Holidays/ Trips
the great bali escape: may ‘09: day four: mengwi, bratan lake, buyan lake, tanah lot
One of the things I wanted to see in Bali is a temple. I didn’t really care which temple because to me, most temples look alike. Seen one, seen them all. Perhaps not the most culturally-sensitive things to say especially in a place renowned for its beautiful temples. Well, there are lots of temples where [...]
the great bali escape: may ‘09: day three: ubud and the famous ibu oka babi guling
After our mountain trekking adventure, our tour guide Yande took us to Ubud because we told him that we wanted to try ze fehmes babi guling. It was mostly FA and I dozing off in his car because we were too tired. After a while (maybe an hour or so) he made a pit [...]
the great bali escape: may ‘09: day three: to the peak of mount batur (part two)
Why two long posts on Mount Batur? ‘Cos my blog is my journal, this time next year I’ll be going through my archives and remember exactly what I did and how I felt, and I do have a lot to say. Plus I actually did something that I don’t normally do, of course I’d [...]
the great bali escape: may ‘09: day three: to the peak of mount batur (part one)
I had NO idea what we were going to do in Bali, besides the usual drinking and chilling out. Don’t know about you, but I’d get bored just drinking and chilling out for 4 days. When my sister and brother-in-law were in Bali earlier this year, they cycled around the countryside leading to Lake Kintamani [...]
the great bali escape: may ‘09: day two: legian beach, kuta streets, sunset @ ku de ta
Woke up, had breakfast at Masa Inn then walked towards Legian Street. Sure looks different in daytime. Walked past endless shops and pubs, lots of traffic = noise + air pollution, lots of touters. I think being Asians has its advantages — some of the touters don’t even bother greeting us or look at [...]