Blogs from Legian, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 4

I hate being one of those perth people who goes to bali all the time...but it the closest destination from perth at 3 hours and if you get a deal you can get tickets cheaper than to Melbourne or Sydney...plus of course meals only cost you $4 instead of $30....so so many reasons to go if you just want to get away. We went for the 5 days over easter and booked a private 2 bedroom apartment in the Jayakarta. The room was really really nice...just like being in someones house! The hotel was nice with a couple of huge pools and a great location, right opposite the beach and cheap beach bars and right next to all the Legian restaraunts on the beach. Plus heaps of stalls and cheap food out the back of the ... read more

6th I wanted to head up to Kuta beach and be apart of the Balinese holiday markets . We left the hotel and walked along the beach for something different . It seemed strange shopping side by side at the markets with the Balinese . A truly fantastic atmosphere on the beach and so cool with the ocean breeze . I wonder why they don't do more of it . Most of the stalls we visit had great prices and I was happy not to bargain . I bought a corn cooked over hot charcoal brushed with chili so yummy , but my lips were still burning for ages after . A bit later in the afternoon we stopped in to a pizza shop out the front of a hotel in Jalan Padma just down and ... read more

4th It's raining again , it's just an annoying drizzle . Time to go for Makan pagi (breakfast). After breaky I chilled out the front of our room for a while listening to a few chilled out Australian folk/blues tunes and got up to date with my diary . We spent some time with Turika and her daughter Putu and picked up a few more t shirts . Before we headed to Carrefour a huge shopping centre to grab a few supplies for Nyepi day . As the hotel had a set menu of food that I and my girls really didn't want to eat and at a silly price of 180 000 rupiah each . It was my first time at Carrefour , OMG what a place . I bought so much stuff for cooking ... read more

2nd Regurgitator – Don't Go to Sleep blasted from my mobile phone, 7am. Bloody hell. I still haven’t changed that. I swore in Vietnam I would change it. It was time to get ready and have breaky. I have organised a dolphin encounter for us this morning off the coast of Sanur. Miss G did this last trip in 2009 and loved it. Miss C and I are keen to experience the encounter ourselves. We got picked up at 9am by the dolphin lodge and off we went to Sanur , had a quick talk about what you can do and what you can't do and a cold bottle of water . Into the boat and off we went to a pontoon and begun our encounter . Pluto was our dolphins name, a boy . This ... read more

Intro I got an email late one night, from Jetstar. Cheap airfares to Bali! ; ) Both Miss C and Miss G had been pestering to go back, and deep down. I wanted to go as well. We all love Bali .It’s such a magical and mythical place, and a truly genuine cultural experience . Bali is such a diverse country It can be relaxing or Party Central , touristy or just cultural . We had to go back. I booked tickets for March. Which I thought, will be a nice way to spend my birthday. Bintangs , satay , a silly idea and Bali . What more could I want . Plane tickets, hotel and insurance all arranged within an hour.Thank god for the internet and credit/debit cards. To easy . But I do wonder ... read more