Blogs from Indonesia, Asia - page 532

Aceh, Aceh, Aceh... So here is the story, We went to Pulau Weh and felt very love/hate about it. YES, it's a beautiful, tropical island, with palm trees everywhere, and soft powdery white sand beaches with the most clear blue water you could imagine. But, perception is always relevant to where you've been and where you are going, I believe. And I have to admit that we have been quite blessed with delicious, deserted, tropical beach paradises already in Indonesia. And as easy as we are to please....the circumstances just weren't right. The first night we got there, it was dark already when we arrived (which always puts a damper on things...especially when it's also raining), We went to check into a bungalow (reputed to be the cleanest on the beach) to find it was completely ... read more

The saga that is Bali continues........ On arrival in Ubud what struck us most was its size. Having started out as a small village many moons ago it has grown into a small town now swallowing up many villages around it with its many draws. There is much to see and do in and around Ubud especially for those partial to a bit of art, wood carving, jewellery, kite making, clothes shopping or dancing. We had a week to soak up as much of this as we could manage. We started by booking a couple of things as at this time of year there are many European and Australian visitors so things get a little busy. We made arrangements to go on a cycling trip, white water rafting (again!), a visit to an Elephant park ... read more

Damn it -- the Indonesian sun is getting to me. It doesn't make that much of a difference, but I meant to change the damn title to the blast I just sent to SEAT BELTS ARE OPTIONAL IN SUMATRAN VEHICLES...... .....and then I forgot to change the title. Anyway, the most important is that the blast has now been sent. Hope you all enjoyed it and it didn't put anyone to sleep...... read more

hello my friends. still in bali, still doing touristy lovely things. ventured far out today, visited a couple of new temples, and even got blessed with holy water. saw some women making batik on the batik making making wheel thing. crazy to think that the batik costs only about 10 aussie dollars for a metre or so, and it takes oh so much time for them to create it. and i'm sure they don;t see half of that in profit. our tour guide told us that the women only make 30 000 rupee a day - that about 4 aussie dollars! for a whole day. 8 - 5. crazy different world out here. also went to a pretty amazing zoo - saw a hippo and some tigers. had a lovely lovely encounter with some baby monkeys. ... read more

Prise 2 car on vient de manquer d'electricite et je dois tout recommencer ce que j'avais ecrit durant la derniere demi-heure ! On est finalement partis de Kuta qui etait tres tres bruyante pour se rendre a Sanur, sur la cote est. On a donc quitte notre super hotel 4* pour une petite pension familiale qui s'est averee etre tres sympathique malgre la salle de bain semi en plein air qui faisait un peu peur. J'ai ainsi eu droit a ce que j'apprehendais: une douche froide ! Ouf ! A Sanur, on a pu enfin relaxer un peu et surtout se faire moins (je dis moins, mais pas aucunement) achaler par les vendeurs ambulants. De la, on avait une belle vue sur l'un des plus hauts sommets de l'ile. Regardez de tres pres la photo, on ... read more