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Sat, 30 Sep 2006 | By language-guides | Views [32098] | Comments [7]
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but
not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you
couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going?
The WorldNomads.com Indonesian Language ... Read more >
Tags: language guides, language lesson, indonesian, learn indonesian, indonesian language, podcast, ipod, iphone, phrase book, world nomads
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [5443] | Comments [2]
So I know it’s a bit lame to steal the Cover Girl cosmetics tagline for the title of my blog, but honestly, it’s the perfect way to describe Indonesia’s famous hedonist hotspot. To proof it, I’ll break it down for you one word at a time! Easy: ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By anna | Views [4853] | Comments [2]
The Lonely Planet Guide to Indonesia states that the Komodo Dragons are not relics of the dinosaur age but remarkably versatile, hardy modern lizards but very little is actually known about this incredible creature. Why they exist only on and around ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By justine | Views [2505] | Comments [2]
In Bali yesterday, November 10 th , [the posting was a little delayed] was the day to honor Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge, Learning, and Creativity. She’s this lovely slim woman, floating above a lotus flower (symbolizing the openness required ... Read more >
Tags: ubud, bali, saraswati, rituals, ceremony
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 | By anna | Views [2012] | Comments [3]
We left Port Moresby at 3pm in the afternoon after a final swansong lunch at the yacht club and some refuelling. I wasn’t sad to see the city skyline fade away but the three weeks I spent in Papua New Guinea were incredibly special and I was lucky enough ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 5 Jul 2006 | By crazyfinns | Views [1884] | Comments [3]
28.6.2006 Lennettiin Kuala Lumpurin kautta Balille, Indonesiaan. Samalla siis vaihtui maa, valuutta seka pallonpuolisko. Ylitimme siis paivantasaajan, ja kumpikin on ensimmaista kertaa sen etelapuolella. Valuutta aiheuttaa paanvaivaa, silla yksi euro ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 | By justine | Views [1880] | Comments [4]
I had read about Wayan, the Balinese healer in Eat, Pray, Love , and stumbled across her shop here in Ubud during my ramblings around the town. I was curious...but also felt a little silly about my curiosity, like I was being a groupie. Outside ... Read more >
Tags: bali, ubud, traditional healer, a scam?, eat, pray, love
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [1647] | Comments [3]
Zaterdag zijn we vertrokken vanuit Ubud richting het eilandje Gili Meno (eilandje voor de kust van Lombok). Met onze inmiddels vaste chauffeur gereden naar Padang Bai, een haventje aan de oostkust van Bali. Daar zou de Perama boot naar de Gili eilanden ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [1647] | Comments [3]
It felt so good to arrive in Bali. The warm, humid air enveloped me, and familiar smells greeted me – the unique smell of Balinese cooking, the smell of a particular laundry detergent, and other unidentifiable sweet fragrances that are uniquely ... Read more >
Tags: bali
Thu, 23 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [1583] | Comments [1]
Gisteren zijn we op 'dolfijnenjacht' geweest. Dit is: voor zonsopkomst met een vissersbootje de zee op om te proberen de dolfijnen te vinden die 's ochtends op zoek gaan naar voedsel. Extra bonus is dat je een prachtige zonsopkomst op zee meemaakt. De ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [1513]
We zijn aangekomen op ons adres in de jungle (Eco Lodge in Sarinbuana). Prachtige plek. Geheel verlaten van alles, staan er 3 huisjes met een restaurantje in de middle of nowhere ergens op de flanken van Mt Batukaru. Update volgt ...
