 | Shake, Rattle and Roll
2007-09-23, Bukittinggi, Indonesia. By: mashman | | I wasn’t too sure about heading to Sumatra to be honest. A few days before my arrival an earthquake of magnitude 8.4 had hit the south west of the island, and was followed by another a couple of days... |
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 | Surreal Sumatra
2007-09-20, Parapat, Indonesia. By: mashman | | I landed in Medan, Sumatra’s major city and began a rather surreal adventure. I was immediately reminded of India as crazy and dusty chaos ruled the streets. This seemed more Kolkata than Kuala Lump... |
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 | Lombok
2006-11-15, Gili Trawangan, Indonesia. By: kito | | After we had spent a final night out in Kuta where we surprisingly met John and Darcia again, we left Bali for our last leg on our Indonesia trip: Gili Trawangan, one of the three Gili Islands belong... |
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 | Gilli Islands
2007-11-05, Gilli Trawangan, Indonesia. By: tonyandbex | | We have been on the Gilli's for about 4 days now and it is beautiful. We snorkelled next to a huge turtle yesterday and it was so cool.
We also saw a sea dog which is such a weird creature, in fac... |
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| Hunting Komodo Dragons
2007-10-27, Komodo, Indonesia. By: tonyandbex | | We spent about 5 days on a boat travelling to some of the islands in indonesia, namely Rinca & komodo. We managed to spot loads of Dragons (huge lizards), but I must admit I was pretty scared when th... |
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| Kecak Fire Dance
2007-10-27, Ubud, Indonesia. By: tonyandbex | | We went to Ubud to see some traditional crafts and had a brilliant time. On the last night we watched a traditional dance which was full of really nice bright costumes.
At the end one guy did a ... |
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| Kuta
2007-10-22, Bali, Indonesia. By: tonyandbex | | We arrived in Bali some time ago and ventured to Kuta Beach to get our bearings and relax after Sydney.
We had an interesting taxis ride where the taxis man refused to drop us at our agreed spot bu... |
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 | Kepi's Hotel California
2007-08-07, Kepi, Indonesia. By: Miq | | We finished our survey but our booked flight to leave the town did not fly. It said that the plane (15 seats twinotter) was booked by District head and his administrators. We have to stay in the onl... |
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 | Bintan- Take Two
2007-09-21, Bintan, Indonesia. By: jocelyn | | My latest journey has led me to Bintan, Indonesia once again. This time, it was a great success, unlike my 10 hours trip there last time. There were 8 of us that called the Shady Shack home for the we... |
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 | A disaster to Bintan
2007-08-30, Bintan, Indonesia. By: jocelyn | | Alright, so Indonesia. On Thursday morning (Aug.30) we got up after a crazy ladies night at Double O. Kerry, Amanda, Mike and I got enough energy to catch the MRT and then a bus all the way to the Fer... |
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 | The Hat out in Kuta
2007-08-27, Kuta, Indonesia. By: hisern | | Miss S is a character all onto herself. She is the one that I mentioned in a previous account had been spending the past 18 months traveling around the world first class in a cowboy hat. Loud, racy,... |
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 | Life Lessons from Surfing
2007-08-21, Legion Beach, Indonesia. By: hisern | | This trip was designed for a journey inward, to reflect and ponder and change toward an improved self. But Bali is too wonderful! There has actually been little time for reflecting. Us girls spend... |
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| Intro to the Surf Goddess Retreat
2007-08-21, Seminyak, Indonesia. By: hisern | | The whole reason for my trip to Bali has started. 7 days of surfing, yoga, great food and a spa treatments. 6 other girls from around the world were sharing the experience with me. At first I was a... |
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| And I find myself in Bali
2007-08-16, Ubud, Indonesia. By: hisern | | Bali is a land of honeymooners, expat surfers, and those on the verge of a life crisis seeking to find truth through coconut drinks and heavy meditation. I, obviously, am the latter although I am hop... |
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 | Exotic fruit picnic under the star filled sky
2007-06-15, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | My massage friends surprised me with gifts last night a pair of batik pants and a bag of my favorite fruit mangosteins. It was so sweet of them. I normally give them a gift on my last day but they b... |
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 | I always get a little sad and somewhat excited
2007-06-13, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | As my last week rolls around, I always get a little sad and somewhat excited; as of tonight I have only four more days here. I have been so busy between record keeping, photography, and picking up je... |
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 | An Auspicious Day for Cremation Ceremonies
2007-06-10, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | For the past week I have been watching a banjar (group of village men) creating a big black bull from wood, foam, black-velvet and bamboo for a cremation ceremony. They finally finished and today is ... |
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 | Every day I explore a new road and different direction
2007-06-09, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | Every day I get on my scooter and take off in a different direction exploring. I have found many of the places I have been before as a passenger on the back of a scooter but did not know where they w... |
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 | And the rain came down
2007-06-06, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | Last night I had Indian food as it was buffet night. I sat upstairs overlooking rice paddies and watching the sky turn black with occasional lightning and thunder I decided to go home after dinner as... |
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 | Spending our Rupiah's
2007-06-06, Bali, Indonesia. By: jax2asia | | Well folks... this was our LAST full day in Bali and on vacation. I'm sad to leave, but looking forward to coming home.
Hard to believe we are nearing the end of our adventure.
We spent most of... |
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 | Monkey party and smelling the proverbial roses
2007-06-05, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | Last night as I drove home from the FLava and past the darkest street in front of the monkey forest. It used to make me nervous to walk that stretch at night, because it was dark and eerie. I don’t ... |
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 | Bohemian barflies and birthing aids
2007-06-04, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. By: sbirch | | I’m in the FLava lounge another free hot spot with good food. They have open mike night tonight and the musician is singing James Taylor's “Sweet Baby James” with an Indonesian accent. The song befo... |
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 | Snorkeling and took in some spa time
2007-06-05, Bali, Indonesia. By: jax2asia | | We had a pretty relaxing day. Went on a short snorkeling trip this morning to Nusa Dua. We were in the water a little over an hour and headed back to the hotel.
We were pretty beat and I am extr... |
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