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Things to Do In Banda Aceh Besides Visiting Tsunami Sites
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 30 September 2009
Hi everyone. Thanks for the great response to yesterday’s article about Banda Aceh – 5 Years On Since the Tsunami.
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Banda Aceh – 5 Years On Since The Tsunami
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 29 September 2009
Banda Aceh is world famous, but unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. This December will mark the 5th anniversary of the Tsunami which almost wiped out this seaside city - around tens of thousands of people were killed on the 25th of December, 2004. This is my taxi driver, Dony. I paid him to take me around Banda Aceh today to [...] Related posts:Things to Do In B
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Sumatran Food and Chili Cow Brains
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 28 September 2009
I love Sumatran Food. I had my first taste of Sumatran Food during the Pesta Blogger 2008 trip through Indonesia. It’s hard to describe because there is so much variety – and ‘spicy’ doesn’t really befit how this food tastes, because the ingredients used can vary so much – from fiery to sublime. You don’t have to go to [...] Related posts:
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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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Indie Travel Podcast – Pesta Blogger Feature
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 20 September 2009
The Indie Travel Podcast is very popular podcast about the joys of independent travel from all around the world. I was interviewed by Craig Martin from the Indie Travel Podcast this week about my upcoming Air Asia Pesta Blogging Communities Trip. We talked about the origins of The Travel Tart – Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict [...] Related posts:Pesta Blogger 2009 – My
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Pesta Blogger 2009 – My Blogging Communities Trip through Indonesia!
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 18 September 2009
Pesta Blogger is an annual blogging conference that has been held in Indonesia each year since 2007. Pesta Blogger means ‘Blogger Party’ in Indonesian. And that title is an extremely accurate reflection on what happens! I was lucky enough to be invited on a week long trip in November 2008 throughout Bali and Java and was treated to [...] Related posts:Indie Travel Podcast – Pesta Blogger Feature
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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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Getting to the Gili Islands
Blog: Pommie Travels - 14 September 2009
To get to the Gili Islands you must take a boat from the fishing village of Padangbai on the East Coast of Bali, but it can seem like a bit of a mission. The most advertised way of getting to the Gilis is on the fast boat which goes directly from Padangbai and this includes a [...]
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Back to Rote Island
Blog: Cissy's Kiva Fellowship - 7 September 2009
This past weekend I went back to Rote Island. Mark and I were joined by an old friend of mine, Chris Wheeler, who is visiting Indonesia from Sydney. We headed out on Friday and stayed at Tirosa (same place as last time) for the weekend. We enjoyed the all inclusive package of room and 3 [...]
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The pearl of Java
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 4 September 2009
Jogjakarta (Jogja), also often spelled as Yogyakarta, is a city in Central Java, Indonesia, and has for centuries been the cultural capital of Java. With its palaces, museums and countless art galleries, Jogja is definitely worth a visit of at least a few days. At the centre of the city is the beautiful kraton, or [...]
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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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Yogyakarta
Blog: Curves and Levels - 3 September 2009
At first, Yogyakarta looks typical of other southeast Asian cities we visited - hot, polluted, teeming with street noise, an off-kilter medley of vehicles defying the basic concept of traffic lanes. A little time, however, and a closer look, reveals something unique, even special, to be pasted into one's mental travel scrapbook.
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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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Waterfalls and White Sand Beaches
Blog: Cissy's Kiva Fellowship - 31 August 2009
This past Saturday my Aussie colleague, Mark, and I headed to the southeastern coast of Timor island to check out the Oenesu waterfall and Tablolong beach. Both were awesome! Then we arrived at the waterfall after a quick 13k drive! Our newly acquired Indonesian friends dared Mark to cross the log… Then we continued on for another 13k [...]
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Bemos in Indonesia
Blog: Cissy's Kiva Fellowship - 31 August 2009
What is a bemo? A bemo is a roving minivan that serves as public transport in Kupang (perhaps all over Indonesia, but I can’t verify that). All bemos are equipped with heavy duty sound systems that blare the latest techno or Indonesian hit. A single ride, regardless of how far you ride, is 20 cents. They [...]
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Rip Curl Padang Padang 09
Blog: Pommie Travels - 17 August 2009
“It’s On When It’s On” is Rip Curl’s tagline for this event and Padang Padang 09 certainly was ON on Saturday 15th August. With a big swell expected over the weekend, the green light was given on Saturday with 32 international invites battling it out at Padang Padang, Bali. Hundreds of Bali’s best looking girls and [...]
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Traveling Sumatra
Blog: Travelicious - 16 August 2009
“You are eating Indonesian food?!?” “We thought foreigner only ate toast all day long!” This little scenario played out in a tiny warung somewhere in Sumatra where we duly sat eating very authentic local cuisine. A bunch of Indonesians were thoroughly amused and surprised by us “white people” sitting there eating their kind of food – and we even seemed to like it! Of course we liked it – Sumatra is renowned for its delicious, if a bit spicy, padang food.
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West Java Rail Journey
Blog: Curves and Levels - 14 August 2009
A night flight from Medan brought us to Jakarta in darkness. By the time our taxi rolled up to a point where we could find a hotel near Gambir Railroad Station, the hour was late. Indonesia's sprawling capital was on our itinerary only as a launching point for crossing the island of Java to Pangandaran on the Indian Ocean side.
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Rules of the Road in Indonesia
Blog: Cissy's Kiva Fellowship - 12 August 2009
The roads in Indonesia may appear to be a crazy and disorganized mass of people, but there are some unspoken rules that you come to know as a motorcyclist in these lands. These are some of the customs I have noticed in the past month of being on the road. This post is to celebrate my [...]
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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 :)
