Indonesia

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Some of our videos taken in Indonesia

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2Aug2008 | onefix | 1 comment | Continued
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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
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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 | 0 comments | Continued
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From Balian to Lovina via the Gilimanuk road

Map of Lovina, Bali, Indonesia.
{w:600;h:300} Lovina, Bali
The Journey To Lovina
We set off from Balian and travelled North West towards Gilimanuk. The trip took a little longer than going direct through the mountains, but as we had made the journey through the mountains a few days previously we decided to explore a new route. The road [...]

13Jul2008 | onefix | 0 comments | Continued
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Balian - west coast Bali

{w:600;h:300} Balian west coast of Bali, below Medewi
We left the crazy coastal tourist mecca of Kuta on the 31st of May - thank heavens….. there were parts of Kuta we enjoyed!!!! The hotel Lusa with it’s friendly staff and the lovely people we met and made friends with there. Tehya’s new friends Taylor and Sonny…. [...]

4Jun2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued
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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
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R.I.P Terry Green May 22nd 2008 - You and your knowledge will be missed

Terry Green from Lanscott, Par, St Austell, Cornwall. Terry has been an amazing source of information and friendship over the last 16 years, he helped rebuild my morris 1000 and has fixed more electrical things than I can remember. He was always happy to help with any kind of problem whether you turned up at [...]

23May2008 | onefix | 1 comment | Continued
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Arrived in Bali Indonesia on the 20th May from Kuala Lumpa (KL) Malaysia

We landed safely in Bali on the 20th of May around 19:30 from (KL) Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia. We flew with Air-Asia and it was as pleasant as flying can be. Tehya said on take off “This is good fun” then fell asleep for 2 1/2 hours and woke up 20 minutes before we landed to [...]

23May2008 | onefix | 0 comments | Continued