Monthly Archives: January 2012

Pool. Beach. Ocean. Island in the distance. Blue sky.

Over the past few days we’ve been flicked by the long wingtips of a tropical cyclone heading to Australia, bringing high winds and the cancellation of many local flights and ferries. Our little bay is actually one of the more … Continue reading →

It’s our final night in Ubud and we’ve loved it here. Very relaxing, very peaceful, lots of art, great food, beautiful vistas, friendly people, crazy wildlife… Back to Gili Asahan tomorrow…

Picked Laurel up at the airport and after a quick visit to the madness of Kuta/Seminyak we’ve blasted up to the artistic and spiritual centre of Bali – Ubud. We found a beautiful room at the Nyoman Karsa bungalows ($50), … Continue reading →

It’s my last day on Gili Asahan – hate to leave this place but I’m flying back to Bali tomorrow to pick up Laurel, so I’m excited about that! I’d highly recommend this place (Pearl Beach Resort) to anyone wanting … Continue reading →

There’s a couple of dive instructor trainees billeted here at the moment, so I was asking them about the diving. Belongas Bay is nearby which is famous for Pelagics – especially schooling hammerheads and eagle rays, but unfortunately the season … Continue reading →

I was remembering my first trip here in 1991, when I was 22, SO long ago, and thinking about how much is different, but at the same time realizing how little has changed, when I read this line by Joseph … Continue reading →

Left Kuta this morning for Gili Asahan, on the Sekotong penninsula. Intense rain all last night and all day today, most of the roads and rice paddies and communities are extremely flooded. Some roads are closed from mudslides meaning some … Continue reading →

It’s dusk and I’m looking out from my little porch, through the rain dripping off the eves, over the lush, verdant and soaking wet jungle that makes up the grounds of our hotel. Overhung by palms and papaya trees, flashes … Continue reading →

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