A “free” day for some window shopping and lazing around so here are some street photos and a few comments …..peeked into this compound and couldn’t resist the Ganesh: …..around the Monkey Forest area a sign you won’t find everywhere: ……there is a mix of boutiques featuring mostly high-end women’s fashion, international labels, higher end…Continue Reading “Ubud……. street scenes and a nite for the performing arts”
Nice morning …..our adventure begins at 8:30 as we depart with Made our “driver for the day” to visit various temples and palaces within a reasonable driving radius of Ubud. First stop en route are the Rice Terraces near the village of Teggagalong…..after paying our entry fee (basically a tax grab by the community), we…Continue Reading “Ubud……..temples and palaces”
October 27th….lovely morning and excellent breakfast > many choices and quite filling, btw Balinese coffee (locally grown) is quite good, so no suffering in that regard. After consulting the map we are off for a cultural morning excursion to visit the Agung Rai Museum of Art, otherwise known as ARMA . It is an interesting…Continue Reading “Ubud……..one museum day and one ricefield day”
Up and at em…..breakfast at 7:30, settle up > for those interested our daily accommodations here with a decent breakfast came to CAD 68.00 per nite. Our transport arrives precisely on schedule at 8:00 dropping us at Mushroom Beach for the return trip by fastboat. The return boat ride includes pick-up/drop off to your hotel…Continue Reading “Ubud the Cultural Heart of Bali”
Surprise …another good day, apparently this is the best month of the year on Nusa Lembognan: still good weather but a lot fewer tourists. Waking up here is kind of special with the cockerels in the background and chirps & whistles of the birds in the foreground, overlaying this symphony are cymbals and incantations flowing…Continue Reading “Island Walkabout………the last day”
As we draw our drapes the start of the day bodes well: …. sunny with a light overcast with temps in the 30C range, after a nice breakfast we are ready for a walk. Today we are setting off for the village below us (see pic above) which serves as the main harbour for the…Continue Reading “Nusa Lembongan…..another day, another walkabout”
The day breaks sunny and as we open our drapes we are greeted with a view of Mt. Agung; Having elected not to rent a scooter (roads or rather tracks are filled with bemos (mini pick-ups with cargo deck converted to 2 benches) and scooters, we march off towards the Yellow Bridge which linked Nusa…Continue Reading “Island Walkabout…..and more”
A nice blue sky morning….we both went for the banana pancakes…sorry no maple syrup …here you get hot chocolate syrup > quite tasty. More conversations with the other guests {some young guns from France and the Netherlands} …as the elder statesman I could relate various old Bali stories to modest effect. In any event,…Continue Reading “Island Time ….Nusa Lembognan”
Actually enjoyed a reasonable “night” of sleep at the Rai House….with a decent breakfast poolside (USD 30 per night) ….the pool was tiny but with plenty of ambience (the gardener in me…) Click on pics to enlarge… ……..my ankle still hurts, but we are off to: change money, buy a SIM card/minutes, find where our…Continue Reading “Day one ….Sanur”
Well it’s time for another Asian adventure……and, after some 40 years it’s seems to be about time to show Annie one of my favorite places from times past. After much searching, googling etc. we found the cheapest way to get to Bali was to fly with Southern China via China, namely Guangzhou. …aka Canton. A…Continue Reading “UP, UP and AWAY………………”