Articles tagged ‘Bali’
Sharyn's trip to Bali - November 2005: Girlie stuff
By Nick | December 7th, 2005 |
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Not having a day to spare, we didn't visit any of the more upmarket day-spas, instead we had a standard massage each day at the hotel, gawd it’s a hard life, and visited the small salon right across the road from our resort on Jl Nakula for extras (again my memory is full of holes [...]
Sharyn's trip to Bali - November 2005: Cafes & Restaurants part II
By Nick | December 7th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Poco Loco is still selling great Mexican food and enormous frozen margaritas, although the service seems to have slipped quite a bit which is a real pity. This was the only place where any of the staff tried to pick us up-nearly spoilt a great meal. The Adi Dharma on Jl Legian is [...]
Sharyn's trip to Bali - November 2005: Cafes & Restaurants part I
By Nick | December 6th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
We tried all ends of the spectrum (excluding road-side vendors naturally) with mostly excellent results. As mentioned above, our hotel had great pizza and a pretty damn good breakfast. I had a great steak at Gado-Gado and my friend had an excellent seafood curry, I was impressed by the wine list-probably the best [...]
Heading back to Bali
By Nick | December 6th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Sitting here in the BootsnAll office in Portland office I am 30 minutes away from driving to the airport for a trans-Pacific flight. It’s Tuesday here and my connections are Portland-Seattle-Seoul-Denpasar, arriving sometime on Thursday. Seoul airport is modern, which is good because I will be crashing on one of their couches. Last night we [...]
Sharyn's trip to Bali - November 2005: Bars
By Nick | December 6th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Due to excessive shopping activity we didn't do any clubbing, but did managed to visit a few bars and pubs. Obviously KuDeTa is still there at the top of the list – although I can't decide whether I prefer later afternoon or full evening-it's a bit of a wave-watching versus stargazing toss-up.
Sharyn's trip to Bali - November 2005: Ubud
By Nick | December 6th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
The market hasn't changed at all, whatever is on sale in Kuta is on sale here about 5-10% cheaper. I did however manage to find some scarves here which I had despaired of every seeing again and there was possibly a better range of table linen. I succumbed and bought one the thousands [...]
Sharyn’s trip to Bali - November 2005: Jewelry
By Nick | December 6th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Sharyn gives some handy tips on where to buy silver jewelry in Bali.
Learning Indonesian can help you meet the locals in Bali
By Nick | December 5th, 2005 | 6 Comments »
Learning Indonesian is a real helpful thing when coming to Bali. The locals are naturally friendly and love to chat, sometimes for a business, sometimes for fun.
Sharyn's trip to Bali - November 2005: Shopping
By Nick | December 5th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Shopping:
I had two primary shopping objectives (and yes I do plan my shopping trips like a military campaign)-the first to buy all my Christmas presents and the second to buy as much stuff for myself as I could legally get on a plane.
Hardline Muslim leaders in Indonesia condem suicide bombings
By Nick | December 5th, 2005 | 32 Comments »
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country. That fact alone is enough to scare the pants off some tourists and prompt the US immigration to practically block all visas for Indonesian men. It is easy to look at Indonesia as a hotbed for terrorism and assume that most people are supporting the violence that [...]
