Blogs from Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 2

These photos were taken the day before Nyepi. At about 15.30 the main road connecting numerous towns and villages on the north of Bali was blocked to give space to the carnival procession. If someone didn’t get home in time, he was stuck on the road until late in the evening =) Each community carried its ogoh-ogoh, a monster made the most ugly possible – to scare off evil spirits. The procession moved along the road, dancing, screaming, beating the drums, shaking and turning the ogoh-ogoh platforms so that they seemed alive. People looked crazy jumping and shouting. It was very hot and they spilled over themselves a lot of water, leaving behind the procession hundreds of plastic glasses and bottles. When I came closer, I found that many platforms were carried by children. And it ... read more

2/17/2010 Did I mention the rooster that crows sporadically right outside our window? Well it makes it pretty hard to sleep so around 8 am we finally decided just to get out of bed. We were picked up at 9:30 and whisked away to the lovely Menjargen island for some snorkeling. James had a bit of the "Bali belly" but he soldiered on and though he did hurl once we had a great time snorkling and looking at stuff underwater. I saw an eel (which later I was told is dangerous) and we saw the cutest tubular bright blue star fish. I had a lovely lunch (James was not eating) then we snorkeled again off another side of the island, more fish and underwater plants. We got back to the hotel at about 2:30 and James ... read more

Kje zaceti? Mogoce z vcerajsnjim vecerom: poleg 3 koktejlov sva si zadnje ure dneva (pa tudi sanje, ce smo iskreni) polepsali z maratonom You Tube videov nastopa Dime Bilana na letosnji Emi. Ker sem bila zaradi svojih popotniskih vzgibov letos prikrajsana za ta spektakel, si ga je po Poloncinem priporocilu bilo treba nujno ogledati - in imela je prav. Takega vizualnega spektakla pa se ne. Za frustk sva spremili sadno pojedino od vceraj. V lobbyju/restavraciji sva naleteli na dva Nizozemca, ki sva ju opazili ze vceraj, in vsa navdusena sta nama opisovala, kako sta sla onadva vceraj snorklat z nasim hotelom/dive centrom na Pulau Menjangan (pulau = otok), kamor sva bili namenjeni tudi midve. Cena je bila 40 USD na osebo, kar bi vkljucevalo prevoz do Labuhan Lalanga, kosilce, voznjo do otoka, sposojo snorkling opreme in ... read more

Bali Blog 3 - Pemuteran OK - remember one of the hotels we stayed at had its own Elephant, well I can now beat that! The bungalows we stayed at in Reef Seen, Pemuteran Bay had its own turtle, Boomer! Reef Seen look after turtles and have their own hatchery. When the fisherman go out fishing they sometimes find turtles or their eggs, which they can now sell to Reef Seen for a fairly good price. Also if the eggs are found on the beach, they take them and bury them in a pen fuul of sand. As the turtles hatch they dig their way to the surface, and someone puts them in some water , and they are fed on baby silverfish, until they are 3 months old. This is the age when they are ... read more