner's place to visit - far from if you ask me but I loved it, we lived it up quit a bit for backpackers but then who wouldn't if your able to stay in a lovely hotel for 5-7 quid a night. No bunk beds lovely comfortable beds ... read more
Kuta - night on the town
Kuta - night on the town
Kuta - night on the town

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta March 21st 2007

Hallo alle zusammen!! Es tut mir leid, dass ich mich lange nicht gemeldet habe...ich habe einfach keine Zeit gehabt, jeje, war sehr beschaeftigt in Kuta... Ich weiss nicht wo ich anfangen soll zu erzaehlen! Also noch in Java habe ich den Mt. Bromo bescuht, war sehr beeindruckend auf einem Vulkan zu sein! Und sehr windig! Nach Bromo bin ich, zusammen mit 3 unglaublich nette Kanadier die ich unterwegs getroffen habe, nach Bali gekommen, Kuta... Ich kann wirklich nicht in Worten fassen was fuer eine tolle Zeit ich in Kuta hatte, so toll dass ich mir gar keine andere Orte auf Bali angeschaut habe, ich wollte einfach in Kuta bleiben...Kuta ist der Touristen Ort per excellence in Bali, ich habe mir gedacht, da werde ich es bestimmt nicht laenger als 2 Tagen aushalten...aber natuerlich kann man ... read more
Sunset in Kuta Beach
Transport in Bali: everything on the Motorbike!
With Simon, Chris and Zach

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta March 20th 2007

Boven alles hoop ik dat het met jullie - in Nederland en in het buitenland - net zo goed gaat als met mij hier. Momenteel ben ik aan het vertoeven op het hedonistische Indonesische eiland Bali. Nog nooit zo vertoefd als hier… Different day, different shit. Dat is wat mij betreft wel het credo van reizen: nieuwe locaties, nieuwe culturen, nieuwe ervaringen en last but not least nieuwe mensen. Maar afscheid nemen hoort er ook duidelijk bij. Reizen dwingt je ook tot het grijpen van kansen wanneer ze er zijn, want ze vliegen nogal, die kansen. Het bestaan van een objectieve werkelijkheid verwerp ik nu des te meer. Hoe ik verschillende werkelijkheden heb verwezenlijkt mag dan ook wel het onderwerp van dit schrijven genoemd worden. 'Godverdomme, wat is het koud en nat!' Dat is wat ... read more
Grauw Helsinki
Torii
Kyoto

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta March 14th 2007

We've now hit Bali - after nearly missing our flight because yours truly was on the throne!! Oopsy! So we land and take some cash out and have now become millionaires!! The currency here is mental its 17,718 Indonesian Rupiah to the pound - yes try working that bad boy out, its not easy i'm telling you!! And spending an hour on the internet here costs me 75p!! But you guys have got no reason to be envious anymore - why i hear you cry, because its been raining and its not just spitting, its proper tropical rain! So we've spent our days in bed and our nights in the bar!! Its a hard life! Have managed to have a little look round, saw the sight of the Bali bomb and the big memorial stone, with ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta March 5th 2007

once again its been a while, think im gettin very lazy at this malarky!! last time i wrote i was about to go diving the next day!! well it all went fine (obv) and i cant wait to do it again!! we all really loved the experience, its so surreal!!! we want to do our advanced course next!! woohoo!! at the moment we are only qualified to go to 18m, but thats fine for now! We all really enjoyed Koh Tao and wouild definately return!! Our next stop was Phuket, to meet the parents who were stayin in an amazin 5 * marriott hotel!!! we lived a life of luxury for 2 nights with meals bought for us etc etc etc!! then we were off again! we went to Koh Phi Phi via Phuket town for ... read more
Koh Tao
Luxury

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta February 16th 2007

well, only one more day here, I have dropped off my laundry, so I don't even have to do it!! How sweet! I only dropped off the darks though....I can't risk the only white tank top I have!! My plane leaves Bali for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow afternoon. I have one night there and hope to squeeze in as much as I can in the short time I am there. My main goal is to get to the twin towers there. You may have seen them on the amazing race.....also, there is an amazing race ASIA and the prize is $100,000 american....how not fair is that!! On the amazing race asia they go almost everywhere I do...so cool!! Yesterday we went to a resort at Ubud...the rooms range from $700 american to $4000 american per night!! If ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta February 15th 2007

James & I arrived late in Bali, we found a good hotel & just went to bed straight away. We were both looking forward to seeing Lingy tomorrow. In the morning we woke up to some bad news... Richard's flight had been cancelled, something about a truck driving into his plane!! Like a massive plane is that hard to avoid! It meant that Richard was going to be coming all the way from England for not long at all. We'll have to make the most of it. So instead James and I decided to head to the beach and play around in the waves. It was pretty funny because we were both scaring each other when seaweed touched our legs because we had it in our heads it was jellyfish or sharks! Then James decided to ... read more
Surfing Lesson No.1
Surfing Lesson No.1
Surfing Lesson No.1

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta February 14th 2007

Hey to all my loved ones across the ocean!! Happy Valentine's Day!! I really wish I could send you some sunshine!! It is +38 here today!!! I just had a two hour full body massage for $7.00 Can you believe it!! So cheap here. Yesterday I went on an elephant trek in the jungle, those guys are so amazing. My elephant was Boris....what a cutie-pie!! Tomorrow I am going on a tour of the rice paddies and the coffe plantations near Ubud. The next day I hope to spend the day at the beach, and maybe it's about time I did some laundry!! Anywhooo....hope everyone has a happy day today, and thanks for all your comments I love it! TTYS!! Rara.... read more
my roomie
boris
srie

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Kuta February 9th 2007

It is said that when the continents and islands had been created on earth, the Gods gathered together. The highest god explained to all other Gods, that there is one more island to be created, a special island for all Gods and that on this island, all Gods will be worshipped and honored util the end of time. So the Gods started to create the most outstanding island of all. The bottom and upper layer, the foundation, the soil and then the bright and colourful sky. The Gods were very delighted with the result and decided to name the island: "BALI" - Bali -- Kuta - When I checked into my flight from Kuala Lumpur to Denpasar, the capital of Bali, I wasn't sure what to expect from Bali, a place that has been called by ... read more
Arrival
Surfer
Silly me




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