Indonesia

Indonesia – A Summary

October 23 – November 12, 2013 Three weeks in Indonesia. A nation of countless islands, hundreds of languages, different people with different cultures and religions,…. To say that we didn’t even begin to scratch the surface would be an understatement.…

Bogor, Java

Sunday, November 10, 2013 Everything we heard or read about Jakarta was leaning heavily towards the negative – to say the least. Gridlocked traffic, not that many interesting sites, … so we decided to give the place a miss and…

Borobudur, Java

Friday, November 8, 2013 Borobudur is about a 1 hour drive from Yogyakarta, and we arrived here around noon. Checked into Rumah Boedi Private Residences. The hotel and grounds were nice, but here, as in some other places (accommodation, restaurants,..) I…

Yogyakarta, Java

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 As mentioned we arrived in the evening after a long drive from Malang. By 9pm we were checked-in to The Phoenix Hotel (our drivers pronounced the hotel as fo-nik), where, after freshening up, we enjoyed a drink in…

Malang, Java

Saturday, November 2, 2013 We said goodbye to Ubud around 10:30 am and headed for Denpasar airport to catch our flight to Malang, Java. Booking the plane ticket and getting our hotel to confirm an airport transfer proved somewhat cumbersome,…

Back in Ubud

Friday, November 1, 2013 We left our hotel in Amed at 7:30am and were back in Ubud around 10am. There was a specific reason that we decided to come back here for a day, before moving on to Java tomorrow. At…

Amed, Bali

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 We left gorgeous Alam Indah Hotel at 10am, with our pre-arranged car and driver, to go to Amed. On the way we stopped at Tirta Gangga (Water Palace) for a look-see. Loved the ‘Myst’ like stepping…

Ubud, Bali

Sunday, October 26, 2013 To get to our next destination we organized a private pick-up with our next hotel. By far the easiest way to get around Bali: car and a driver: affordable and comfortable. So at 10am our driver…

Seminyak, Bali

Wednesday to Saturday, October 23 – 26, 2013 We flew the long way from Perth to Denpasar (via Singapore), but then it was an awards ticket in business class, so no complaints 🙂 Arrived at Denpasar airport, breezed through immigration…