Lost in a big world

Gallery: Jobja

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Gallery: Lompok

Monday, 15 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Jobja

Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [2629] | Comments [4]

From Bali I flew to Jobjakarta, known to the Indonesians as Jobja, and sometimes spelled with Y's instead of J's just to further confuse foreigners. Anyway, Jobja is a medium size city in central java, most famous for the Buddhist temple Borobudur.... Read more >

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Back to Bali (via Borneo?)

Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008 | Views [917] | Comments [1]

My last 2 days in Bali were spent in a cheap place near the airport, and accross the steeet from a large western mall. I actually had arrived without a reservation and spent an hour driving around with a taxi looking at places. After seeing 3 places ... Read more >

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Gallery: Bali 1

Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Senggigi

Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [1867]

I took the boat back to Lombok at 8 AM (its a 30 minute ride). Unfortuently, my boat was going to Bansal instead of straight to sengigi (there was another boat that was going straight there, but I had my stupid booking with warren wanaka). After arriving ... Read more >

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The Power of Information

Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [1259]

Information is very valuable. How much should things cost? What are good places to go? Who can you trust? When traveling, I hate leaving the backpacker path, since if I am not staying at good hostels, everything else becomes more expensive and my time ... Read more >

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Road Trip

Saturday, 22 Nov 2008 | Views [767]

I headed north to Ubud with Paul, Siya (spelling?), and their kids Slam and Ziggy. Where we arrived it was raining, but it appeared to be a cute town with lots of art galleries. We booked at a guest house. I got a room with a nicer large bed with a ... Read more >

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Kuta

Friday, 21 Nov 2008 | Views [845]

I spent 6 days in the main tourist area in Bali, Kuta Beach. The reason I spent this long was to recover from my cold (I got some medicine from a pharmacist wich helped clear my chest conjestion after a few days). My days were mostly broken up, since ... Read more >

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Danger in Bali

Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 | Views [1453]

I had a long trip to Bali from Borneo, since I had to fly to KL, then wait 6 hours for my flight to Bali. The long layover was in part due to Air asia's policy to sell each flight segment seperately. So if I bought 2 flights, and the first one was ... Read more >

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