Blogs from Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 233

Hallo alle zusammen!! Es tut mir leid, dass ich mich lange nicht gemeldet habe...ich habe einfach keine Zeit gehabt, jeje, war sehr beschaeftigt in Kuta... Ich weiss nicht wo ich anfangen soll zu erzaehlen! Also noch in Java habe ich den Mt. Bromo bescuht, war sehr beeindruckend auf einem Vulkan zu sein! Und sehr windig! Nach Bromo bin ich, zusammen mit 3 unglaublich nette Kanadier die ich unterwegs getroffen habe, nach Bali gekommen, Kuta... Ich kann wirklich nicht in Worten fassen was fuer eine tolle Zeit ich in Kuta hatte, so toll dass ich mir gar keine andere Orte auf Bali angeschaut habe, ich wollte einfach in Kuta bleiben...Kuta ist der Touristen Ort per excellence in Bali, ich habe mir gedacht, da werde ich es bestimmt nicht laenger als 2 Tagen aushalten...aber natuerlich kann man ... read more

Suffered a strange sense of deja vu over here in Bali, we're getting to celebrate new year all over again!! Well i say celebrate - we celebrated chinese new year in Singapore over here things are slightly different!! First things first, new year here is all about the fight of good over evil and new year is a time when they rid the island of evil. First of all the Balinese spend, what must be weeks making these huge statue/float things and they all depict warriors and random creatures and the fight of good versus evil! Then on sunday night they have a massive parade through the streets, carrying all these floats to the temple to get rid of the evil. The parade was really good, theres lots of locals all in their cutom dress, some ... read more

Huhhhhh? Whaaaat day is it???? Whaaat month is it???? The fan kachunks over head, the morning is always the same - breakfast on my terrace; customs of bali and maybe some balinese dance (oh, can I just watch YOU, Surya (a man) do this extraordinary transformation with just one movement into a creature of the forest with grace and mystery?) Yesterday we climbed into a van and headed to this sacred spring - a (again, the word mossy comes to mind) temple with pools and stone spouts, each one representing some aspect of ourselves we needed help with (bad things being said about us, jealousy, laziness). You stand in waist-deep water under each spout as cool, fresh, pure spring water pours over your head. Dressed in sarong and tank top - getting completely and modestly wet. ... read more

Our first port of call in Bali was the surf spot of Kuta. A very lively, touristy beach town packed with pro surfers and wannabe's like us! Not wanting to feel left out of the surfer scene we decided to book ourselves into Surf School and by the end of our first lesson we were both standing up riding the waves.. a little wobbly mind you but we were up and living the dream!! Our second lesson taught us how to paddle out into the waves head on... sending us flying off our boards! The waves were a little rough and we were left feeling very battered and bruised by the end of the second morning. The day of our third lesson brought very strong winds and an undercurrent that sent us sideways! Apparently Kuta was ... read more

Brick: Life is tough in Bali. The places we stay don't have great showers so every morning we have to get up and swim in the warm ocean. There's no TV or internet so each day we have to make do and just lie around in the sun reading books, eating, drinking, yarning to other travelers...and then the next day just repeat it all again...its tough. So we arrive at Bali airport after an announcement on the plane that importation of drugs will result in your death (welcome to our country!) and we both get stung paying some porters $5 to carry our bags the grand total of 15 meters from the bag carousel to the airport entrance! argg! We stayed at a hotel on Kuta Beach - quite a nice place with a pool (see ... read more