Tomorrow morning we’ll try to find our way back to Kuta and the first hotel we stayed in. There we hope to find our bike-boxes again. Packing and preparing for the trip home. Our flight will leave Bali on Tuesday … Lees verder
Maandelijks archief: april 2007
Our perception of the people on the islands we visited, and especially the Balinese. We find them extremely warm, kind, polite, service oriented. Of course they need to make a living and tourism may be there onely possibility. But this … Lees verder
Een paar heerlijke dagen Ubud hebben ons kennis laten maken met het verfijnde Bali. Gisteren hebben we veel gewinkeld en galeries bezocht. De gastheer van ons verblijf bood aan ons in de loop van de middag mee naar zijn neef … Lees verder
Today we were very lucky. It was our second museum day here in Ubud. We visited the Agung Rai Museum of Art. Apart from the really wonderful art work that is exhibited this is a cultural centre for many purposes. … Lees verder
On the stairway to the main entrance of another wonderful temple we happened to see some cock fights. It seems to be forbidden, but it also seems to belong to certain ceremonies, so they still occur. What did we see? … Lees verder
On Bali, not in the Muslim parts of Indonesia, you can during all day see women walking round carrying a tray with a number of incense sticks and a pile of small baskets (10 cms diameter). Each basket contains flowers, … Lees verder
The temple flower. The flower has five petals, diameter app. 5 cms, is white (although there are other varieties) and has a yellow haert. A very simple flower, but remarkably beautiful. It grows from a pot plant, but this can … Lees verder
Zou het griep zijn? Ik voelde me in elk geval niet goed. Hoofdpijn, koortsig, veel niezen, niet meer uit mijn ogen kunnen kijken..Na twee dagen paracetamol begonnen we toch aan een allergie te denken. Hooikoorts, waar ik door de jaren … Lees verder
In Lombok our spokesman on the subject told us that a monthly wage in a hotel was 100.000 Rp. (A good 8 Euros). I now doubt his trustworthiness. In Bali wages are three to four times higher than on Lombok. … Lees verder
From the heights of the crater rim we descended towards Ubud, where we have been before. Partly we had to find our way with the map only, as we didn’t follow our route book. But after having been here for … Lees verder