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 | By george | Views [1406] | Comments [3]
Kuta / Legian My first impressions of Bali weren't the best - on arriving at 10pm at the hotel, security guards used mirrors to check under the taxi for bombs. Then, after checking in I went for a walk to get something to eat, and in the ... Read more >
Tags: bali
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1373]
It's a 03:30 start, but i don't feel particularly tired considering I've only had about 2 hours sleep and nearly 12 hours of travelling. What did i say about no more dawn starts! This ones for an active volcano, not a mountain and I'm being driven, ... Read more >
Tags: volcano
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By simon_monk | Views [1209]
The day starts with a flash of blue slicing past the coconut palms outside our veranda that overhangs the stream. A distinct ccreeeee-ccreee of the Balinese kingfisher heralds its presence each morning but we only catch glimpses of blue, orange and ... Read more >
Tags: culture, bali, family, adventures, festival, death, ceremony
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 | By anna | Views [1127]
Nasi Goreng, Nasty Illnesses Saumlaki looked like a nice well spread out city from our anchor spot offshore and we were glad to arrive. We were preparing our special arrival breakfast when we were interrupted by the arrival of the ‘health inspector’ ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By justine | Views [1121]
First it was mere weeks, then suddenly mere days, and now just mere hours until my Southeast Asian sojourn comes to an end. It is unreal that this life of traveling will end, unreal that in 26 hours I’ll enter the space and time shifting machine ... Read more >
Tags: bali, yoga, observations, poetry, end of the journey, fears, writing
Sun, 26 Aug 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1006] | Comments [1]
Bali is a small island with a large appetite. If you're not careful it can swallow you whole before spitting out a financially poorer, but experience richer you. This place seems to have everything: isolated bays to built up towns, hawkers to whores, ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 | By gilbi | Views [995]
Depois de 11 anos retorno novamente a Bali, ja de cara da’ para perceber que muitas coisas mudaram nesse tempo, em Legian Street (Kuta) as pequenas lojas que eram baguncadas e apenas com produtos locais viraram lojas de padrao internacional (tipo shopping ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [920] | Comments [3]
For those of you who know, James can't dive, this was worse than one of his belly flops... What a couple of days, we've made it through Indonesia alive and have landed in Bali. Now we're here, we've booked into quite a big, almost beachside complex, ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 | By simon_monk | Views [917]
To walk to the Sultan's Water Palace in Yogyakarta you have to pass through the bird market. As you approach, many of the shops only display bamboo bird cages and it passes through your mind that maybe they have removed all the birds because of the ... Read more >
Tags: bird flu, java, google, indonesia, yogyakarta, doctor, hospital, near miss
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 | By justine | Views [906] | Comments [3]
I arrived in Ubud on a wave of flow. My guesthouse, Narasoma , was beautiful – very simple,
but with lovely accents like carved wood beds draped romantically with
mosquito netting, statues of Buddhas and Hindu gods surrounded by flowers,
sweeping ... Read more >
Tags: bali, ubud, heat exhaustion, solitude
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 | By flower-lily | Views [900] | Comments [1]
Bea met us in Ubud to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Thanks to Blondy’s lead, we had located the
Medicine Man, Ketut Liyer, and arranged transport to his home in the Pengosekan
neighborhood. Bea, Ashley and I had all
read the novel Eat ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Mon, 15 May 2006 | By taroso | Views [860] | Comments [1]
I've visited Candi (temple) Mendut and Borobudur twice in a few days. The second trip was much better than the first, and also allowed me to see Prambanan. The first time was for the 2550th Waisak ceremony, which commemorates (Gautama) Buddha's birth, ... Read more >
Tags: General
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By jeffbrad | Views [845] | Comments [3]
This is a
long journal. Grab a cup of coffee, a packet of your favourite biscuits, switch
off the TV and read on….
Sun 31st May – We are heading off on a trip to Indonesia later today, but the flight
isn’t until late and have some ... Read more >
Tue, 16 May 2006 | By taroso | Views [829] | Comments [2]
It seems like Yogyakarta's Batik Sellers will do almost anything to get a sale. An old resident of the Kraton referred to them as the "Batik Mafia" (he'd worked as a tour guide, and said that back in the seventies there were far more Australian ... Read more >
Tags: General
