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Back to Bali (via Borneo?)

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [921] | Comments [1]

My last 2 days in Bali were spent in a cheap place near the airport, and accross the steeet from a large western mall. I actually had arrived without a reservation and spent an hour driving around with a taxi looking at places. After seeing 3 places ... Read more >

Tags: kalamantan bali mall

Gallery: Bali 1

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery

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Senggigi

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [1871]

I took the boat back to Lombok at 8 AM (its a 30 minute ride). Unfortuently, my boat was going to Bansal instead of straight to sengigi (there was another boat that was going straight there, but I had my stupid booking with warren wanaka). After arriving ... Read more >

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The Power of Information

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [1267]

Information is very valuable. How much should things cost? What are good places to go? Who can you trust? When traveling, I hate leaving the backpacker path, since if I am not staying at good hostels, everything else becomes more expensive and my time ... Read more >

Tags: lombok gili

Road Trip

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [772]

I headed north to Ubud with Paul, Siya (spelling?), and their kids Slam and Ziggy. Where we arrived it was raining, but it appeared to be a cute town with lots of art galleries. We booked at a guest house. I got a room with a nicer large bed with a ... Read more >

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Gallery: Flora & Fauna

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By ipong | Photo Gallery

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Kuta

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [851]

I spent 6 days in the main tourist area in Bali, Kuta Beach. The reason I spent this long was to recover from my cold (I got some medicine from a pharmacist wich helped clear my chest conjestion after a few days). My days were mostly broken up, since ... Read more >

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Danger in Bali

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By jsherdc | Views [1458]

I had a long trip to Bali from Borneo, since I had to fly to KL, then wait 6 hours for my flight to Bali. The long layover was in part due to Air asia's policy to sell each flight segment seperately. So if I bought 2 flights, and the first one was ... Read more >

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Sumatra: Tuk Tuk

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By lockers | Views [535]

November 10 th - 14 th It's a shame that the "Superior Executive" night bus from Bukittinggi to Parapat didn't come with the comfort implied in its name. Whilst there were only three seats across the bus, so that in theory there was more ... Read more >

Sumatra: Bukittingi

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By lockers | Views [555]

6 th - 10 th November What should you do after a 22 hour bus journey followed by a night of little sleep because your room is next to the main road and you get woken by Muslims wailing at 4am? Probably not climb Sumatra's most active volcano ... but ... Read more >

Indonesia: Sumatra, The Journey There

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By lockers | Views [721]

November 6th We got to the ferry port in Melaka (Malaysia) at 9am for our 9.30am ferry to Dumai in Sumatra (Indonesia). Given that I am writing this at 1.30am (after putting our watches back an hour) on a bus, on the ... Read more >

The Gout Tour

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By gout | Views [529] | Comments [1]

The Gout Tour was a spin off from a tour a group of us did 2 1/2 years ago to the Mentawai Islands, although that was a great trip I unfortunately smashed my ankle on the 4th day and I had to go back to reclaim a surf trip that I missed out on. Of ... Read more >

Tags: gumby, surf, surf trip, trip of a lifetime