Blogs from Lombok, Indonesia, Asia - page 50

JO LEUDDE..... ........um hier mal keinen falschen Eindruck zu hinterlassen muß ich gleich was klaeren: die drei folgenden blogs (lombok-bali II und sulawesi) sind nicht in "echtzeit" verfasst, soll heissen, daß wir schon längst wieder im alltagstrott und in der homebase vienna zurück sind!!!!! muß mir also die kläglichen reste verbliebener eindrücke aus der hirnrinde saugen und in die tastatur klopf'n!!! sind also leider grad nicht mehr bei den supersymphatischen orang indonesia, aber das bildmaterial und das erlebte möchte ich dennoch bloggn! in diesem sinne viel spaß auf einen rückblick ins jahr 2006! los gehts mit......... LOMBOK, HEISST CHILI AUF INDONESISCH UND IST DIE NACHBARINSEL VON BALI UND SCHON ETWAS ANDERS..... PADANG BAI........ ein kleines fischerdorf in einer schönen bucht im osten balis! ein sehr gemütlicher, überschaubarer flecken, gleichzeitig der haf... read more

The Gili islands. Wow, what a place. 3 beautiful, beautiful islands bordered by the whitest beaches and coral rimmed reefs. Ryan and I were a bit fed up with Bali in that where we were staying was not particularly nice and the people always trying to sell you stuff was getting annoying. Not to mention that Bali is dead at the moment. So we jumped on the ferry from Padang bay to Lombok and then another ferry from there to Gili Trawangan ( the party island). These islands are tiny, I mean you can walk around any one of them in less than 1 and a half hours. We stayed in a very nice place a block up from the beach for 4 bucks a night which included a fantastic breakfast. The restaurants are awesome. They're ... read more

Ik heb een leuke verjaardag gehad (zonder Inger, dus in het water, de enige manier om rust te hebben...;;;)))) Inger vond het ook een leuke verjaardag want we hadden chickenburgers met frites voor lunch en ze had een dik boek om te lezen en een mp3 speler dus das voldoende voor een perfecte dag;) Het leven is gemakkelijk. Nee, zonder gein: twas (en is) erg leuk. Ik ben levend verbrand op de snorkelboot 2 dagen geleden ondanks factor 15 op mijn rug en benen (had geen leuk water t-shirt om aan te trekken;). Gisteren hebben we het eiland rond gewandeld. Mooie schelpen gevonden tijdens de wandeling van 5 uur (grootste deel van de tijd schelpen zoeken;) Vandaag: Inger met boek op haar favoriete stek aan het strand (goed hotel met schoon toilet en goede lunchkaart). Anneke ... read more

Fri. 10th. Mar. We caught the 15:30 flight to Sydney, which eventually connected with the Darwin plane, which, after 2 time changes touched down at 11:30 p.m. Thankfully the information desk was still open and fixed us up with a decent hotel, and a shuttle bus into town. We were exhausted. Sat. 11th. Darwin is more compact than we imagined. There is one main street with most of the restaurants, bars etc. on it, and then just quiet side streets. There is a buz about it though, which we like. We got a map and did what little tourist sites there were, and then sat by the pool. This is the piece de resistance. On the roof-top there is a bar, pool, spa and magnificent waterfall. We finished off the night up here, watching the city ... read more

Anyway, feeling a bit down in the dumps I decided to do the thing I have grown to really enjoy- Scuba Diving!!! I went to another island in Indonesia called Lombok. It takes 12 hours to get there by bus, ferry and local transport (horse and cart!!) to these little group of islands called Gilli's. I went on the largest island to a place called Manta Dive. There is no motorised vehicles here- hence the use of horse and cart!!!! I did my advanced scuba course and something called a Nitrox course. The advanced involved a Naturalist dive where I had to learn the fish names (not in latin thank god!!) and identify them, a navigation dive where I learnt to use a compass and guided my instructor underwater, a deep dive which took me to ... read more