Blogs from Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 21

Phnom Penh was super. Alleen maar leuke mensen ontmoet, op 1'tje na eigenlijk. Iemand was zo aardig om EUR50,= en 100.000 Indonesische Euros te lenen uit mijn portemonnee. Voor de rest zat alles er nog in, dacht ik, alleen ben ik nu ook mijn credit card kwijt. Ach, er gebeuren ergere dingen op zee. Mini Banana, mijn guesthouse hier, is super. Het is knus, klein en fijn. Ik lig op een dormroom, slaapzaal, met negen anderen voor $4,= per nacht. Alles is schoon en de minibar is groots! Becca was jarig en dat werd gevierd met een grote chocoladetaart en cocktails. Toen dat klaar was met de leiding van het guesthouse en alle gasten naar een KTV-room. Volgens Sothea, de kok en mannenliefhebber, zwoor de keizer van Japan wraak toen hij de wapenstilstand moest tekenen met ... read more

Voici quelques photos de notre aventure a Bali!!! Les 2 trotteurs!!!... read more

Indonesia: The total time to get from my place in Los Angeles to my hotel in Bali took over forty hours. I was so exhausted. Not sleeping well on the plane ride to Singapore and being in the heat all day took its toll. The flight to Bali was on a Boeing 777. I sat beside a photographer from Colombia and an archaeologist who were traveling together throughout Southeast Asia, India, and Russia doing research. Entering Indonesia was interesting. I felt like I was narrating my own episode from “url=http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/national-geographic-channel/full-episodes/locked-up-abroad/Locked up Abroad”. Though I was sleep deprived, I could have sworn I saw the girl in front of me paying off the official to let her ... read more

As I write this blog from the ‘comforts’ of a Bangkok cafe, awaiting our Myanmar visa which should arrive in the next few hours, I’m struck by the delicate tightrope of fortune that we often walk whilst travelling. On the day we left Indonesia, a large earthquake struck the western shores of Sumatra, just off the coast of Banda Aceh, the place where a 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed a quarter of a million people and the place where we had been a few weeks earlier. Thus far, we have yet to hear of any injuries or deaths and obviously we hope that is how it remains. A vast percentage of the time when travelling, we never know or are never aware of how close to danger we could be. We take necessary precautions to ... read more

In our time in Bali, we managed to see quite a bit, which made for a lengthy blog. So, I've decided to separate it into 4 sections: Southern Bali, Central Bali, Northern Bali, and Diving in Bali. At the end of each I'll include my do's and don'ts. This is part 2, enjoy! CENTRAL BALI (sights in and around Ubud) Before I begin listing the many places of interest in Central Bali, let me offer one tip. If you can afford it, hire a driver! This is the best, most comfortable way to visit the many sights that this region has to offer. One full day of sightseeing, approximately 10 hours, will cost about 300,000-400,000 IDR, which is a very reasonable fee. The time spent figuring out how to get from one place to another and ... read more