Archive for Hanna

Hanna (34) worked as a personal advisor helping young people in and around Cornwall for the past 10 years and is looking forward to spending 24/7 with Tehya for the next year. What more could a mummy wish for.

Kuala Lumpur and buses to Penang!!

Today was a day of information gathering and ticket buying – first we went back to KL Sentral to find out about trains…. it was so easy to get there, it cost about 1.20 RM each for Gavin and I (free for Tehya), it was just six stops from our hotel and it takes literally [...]

18Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur Day Two….

Day two….
We woke up to a bright and sunny morning, after a breakfast of muesli, yogurt and brown bread (such a great breakfast and not one you get often in Asia) we headed off to explore the KL Tower. It cost us a total of 50 MR which is about £8.00 to take two [...]

17Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

We slept, dreamt and woke feeling so totally refreshed…..from an amazing night at the Hotel Istana!!! So great to be in Kuala Lumpur!!!
Our first afternoon and evening in KL were spent checking into the hotel (which was a little dragged out by a lost internet booking) and eating a fantastic meal provided by room service. [...]

16Oct2008 | Hanna | 4 comments | Continued

Gili Air – Lombok

They call Gili Air the small island but after studying it on Google earth and seeing it close up I would say that it is in fact larger than Meno.
All the islands have a distinct atmosphere and personality and Air was definitely the most traditional and appeared the most influenced by Islam. It was more [...]

13Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Gili Meno – Lombok

The boat journey across to Meno was easy and smooth (20,000 Rp each) – we motored our way around the southerly point of the island and saw what looked like an epic right hand wave breaking hard on the coral reef.
We arrived at the boat drop off point and made it up onto the beach [...]

12Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Three nights at Coral Beach 2 on Gili Trawangan – Lombok

The sea, beach and snorkelling from Coral Beach 2 were all amazing – we felt the sea life was as impressive as the Perhentian Islands ten years ago. The sea was warm and clear – the beach white and sandy without too much coral to cut feet. Gavin went snorkelling several times on his own [...]

12Oct2008 | Hanna | 2 comments | Continued

Gili Trawangan Lombok

A late night packing and then an early early morning start (30-09-08) a quick goodbye to Tehya’s Australian friend Owen and we were jumping into the free mini bus that was booked to take us to Benoa and the Blue Water Express boat company. Our tickets to the Gili’s were not cheap 2,600,000 Rp in [...]

9Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Ubud and The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary – Mandala Wista Wenara Wana

The drive to Ubud was hard, we were already tired from driving around the Amed coast and our inland search for tourist sights that morning. We are becoming used to our decision making processes though. We tend to make last minute decisions about most things. The process tends to go: research, chat, more research, decision [...]

21Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

An East Coast Adventure-Sanur-Candidasa-Amed

Getting ready!!
Two days before Becca left Bali Gavin started to get itchy feet and hired a moped for five days. We have been curious to check out the east coast of Bali for some time now – it is the only part of the coast we have not been too. So we started to plan [...]

17Sep2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Aunty Becca – Lovina and the Dolphins

We booked into the Rini hotel for two nights as we had little planned except to relax more and visit with Ayu and and her children at Apple Warung. After our early night and some much needed sleep we were all feeling a little better – although Becca’s throat was still incredibly sore…. we all [...]

10Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Aunty Becca – Balian to Lovina with a sore throat

We left Kuta in high spirits with a very full car!!! It is hard enough to fit two adults and one child with all their luggage into a Suzuki Jimmy - let alone three adults, a child and all their luggage! With Gavin’s genius packing we managed and you could even say that we had [...]

7Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Aunty Becca visits Bali

Becca arrived from England on the 21st of August – we met her from Denpasar airport full of excitement and eager anticipation. Gavin had been tracking her flight from Heathrow via Singapore to Denpasar and was full of anxiety. As we waited for her to come through from the arrivals lounge he kept pacing the [...]

5Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Lovina’s Holy Hot Srings – Air Panas, Banjar

14th July – As ever our attempts to leave the hotel early were thwarted by our inability to organize ourselves. One might think that as we have been able to get ourselves half way around the world with a three year old!! That we do in fact poses these skills… but I am starting to [...]

30Jul2008 | Hanna | 2 comments | Continued

Brahma Wihara Arama – Dharma the Bali way!!!!

13th July – today we drove back along the coast towards Seririt to visit the Buddhist temple. I have seen various temples around Asia and they all have a different slant on the way they look depending on what the cultural influence are. For example in Penang, Malaysia most have a Chinese theme with lots [...]

23Jul2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Visa runs and Friends from England

We drove to Kuta and met with friends who have agreed to be our sponsors – this will mean that we do not have to leave the country (fly) to extend our stay. A fact that I am very glad about!!!! The cost is 550000Rp each – about 30 pounds each. We have also had [...]

12Jul2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Sanur then Nusa Lembongan – Bali – Indonesia

We headed from Balian (west coast) to Sanur (east coast) on the 16th of June – our new friends Chris and Nadine and their three boys were off for a surf trip to an island called Nusa Lembongan. After hearing about it from them and reading up on the surf breaks Gavin and I [...]

27Jun2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Balian – saying goodbye to Taylor!!!

We had a difficult time last week!! Tehya’s dear friend Taylor went back to Australia and it was very very sad. Robyn, Mark and Taylor came to visit with us in Balian and we had a lovely time – Mr Oble indulged us with a night of Arak which resulted in hilarious conversation!! The [...]

19Jun2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Pupuan Waterfall (possibly called Blahmantung) – Bali

Friday the 6th of June – We have been at the surf break on the Balian river mouth, staying with Mr Oble the owner of Balian Segara for a week now. It has been a real pleasure to be here. We have had several trips out to places including Internet at Shankari’s yoga retreat and [...]

11Jun2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Bali – Another chapter!!!!

We have been here in Bali for 10 days now and it has been a very mixed time. I have found it really hard to find the enthusiasm to write on the blog since hearing about Terry’s passing. I did not know him in the same way that Gavin did or for as long but [...]

29May2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Leaving Mira Beach

What a wonderful time we have had, it is crazy but every day that goes by you can feel your self slipping away from the ability to tell the day of the week or what month it is. Mira Beach with its back drop of ever green forest and coconut trees has to be one [...]

4May2008 | Hanna | 4 comments | Continued