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Mysterious Sand
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 30 November 2011
Although Kuta’s main beach, Pantai Segar, is often overlooked due to the more beautiful white-sand beaches outside town, a closer look reveals a rather extraordinary natural phenomenon. Each tiny grain of sand looks like a hand-chiseled work of art. Sure, the perfect little spheres are pretty, but walking across them is like walking across a [...]
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The Sasak Tribe
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 28 November 2011
Our journey across Nusa Tenggara, the island chain that stretches across central Indonesia from Lombok to Alor, should carry us through a series of different tribal groups that call the region their home. The Sasak people are the first of those tribes, and we had the opportunity to witness a bit of their life in [...]
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Beaches of Southern Lombok
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 25 November 2011
Sane Visitors to Indonesia don’t necessarily associate the name “Kuta” with pristine nature and tranquility… or do they? Kuta in Lombok has the same name as Bali’s (in)famous tourist hub, but Kuta, Bali and Kuta, Lombok have very little in common. Although both are known for epic waves and endless beaches, Kuta Lombok lacks the [...]
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Travel photo – Fishing boat, Lombok
Blog: Sophie's World - 9 November 2011
Lombok fishing boat A relatively wordless post today – I think this cheerful fishing boat speaks for itself. Where: Senggigi beach on the island of Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands group, Indonesia Lombok Travel photo – Fishing boat, Lombok is a post from Sophie's WorldTravel photo – Fishing boat, Lombok is a post from Sophie's World
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Beginner’s Surf? I Wish.
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 10 May 2011
The surf camp has a locker room air to it. Bunk bed dorms sit off a lino-clad lounge with a grubby floral sofa, where one muscular chap is stretching out...
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A Tough Question
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 22 April 2011
In Magic Lounge, the drinking den where we sprawl on orange sofas and use their satellite internet after a day on the beaches of Kuta, Lombok, A approaches me tentatively....
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We Learn to Surf…
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 20 April 2011
We have come to Kuta, in the south of Lombok, to learn to surf. And the beach, Selong Belanak, 20km or so west of Kuta, is beautiful. A vast sweep...
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First Leg. Second Thoughts?
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 18 April 2011
Struggling to get off the ferry, I begin to wonder whether my wizard wheeze, to ride a motorbike through Indonesia to Papua with my ten-year-old son on the back, was...
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Photo Favorite: Shroom Advertising [explicit]
Blog: GoBackpacking - 10 March 2011
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Photo Essay: Indonesia’s #1 Island Paradise
Blog: GoBackpacking - 27 January 2011
Welcome to my island paradise -- Gili Trawangan off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog.Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Gunung Rinjani Volcano, Lombok, Indonesia: Snapshot Sunday
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 3 October 2010
It was about 5am in the morning and we had been climbing for several hours in the dark. We were on our way up the side of Gunung Batur, one of Bali's active volcanos, when the sun peaked over the horizon to give us this stunning sunrise view of Gunung Rinjani on the island of Lombok.Gunung Rinjani Volcano, Lombok, Indonesia: Snapshot Sunday is a post from: The Planet D: Canada's Adventure Couple
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Where There Be Dragons – Chasing Komodo’s
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 22 July 2010
With some incredible diving under my belt already I decided the final day of validity in my park pass was going to be used for some Dragon chasing. I met a nice French couple who were going to share the boat with me on the day of to visit the dragons on Rinca Island. Komodo [...]
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Video – Discover Gili Trawangan
Blog: GoBackpacking - 22 May 2010
____ This video does a great job of capturing the island vibe on Gili Trawangan, off the coast of Lombok in Indonesia. It brought back a lot of great memories — the blue waters, seafood at The Beach House restaurant, the relaxed pace of life, and the girls. --------- Join Travel Blog Success today and [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Two Months in Indonesia – a Round-up
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 19 January 2010
I planned my round the world trip around spending at least 6 weeks in certain countries rather than trying to rush around and do too much. Out of all the countries in South East Asia, Indonesia was the obvious choice to spend that amount of time in. But apparently it was just the obvious choice for [...]
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Christmas & New Year in Indonesia
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 15 January 2010
If there’s one tip I could give wannabe round the world travellers that I failed to pick up on during my fifteen months of planning, it would be to think carefully about where you want to spend the Christmas and New Year period. I met countless travellers heading to Sydney who hadn’t planned ahead and [...]
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Sailing off in search of dragons
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 12 December 2009
I was faced with three options when it came to getting to Komodo. Would it be the expensive flight on a dodgy Indonesian airline? Or maybe the uncomfortable 31 hour bus-boat-bus-boat overland option? Or perhaps the four-day all-inclusive boat trip island-hopping all the way from Lombok to Flores, taking in Komodo along the way? It [...]
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My new favourite island
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 11 December 2009
I’m planning to head back to the Gili Islands for New Year to meet some mates from back home, so I figured I should check out one of the other so I could decide which one we should agree on. So I spent my last day on the islands visiting Gili Air – which was [...]
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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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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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