Articles tagged ‘Kintamani Area Guide’
Thoughts from Kedisan near Lake Batur Bali
By Nick | August 15th, 2005 |
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Here in Kedisan I see a decent amount of tourists. It still quiet (apart from the dump trucks) but there are British, Irish and French people as well as a few Indonesian tourists I've seen.
Staying in Kedisan Bali
By Nick | August 15th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Riding into the Kintamani area I blazed through the shake-down (police stop) at the top of the main road where the road from Ubud joins the roads that circles the crater rim in Penelokan. They stop anyone with a white face, locals zoom through. They are on the look out for cars and SUV's and [...]
Spending the night in Kintamani Bali
By Nick | August 14th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
This evening I am in the Kintamani area checking out some of the hiking opportunities and looking at hotels. It's a flying visit and I won't have the time to do a travel guide. I am gathering info for the upcoming Baliblog guided tour.
The Mangrove Information Center in Kuta Bali-part II
By Nick | August 5th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
According to the sign in the office the purpose of the Mangrove Information Center is collecting useful data, establishing technology to recover mangrove forests and setting up of technical and managerial methods for the sustainable Mangrove Management System. I walked to another building which was empty except for an office and on the way noticed [...]
Tips on arriving in Bali
By Nick | July 24th, 2005 | 7 Comments »
Arriving in Bali after a long flight here are some quick tips that might help you.
Volcanic eruptions of Gunung Batur Bali
By Nick | May 23rd, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Gunung Batur (1717m) , the large volcano located in the eastern highlands has caused all kind of trouble in the past from its eruptions, which have occurred more than 20 times since 1800. A 1917 eruption killed 1,000 local people and amazingly the boiling lava stopped just short of the temple at Batur village. In [...]
Climbing Gunung Abang in the highlands of Bali
By Nick | May 23rd, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Gunung Abang is located across Lake Batur from Gunung Batur in the highlands of Bali. At 2153m it is over 400m higher, but way less visited. Gunung Abang is known as Red Mountain and the climb is very different. While is rather barren and affords sweeping views of the surrounding landscape, Gunung Abang is forested [...]
