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Bali, Indonesia
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 17 December 2009
Getting from the airport to town in a new destination is always an interesting exercise.
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Top 5 Memorable Massages in the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 11 December 2009
Yesterday we had our first massage in India. It was a memorable experience and you can read about it here. We had the full body Ayurvedic Massage will therapeudic oils. I am sure that we will be having more as we go through our travels. It made us think about the other memorable massages that we have had on our past travels. We love getting a massage, it is a luxury that we cannot afford to have regularly at home, so we take advantage of it wherever we go. Some experiences have been better than others and some stand our in our memories better than others.
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Time to hit the beach
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 9 December 2009
I’d had rather a hectic five weeks since leaving Santiago – 8 long flights, 3 12 hour overland journeys, and staying in 14 different places in 4 different countries, and quite frankly after all that I was knackered. This called for serious measures: time to hit the beach. Now the problem with that is there [...]
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Sea Sentosa- Seeing a cleaner future for Bali
Blog: Pommie Travels - 8 December 2009
If you’ve ventured down to Echo Beach in Canggu lately you may have noticed some building work going on on a large are of land near the beachfront. This is the beginnings of Bali’s next generation apartment resort, Sea Sentosa, which is set to open in 2012. Following the success of the Sentosa Villas and Spa [...]
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Eat Pray Love- Meeting Ketut Liyer
Blog: Pommie Travels - 6 December 2009
I realised, after I had been walking around Ubud’s main street asking where I could find the medicine man Ketut Liyer, that I had been pronouncing his name wrong; ‘Ketut Liar” instead of ‘Ketut Leeyer’. It might have been an appropriate pronunciation, however, for the man made famous in the Eat Pray Love book. I’m ashamed [...]
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Motorbike accident- You haven’t lived in Bali till you’ve had one!
Blog: Pommie Travels - 10 November 2009
So I finally gave in and got myself a motorbike…the car was getting too expensive and I wanted the challenge of learning to ride it. I started out in my friend’s parking lot and then gradually drove down the street. Every day I would venture a little further in Seminyak wearing my nice baby pink [...]
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I’m Liking Black Dog
Blog: Pommie Travels - 5 November 2009
For people travelling and living in Bali, you’ll know that the only real option for going out is to go to Kuta. But for those of you who are bored of Bintang t-shirts and booming clubs, then you might want to give Black Dog a try. A place for ‘artistic expression’, Black Dog is a [...]
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velvet escape’s Culinary Journey: Seminyak, Bali
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 7 October 2009
What: Grilled soy-glazed tuna with honey & cardamom, and served with a cucumber, avocado, red & green pepper salad. Where: Chandi, Seminyak, Bali Note: OMG! This was probably the most divine tuna steak I’ve had in a very long time. Grilled medium-rare, the texture was slightly crispy on the outside and delicate on the inside. The sweetish [...]
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Close Encounters of the Creepy-Crawly Kind
Blog: GoBackpacking - 5 October 2009
Worse than the actual close encounter is the state you'll likely be in - buck naked, or close to it.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Witness a Cremation Ceremony in Bali
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 3 October 2009
We had heard of their famous cremation ceremonies in the past and seen them on T.V. but we never thought that we would actually witness one. The cremation ceremony is a sacred right of passage in Bali. It is a time for celebration and a time for the deceased's body to be burned and set free from its worldly ties. It is the most important and celebrated stage in a persons life in Bali and no expense is spared.
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Climbing Gunung Batur, Bali’s Volcano
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 2 October 2009
We had come to Bali for many things however and climbing a volcano was one of them, so I wasn't about to admit that I was chickening out. As it turns out, Gunung Batur is not a frightening lava flowing volcano at all. Yes, it is an active volcano, but you won't see any lava fields flowing by as you walk up the trail and you won't have to worry or fear that you may tumble into molten lava. I really should have done my research before we climbed and I would have known this. Instead I lay awake all night fretting and waiting for our 2:00 am wake up call.
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Climbing Mount Batur, Bali
Blog: The Indie Travel Podcast - 28 September 2009
Climb Mt Batur on the Indonesian paradise of Bali.
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7 Things To Do In Bali and Perth-Bali Flights With Air Asia!
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 25 September 2009
As part of the lead up to the Air Asia Blogging Communities Trip, here is another post about Indonesia – specifically, Bali. Bali is a popular destination for travellers, and Air Asia has just recently started a Perth-Bali route, so check it out at their website. When you’re in Bali itself, there’s loads of things to see [...] Related posts:What Is A Blogging Community?
