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March 16th 2008

Published: June 21st 2017

Geo: -8.09594, 114.521I arrived on the North Side beach town of Lovina on Wed night. I stopped at Gitgit twin waterfalls, and Pura Ulun Temple at Lake Beratan. Very beautiful. I found a hotel (king bed, A/C, pool, 200ft from beach, $12) and then Spice Dive shop. I signed up (the only one there, it's low season), and had my first day of lessons on friday. all day in the pool with my instr... Read Full Entry

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Suzette Saint-Pierre

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Hey folks, I've decided to use TravelPOD instead of this site for my blog. Sorry! Here is the link to the active blog I'm using for Asia '08: www.travelpod.com/members/suzettesp Thanks! Suzette TP PROFILE Former TravelPod Member: suzettesp Joined: January 4th, 2008From: Massachusetts lives in New York,United StatesProfession: Internet Software Project Manager... full info

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v - Looking up the side of the ship

w - Yellow guys next to a christmas tree thing =)

x - Post-Diving dip

After my two dives on the reef there was 20 minutes to kill while the dive-masters loaded up all the gear for the return trip. So I took a dip on the beach and here I am all blissfull...

x - Black guys, that aren't shy to get close!

y - Cool thunderstorm

On the boatride back to the mainland we saw this cool thunderstorm on the horizon.

z - Our 'Always Joking' crew!

These guys weren't serious for one second of the trip. Love'em

16th March 2008

rrsquared
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You're a DIVER!!! YAY!! I am so proud of you!!!! I have to admit, I'd never really considered diving, (just doesn't sound very safe) but now that I understand there's a difference between diving and DIVING (deep sea) ... maybe I'll consi
der it! Deep sea = no. Fishtank = YES! I would totally be your fishbowl dive partner!! :)

17th March 2008

shoshannahr
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Can't wait to see you (2.5 days to go) Hi Suzette I can not wait to see you, reading all of your blogs, things sound amazing for you, especially Ubud. I just realised from reading your last blog that I did not tell you that we are in Bali
from Thursday until the following Saturday (9 days) I have an extra week off work after Easter! I would love to take your advise and do some day trips together. Ravi and I have no set plans, my sister and her boyfriend will probably join us for dinners, drinks, spa's etc, I know they have recommended some beautiful restaurants and cocktail bars which they are dying to get back to. It seems that while Seminyak is very cheap, it will still be a little more than Ubud as it is more touristic. You have had luxury at an amazing price so far. I have a bunch of friends staying in Kuta just for the Easter weekend, they are planning some nights out, so we should all join them. We will just be relaxing and taking in all that we can, lots of eating, drinking and spa's, hopefully a trip to Ubud, perhaps some temples, and I heard there is an animal sanctuary on the east coast where you can hold baby white tigers and it sounds good! We have also spent a bit of time in Thailand so I can recommend some things for the rest of your trip! See you on Thursday - we arrive at lunch time, I have left my mobile number for you on Facebook so text me if you can. Love Sha

19th March 2008

suzettesp
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Re: Can't wait to see you (2.5 days to go) Yay Sha, I can't wait to see you either! I'm psyched you are staying longer, we can do as much or as little as we feel like. I've just renewed my visa for another 30 days and haven't decided if
/what I'll do with them. But I've got options and I'm totally flexible. It'll be cool to see some of your sisters fav pubs to hang in here, I wonder if it'll feel at all like we're back in our old pub in London?!? LOL, not with this heat! We'll have to become regulars in a local spot in Kuta! I haven't heard of the animal sanctuary but I'm totally up for it - I wanna hold a baby tiger! There are a couple of good temples near Kuta (Tanah Lot and Uluwatu) we can check either or both out. There are about a million others too, but these are both on cliffs over the beach so very beautiful. Can't wait to get your advice on Thailand too. I don't have an active Mobile while I'm here, but I'll login to Facebook and leave you the number to my hotel up the street (yours was booked for the weekend! =( Love, Suz

19th March 2008

suzettesp
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Re: You're a DIVER!!! Thanks sista, I guess I'm a little proud that I didn't wimp out of my plans too (there were a few moments there though, like the first time I actually had to go under - blblblblblb) It's so fantastic, and all the goo
d fish are mostly at 5 meters anyway so no need to go deep at all. I hope you do go for it, I'll totally be your dive buddy! Love, Suz

19th March 2008

suzettesp
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Re: Payoff!!! Thanks Dad!

19th March 2008

joannesp
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Scuba 'Divah' Congratulations to you, my little Blue Fish! Love, Mom

28th March 2008

suzettesp
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Re: Scuba 'Divah' Ha! Haven't thought about that it a million years! I guess I still am one!

26th January 2010

jhoenz
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java is not the largest island in indonesia. the largest island is borneo. java is the 5th...

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