INDONESIA | Wednesday, 3 Jan 2024 | Views [47]
IT IS POSSIBLE TO WALK EVERYWHERE on Nusa Lembongan. It’s only about ten miles around so it isn’t not the distance but the heat and humidity that will do you in. There are few cars and no taxis so motor scooters reign supreme. Everyone rides ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Monday, 1 Jan 2024 | Views [54]
WE FINALLY FOUND THE TROPICAL PARADISE we were searching for just a 30-minute “fast-boat” ride from Bali’s touristy Sanur. One of fourteen small islands in the Penida Archipelago, Nusa Lembongan is what Bali must have been like fifty ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Monday, 1 Jan 2024 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Sunday, 31 Dec 2023 | Views [94]
2023 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR US. It began in chilly Madrid and ended here in steamy Indonesia where we spent our final day in Ubud taking care of business—haircuts, a mini-market run and a trip to the ATM. Our last Indonesian haircuts in Boroburdur ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Saturday, 30 Dec 2023 | Views [69]
“NO MAN EVER STEPS INTO THE SAME RIVER TWICE, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” What Heraclitis said 2500 years ago is true today, especially for us and Ubud. When we first visited in 2009 I wrote Ubud is the other ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 27 Dec 2023 | Views [77]
WE PICKED AMED SIGHT UNSEEN—TELL ME that Coconuts Bali’s description wouldn’t lure you in. Yet another gem that’s perfect for getting away from the crowd, Amed is a coastal region with beach-lined coves! The Amed shores are dotted ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 26 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Saturday, 23 Dec 2023 | Views [93]
THE AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT has become a holiday tradition in the United States and we have participated in several. This year we will have our own, the Bali Christmas Bird Count.
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INDONESIA | Friday, 22 Dec 2023 | Views [98]
WE SET OFF THIS MORNING TO EXPLORE BALI. It’s about 95 miles from Jimbaran to Pemuteran in northwestern Bali but the drive took nearly five hours. We didn’t drive ourselves—only a local or a maniacal tourist should challenge Denpasar’... Read more >
INDONESIA | Thursday, 21 Dec 2023 | Views [71]
THE DRIVER FOR THE HOTEL SHUTTLE was still waiting patiently at 1:00 AM. We don’t blame Virgin Australia—the flight from Melbourne to Bali was only twenty minutes late and they upgraded us to Economy Plus. But it took nearly two hours to ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 19 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Dec 2023 | Views [69]
WE RETURNED TO THE PORT CAMPBELL area on Wednesday in search of some of the local birds. It took a bit of help from Mark, a ranger at Port Campbell National Park, but we were able to locate a gorgeous Beautiful Firetail along an obscure dirt track. Later ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023 | Views [98]
THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, A “MUST-DO” AUSTRALIAN roadtrip is considered to be one of the most spectacular driving routes in the world. It runs almost 250 kilometers westward from Torquay to Allansford, ten minutes from our AirBnB in Warrnambool.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 11 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 10 Dec 2023 | Views [87]
WEATHER ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH Australia has been hit or miss—and we’ve been missing. This isn’t the Robe we remember—sunny days swimming on Long Beach, succulent lobsters just off the boats and oysters fresh from the sea. It’... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 7 Dec 2023 | Views [69]
THE MURRAY RIVER, THAT IS. Connie pointed out that not only had we rolled on this same river in 2004, we had been on the same Paddle Vessel Rothbury . As I recall, that trip included lunch at a winery, this one just cruised through Murray Lock 11 and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 5 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 1 Dec 2023 | Views [101]
WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF AUSTRALIA’S FOSSIL Mammal Sites World Heritage Area and all this while it’s been right under our feet! The constant drip…drip…drip of rainwater filtering through porous limestone over hundreds of thousands ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 30 Nov 2023 | Views [58]
KEITH IS HARDLY MORE THAN A WIDE SPOT in the road—two roads actually, the intersection of A8 and A66. The drive from Murray Bridge was nothing to write home about—only the “Silo Art” in Coonalpyn was worthy of a stop—and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 26 Nov 2023 | Views [52]
MURRAY BRIDGE IS NEARLY 300 KM IN “RIVER MILES” downstream from Waikerie. Despite its name in the singular, there are actually three bridges that span the river at Murray Bridge. Not as many as Madison County but we didn’t have to cross ... Read more >
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