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Bali, A “Beginners” Surfers Paridise
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 25 September 2009
thought of songs when it came to Bali and Dave thought of Surfing. Who was the original adventurer in this relationship? When we made it to Kuda Beach, Dave had one thing and one thing only on his mind. Learn how to surf. We walked down to the beach from our hotel on Poppies Gang II and started scouting out guys that could teach us. No big hotels or organized tours for us. We wanted a local surfer showing us the ropes. We met Ronald. A soft spoken young man from Sumatra that had started a small business with a few surf boards lined up on the beach.
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New Year In Ubud
Blog: Curves and Levels - 14 September 2009
We were grabbed outside the airport by the driver of a Toyota 4x4, who was very happy to take us all the way to Ubud for the usual Indonesian fair price. This is where we chose to stay first; a central location from which we could strike out by motor scooter on various side trips, before spending our last travel days enjoying the ocean at Kuta Beach.
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Trails of the Unexpected
Blog: Trail of Ants - 4 September 2009
I stare at the newspaper. It wasn’t me. I gawp at the television. It wasn’t me. I trawl through the internet. It wasn’t me! I listen to the radio, podcasts, and conversations on the bus. It WASN’T me! At least — I hope it wasn’t me? I didn’t know much about Asia before I scribbled [...]
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A Backpacker’s Guide To Massages In Asia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 1 September 2009
I quickly became a connoisseur during my time in Asia. Your Free Subscriber Download Download "Dare Me!" now. Enjoy 17 off-the-wall adventures from a RTW trip.
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9 Cool Souvenirs to take home from Bali
Blog: Pommie Travels - 11 August 2009
Looking for a souvenir to take home from Bali that’s cheap and pretty damn cool? Take a look at some of these you can find on Kuta’s stalls. 1. A Disco Penis- A disco ball shaped like a penis, this is a must have ornament for any household. A great conversation starter, your guests will be [...]
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Exotic pet market in Denpasar
Blog: Pommie Travels - 10 August 2009
Next to Satria Palace in Denpasar lies a pet market. Despite Satria Palace being a main ’sight’ to visit, we had not come to see this or anything else in Denpasar, we had come to see for ourselves what we had heard about Pasar Satria. When we pulled up on the bike on Jalan Veteran Denpasar [...]
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Balinese Belief: Canang Sari
Blog: Pommie Travels - 9 August 2009
Everywhere you go in Bali you will see these pretty flowers in square baskets made from coconut leaves. They’re scattered all over the pavements, outside every shop and building. I’m always trying to avoid stepping on them in the street! These are small offering baskets called ‘canang sari ‘ that Balinese Hindus offer to their Gods [...]
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Nusa Lembongan; a laid back island off Bali
Blog: Travelicious - 8 August 2009
Nusa Lembongan is an island off the southeast coast of the main island of Bali. We took the public boat to Nusa Lembongan early Saturday morning; it leaves daily from Sanur beach at around 08.00am. It doesn’t dock at a pier at Nusa Lembongan so you have to wade in through knee-high water, I was offered a piggyback ride by one of the crew member though, but politely refused :)
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Visiting clients who are artisans
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 2 August 2009
Over the course of my Kiva fellowship with DINARI Foundation - Bali, I have had the chance to meet clients who engage in various kinds of business activities.
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Bali ‘the island of Gods’
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 24 July 2009
Bali, the island of Gods’, is one of more than 14,000 isles in the Indonesian archipelago, is inhabited by warm and friendly people with a distinct Hindu culture and exudes a charm and beauty that is truly unique. From its majestic volcanos, breathtaking rice terraces, ancient palaces and temples in the hinterland to the stunning [...]
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Microfinance and the economic casualties of terrorism
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 21 July 2009
The first time the Bali bombings came up in conversation for me, it was when I was interviewing a borrower, Pak (Mr.) I Putu Agus Sumerta. Pak Herman, a DINARI loan officer, introduced Agus to me as a victim of the 2nd Bali bombing. I immediately assumed that he had been injured in the blast, but it turned out he was working in a hotel in the capital city of Denpasar at the time, nowhere near the beaches of Kuta and Jimbaran where the bombs went off.
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Back to Bali
Blog: Cissy's Kiva Fellowship - 21 July 2009
Yes, I went back to Bali this past weekend! As soon as I found out it was a 3 day holiday weekend I quickly secured a round trip ticket from Kupang to Denpasar. Steve and I had a great weekend together. Since we didn’t have much time to do any sight seeing last time, we [...]
