Destination: Indonesia
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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
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, 28 Jun 2009 | By hotnoodle | Views [80]
"One ringgit. One ringgit ok?" I hold up the note in front of my face so the man behind the counter can see. His eyes widen and his lips purse. His is the face of someone who has been offered an extremely good deal but doesn't want to ... Read more >
Sat, 24 May 2008 | By smileynix | Views [409] | Comments [5]
Ok, now where was I?! Sorry, to leave the story hanging in mid air like that! I've had quite a busy week or so since arriving in Bali. Just trying to make the most of my time in this beautiful and exotic place. It's really been everything I could ... Read more >
Tags: the temple from the tomb raider movie!
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 | By cedric_c | Views [264] | Comments [5]
Lors de mon tour à
Ubud, j'ai mentionné la vue sur le mont et le lac Batur
(prononcé « Batour »). Il s'agit d'une
immense cuvette de verdure où l'on peut apercevoir des traces de
coulées de lave lors de la dernière ... Read more >
Tags: volcan, trekk, indonésie, bali, batur, source chaude
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By jeffbrad | Views [844] | 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 >
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | By gilbi | Views [476] | Comments [8]
Nao poderia ter comecado essa jornada de volta ao mundo melhor do que foi minha passagem pela Europa, certamente tenho esse sentimento de astral ainda mais alto pois reencontrar tantos amigos de um mesma vez e' a melhor vitamina para levantar o astral, ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [332] | Comments [4]
Our stay in Lovina was very relaxing and we spent our days lazing by the pool and chatting to other travellers staying at the hotel, it was too hot to do anything else! Just outside the hotel was a warung (small cafe selling home cooked food) where ... Read more >
Tags: java, mount bromo, borobudur, prambanan, yogyakarta
Thu, 5 Feb 2009 | By cedric_c | Views [315] | Comments [4]
Comme annoncé
dans mon dernier post, je suis maintenant en Indonésie sur
l'île de Bali. Après un mois de grand soleil and
Thaïlande, l'arrivée sous le ciel indonésien est
un peu abrupte : il pleut. Oui il pleut ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonésie, kuta, beach, surf, bedugul, tanah lot, monkeys, bats
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [5442] | 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
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [1646] | 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
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [354] | Comments [3]
Heir to the Throne
Gili Trawangan or 'Gili T' as it's known to the locals is the largest of the 3 Gili islands, that said it has no motorised transport (transport is provided by horse drawn carriages that sound like Reindeer due to the small ... Read more >
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [240] | Comments [3]
After a couple of nights in sleepy Sanur we decided to make a break from Bali and head to Lombok, as Indonesia is made up of over 17,000 islands we thought we would cross a few off the list before we leave, only 16,998 to go. The evening before we ... Read more >
Tags: lombok
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By cedric_c | Views [238] | Comments [3]
So
after Kintamani, I managed to get to Pandangbai after another costly
private ride for which I bargained a lot and still got a lameass
prize. I will get good at this someday... In Ubud, Natacha told me
about ... Read more >
Tags: lombok, guili tavangan, snorkelling, ferry, sunset
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [482] | Comments [2]
De afgelopen week hebben we vooral veel rondgetrokken en op afgelegen plekken gezeten. Nu zijn we in Lovina (noord Bali) en dat voelt als de bewoonde (lees toeristische) wereld. Nog steeds niet druk, maar veel restaurantjes, hotels e.d. Het verblijf ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 4 Jan 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [205] | Comments [2]
Our flight into Bali arrived almost an hour ahead of schedule which meant that we had plenty of time to make New Years celebrations, or so we thought. Arriving in our first foreign country on New Years Eve seemed like an idilic notion and a perfect ... Read more >
Tags: bali
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [177] | Comments [2]
From 'Yogya' we decided that it was time to experiment with a different form of transportation (mainly due to the fact that we had used most of our 9 lives on the roads already). Java unlike Bali has a train service, so we decided we should experience ... Read more >
Tags: jakarta, indonesia
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
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
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 [815] | Comments [1]
Minha estadia em Medan (norte de Sumatra) foi mais longa do que o planejado, teoricamente eu teria um voo confirmado para o dia seguinte a minha chegada la’, mas isso nao aconteceu, por razoes indonesianas, e assim sendo tive que ficar mais dois ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Mon, 27 Aug 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [304] | Comments [1]
I've been nearly 8 months in Asia, and yet I've barely scratched the surface. This tiger has left deep impressions on my mind and soul. Dragged over many a culture shock inducing bump, I think I've gradually learnt to tame the animal (editor: OK enough!) ... Read more >
Tags: Conclusions?
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 | By parklaan | Views [274] | Comments [1]
Gisteren een kids dag (bird & reptile park). Maar was voor ons ook leuk. Vandaag hebben Lars & ik een lange, warme wandeling door de rijstvelden gemaakt. Heel mooi. De dames zijn uit shoppen geweest in Ubud. Verder geen nieuws. Morgen gaan ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By courtneyjane411 | Views [243] | Comments [1]
hi everyone! it's been quite a while since i wrote, i think a month or something already, so there's a lot to catch up on. after my last entry, i had two more weeks in bali, (the cost of extending my visa turned out to be too high), and then headed ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [233] | Comments [1]
The plan was to explore each of the Gili Islands, but in the end we stayed on Gili T for a week before heading back to Bali and Ubud. The journey was long (12 hours) but pretty uneventful except a small diversion off the road to avoid a monkey and ... Read more >
Tags: ubud, lovina, monkeys
