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11 February 2019
Having seen what airports can be like after the festive season, I headed to the airport around 0800 for my 1125 departure for Kuala Lumpur and onwards to Bali. This was the most economical way for me to get from Kuching to Auckland in the post Chinese New Year period. It’s a bonus that I […]
3 October 2018
After yoga and a light lunch of Vietnamese sandwiches, we rested before starting a cooking class at a nearby restaurant. We were taught to make things the old fashioned way with a cobek (grinding stone) and lesong (mortar/pestle – stone mortar and long wooden pestle used standing up, as opposed to the Malaysian one used […]
3 October 2018
Today was much like yesterday with yoga and not much else. Except that I wanted to re-sample Babi Guling and try Bebek Bengil’s crispy fried duck. The former, we were able to do lunch-time at Ibu Oka. It was delicious: the pork was tender, the crackling crispy and the floured deep-fried pork nice and salty. […]
1 October 2018
I had set the alarm for 0640 so I could have breakfast at 0700. That would give some time for brekkie to settle before yoga at 0800 at Yoga Barn. With 4 nights in Ubud (three full days), I thought I’d get myself into a routine of daily yoga. It’s not often I get to […]
30 September 2018
We had organised transport to take us from Lovina to Ubud today. This will be our move inland and somewhat of a highland at 600m. The driver Putu turned up a little ahead of the agreed time of 1030. He had worked in New Zealand three times as a seasonal worker on kiwifruit farms. The […]
29 September 2018
We had set the alarm for 0540 for the 0600 start to go dolphin watching. We waited on the beach at the appointed time. Many boats set off before us but we seemed to be the last to get going. It was about a 30 minute ride offshore and the sea was calm despite fears […]
28 September 2018
After a lazy day in Amed yesterday , we move to Bali’s north coast Lovina today. As I had decided not to dive (not good for big things, good muck diving or wreck with possibly lots of people), the day was filled with a relaxing swim, motorbike rides, a snorkel and a massage. We had […]
26 September 2018
Back to mainland Bali We had a 0915 ferry from Nusa Penida back to Sanur. The hotel had arranged a car for us departing at 0815 so that we’d get to the ferry 30 minutes before departure. It turned out to be shared with another couple. Perhaps that explains why it is cheaper than the […]
25 September 2018
Peguyangan Waterfall We wanted to have an early start today so that we would avoid as much of the heat as possible during our motorbike explorations. It seemed like a good day to do land-based activities as being Nyepi Laut, no one (or boats) is allowed to be in the water or even on the […]
24 September 2018
Crossing over Today we move from Nusa Lembongan to Nusa Penida, the island we had snorkelled or dived nearby. At 0930 after breakfast, we were chauffeured to the Yellow Bridge boat station on the back of a truck. It was a little earlier than what we would have liked but being the full moon tonight, […]