Blogs from Lovina, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 3

Hi from Bali! I had a busy 5 weeks in Oz, plus not a great deal of cheap internet, hence the lack of contact. I really enjoyed my time there, but I think the east coast definitely lives up to the backpackers' stereotype of being all about beaches and goon (ridiculously cheap wine - 4 litres for $11). Starting off in Melbourne, I had 4 days to do everything and I really jammed it in: the Melbourne Museum, Australian Museum of the Moving Image (really good - I played Sonic for the first time in a good few years!), the final Harry Potter film (where were you when I needed you Hannah?!), visit to St Kilda, the Neighbours locations tour and meet a star (anyone remember Stingray?? Now starring in a panto near you...), seeing Love ... read more

After the epic morning up Mount Bromo, the trip to Lovina, which took us across a ferry onto the island of Bali, was a needed rest for the group and I. The highlight of this commute came when Betsy spotted, in the lonely planet book, an interesting type of female cleansing supposedly offered in Lovina and agreed to be the guinea pig! Without going into too much detail, the treatment involved steaming, aromatherapy oils and was not available to men...... ;-D Needless to say we had a good laugh about it and it was part of many comedy gags over the next few days. Upon arriving in Lovina in the evening, we freshened up and went out for dinner. My first impressions of Lovina was that it was a really quiet seaside village and, after a ... read more

Lovina est plutot calme. La plage n'est pas super mais c'est agreable pour se reposer. 2 jours et on etait plutot content de partir! On a quand meme profiter pour s'offrir un massage! Le deuxieme jour, nous avons loue des velos et nous sommes partis voir la cascade de Singsing. La marche jusqu'a la cascade etait assez perilleuse: il a fallu escalader les rochers, traverser la riviere a pied, passer sur un pond branlant, et tout ca, en tongues! On a egalement vu quelques serpents. Le lendemain, nous avons pris le bus pour Gilimanuk puis le ferry pour Java.... read more

Well, I am sitting here drinking a last Bintang as the sun slowly sets over the Bali Sea to the left and the full moon rises to the right. Not a bad way to spend one's final night in Bali. The slow ferry from Lembar in Lombok to Padangbai was a fairly eventless five hours, except for the odd local being desperately and violently seasick over the rails and I arrived just after dark. Padangbai itself is the main harbour on the east coast of Bali, but despite the large number of public ferries, speed boats and the like, is actually quite a nice little town once you get away from the port area and I spent a couple of days here doing little besides snorkeling and wandering aimlessly around the town. And I have to ... read more

Meine nächste Station auf Bali war der hohe Norden - Lovina Beaches. Der Strand war eigentlich nicht mein Ziel, sondern vielmehr das bergige Hinterland. Ich fand ausserhalb vom Trubel eine ordentliche (für indonesische Verhältnisse - die meisten Europäer würde rückwärts aus dem Zimmer fallen) Unterkunft, dazu noch sehr günstig. Am ersten Tag nahm ich es sehr gemütlich. Ich bummelte durch den ruhigen Ort. Eigentlich ist es auch hier, wie überall auf Bali, sehr touristisch. Da aber Nebensaison ist, ist es angenehm ruhig und leer. Ich schaute mir ein Volleyballspiel an, liess mich am Strand schön massieren (einfach herrlich) und hing dann den ganzen Abend in einer Rastabar am Strand herum. Dort hatte ich im Nu 10 neue Freunde (Männlein wie Weiblein). Mit den Locals sangen wir Bob Marley Lieder, spielten Gitarre, tranken Bintang und genossen das ... read more