Blogs from Indonesia, Asia - page 508

Im in Bali, safe and sound in an artsy dancy cultural village called Ubud. Very nice, already seen a few monkies, shared a room with a HUGE gecko and basically chilled out since arrival. I think i am going to travel all through Indonesia, so maybe just spend 14 days in bali. Im staying away from Kuta, the infamous cluby resorty douchebaggy area that everyone goes to. I cant afford to waste my money on shopping and getting wasted. I have not talked to anyone just yet, a few locals, but im keeping mostly to myself. Kind of a change in the norms of ty, but im pretty comfy so far. Going to go to yoga class at 4pm, im gonna try and hit up as many classes as i can while in bali, as its ... read more

Hello, Who would have guessed that out of all of the airports we have been to, that bali would be the first one to really test us! We arrived after a late but short flight, and we had arranged a pick up from the hotel that we were staying at, so it would be waiting for us when we arrived. But we really couldn't believe how long it took us to get through customs and passport control. First, we joined one queue not realising we were in the wrong one because we had to buy a visa so we asked where we should get that from as there were so many queues. We got told to go to another riduculously long line of people, here we waited and waited barely moving, until a guy from another ... read more

so leuts nach einer gewissen internetabstinenz meld ich mich wieder zurueck.... wir sitzen zur zeit in Labuhan Baju fest. kein schiff verlaesst im moment den hafen den die see ist mal richtig unruhig in letzter zeit... und die kleinen klapperkaene werden dadurch uboottauglich.... eigentlich wollten wir nach sumba nochmal andre treffen den franzosen den ich im letzten blog erwaehnt habe aber das werden wir wohl vom wetter abhaengig machen muessen. denn fluege giebt es nicht.... ein gruss an allle ende der durchsage ps: ihr koennt mir auch ne sms schicken oder anrufen unter 0062 81396515027...... read more

Ich quälte mich heute bereits vor Sonnenaufgang aus dem Bett, um den Tempel von Borobodur möglichst vor dem großen Touristenansturm bewundern zu können. Die Anlage öffnet um 6 Uhr morgens und es waren durchaus schon ein Dutzend Touristen, überwiegend einheimische, um diese Uhrzeit auf den Beinen. Ich hatte heute leider einen schlechten Tag erwischt Javas größte Touristenattraktion zu besuchen. Das Wetter war bescheiden, was die ansonsten traumhaften Ausblicke etwas trübte, und aufgrund des Wochenendes und des chinesischen Neujahrsfestes war ab 8 Uhr auf dem Gelände die Hölle los. Westliche Tourgruppen sind in Indonesien kaum mehr ein Grund einen Ort zu bestimmten Zeiten zu meiden, es sind die einheimischen Touristen, die lärmend durch ihr Land ziehen und die Atmosphäre eines altehrwürdigen Tempels genauso ruinieren können, wie ihre europäischen Artgenossen. Wie dem auch sei, Borobodur i... read more

Now the hectic lead up to our trip is past we have had time to reflect on that time. More than ever now we can see how much we relied on the support of our families and friends. So we must shout out a big thank you to our parents in particular. To Faye & Russell for allowing us to have our 'Bon Voyage' gathering at their house, to Pat & John for letting us stay with them in the last week before we left and for all of them for the amazing help in getting our apartment ready for renting out. Their support continues in many ways and our appreciation does also. Also a huge thanks to Deb and Steve and to Bronwyn for all jumping to our rescue when we were in rather a ... read more