Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 7

As I travel I start to get critical, I can't admire everything I see any more :) At first any new place seems great. But as you gain experience you start to see + and – , not just everything WOW. I've just arrived in Kuta and was so surprised at what I saw here. I had such beautiful pictures of this place in my memory from my first visit. It was about 3 years ago, on my first trip. Everything seemed so bright, exotic and wonderful. And now I saw the shabby building of the airport that reminded me of dirty Kathmandu. I saw dust in the streets, importunate traders and taxi drivers, every 2 minutes someone shouts to you “yes! transport! motorbike!”. The Kuta beach… sand turned out to be grey with quite a ... read more

Hello - us again! Despite a delayed entry into Bali, we had an incredible time. Loving the heat as we got off the plane, our taxi journey proved rather chaotic - apparently its normal to have 4 cars across 2 lanes with mopeds going either way all around us. Georgia did not believe we would actually arrive at the hotel. But we did. The hotel was so lovely (thank you mummy sue!) and did great breakfasts - not that Max would know, sleeping in until 2 one day! Sophie and Georgia on the other hand, took full advantage of it as we couldn't afford to eat for the rest of the day. The pool was great with little islands and bridges on it. We spent most of the day there recovering from nights out in Kuta ... read more

Geo: -8.72412, 115.17Picked up my laundry. Researched the internet for tickets to Cambodia and back. Change of plans. Instead of going overland from Singapore via Kuala Lumpur into Thailand to Cambodia i fly from Singapore to Phnom Penh take the bus to Angkor Wat. Come back to Phnom Penh to visit the "Killing Fields" of the Khmer Rouge and museum. And fly from Phnom Penh to KL and continue through Malaysia to Thailand. It's cheaper and saves time. First flight booked with Tiger Airways for 68$. No prob. Second flight with Air Asia. Problem! Credit card declined. What!? Call to CC company, everything is fine. Mmh. Turns out VISA terminated the partnership with Air Asia. So no one with VISA can book a flight online. Found a sales office 5km away and made it there just ... read more

Saa blev det sidste dag her paa Bali, i morgen gaar turen videre til Thailand. Her har vi vaeret de sidste 14 dage. Vi har rigtig faaet slappet af og nydt at det har vaeret lidt mere turistet:) Men vi har selvfoelgelig ogsaa vaeret ude og se oeen. Vi havde lejet en taxa for en dag som saa kunne koere os rundt. Her startede vi med at se to templer. Her paa oeen er de hinduer og har derfor en helt masse templer. Herefter koerte vi op til en kaffeplantage, hvor de laver verdens dyreste kaffe 2500 pr. kg. Grunden til dette er at de plukker kaffeboennerne og giver dem til et yderst klamt dyr der ligner lidt en blandning af en rotte og en abe. Dette dyr vaelger saa de bedste boenner og spiser dem, ... read more

Geo: -8.72412, 115.17In the morning i went with the others to the airport in the hope to get a cheap flight back to Bali and got lucky :) Paid even less than for the flight to Flores. Back in Bali in the late afternoon. And relaxed at the pool. Am Morgen ging ich mit den anderen zum Flughafen in der Hoffnung heute noch nach Bali zurrueckzufliegen. Und hatte Glueck :) Zahlte sogar weniger als fuer den Flug hierher. Am spaeten Nachmittag war ich zurrueck in meinem Hotel und ruhte mich am Pool aus.... read more