Saturday, March 26, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Arrival in Bali
Hello dear family and friends,
our first week of travels has been quite good! We arrived on March 14th in Denpasar, Bali after a long flight with stops in Qatar and Singapore. The culture shock was only mild, since Norbert- a friend of Philipp's- gave us a good hint on a place to stay for the first couple of days: Su's Cottages 1 in Legian, Bali. A wonderful little hotel very close to the touristy Kuta, but very quiet, clean and nice. From there we could explore the city of Kuta a little and decided quite soon that Kuta is not the place for us. So we moved to Canggu, a small village about 15km outside of Kuta, where the food and stay are cheap and the surf is good! We have both successfully found boards: Philipp bought one from a friend of Joosts, our homestay owner, and I am renting a longer board from a local guy, so I can switch boards if I feel like a smaller one might be better. Our homestay is called OmbakBagus (Nice Wave)- you can look it up online at ombakbagus.com. The place is owned by Joost and Marieke, and now the 6 month-old Roos, who are ExPats from Holland and now own the homestay in the ricefields of Canggu. They are very friendly and the atmosphere at the homestay feels kind of like a little living community (Goldgraben, I miss you!). We have been surfing almost every day in the morning and then exploring Canggu, eating at the local Warungs (little local places at almost every street corner, where they serve NasiGoreng and other delicious Indonesian food for about a dollar a dish) and hanging out with our Dutch roommates on the terrace at OmbakBagus. Other Highlights: a trip with Norbert and Mishka to Burkit Badang in South Bali, Philipp and Lui playing soccer with the locals at the soccer field in Canggu, driving the motorbike through busy Kuta (crazy!), driving the motorbike myself for the first time!, rainstorm on the motorbike, eating fried Tempe, surfing my first bigger green waves, Philipp duelling locals in chess, learning Dutch with Lui, yoga classes in a beautiful hippiesk resort and enjoying the beautiful weather, this beautiful island and the great waves!
So, our time here has been spent wonderfully and I am looking forward to the weeks to come! Until soon.
Karoline
our first week of travels has been quite good! We arrived on March 14th in Denpasar, Bali after a long flight with stops in Qatar and Singapore. The culture shock was only mild, since Norbert- a friend of Philipp's- gave us a good hint on a place to stay for the first couple of days: Su's Cottages 1 in Legian, Bali. A wonderful little hotel very close to the touristy Kuta, but very quiet, clean and nice. From there we could explore the city of Kuta a little and decided quite soon that Kuta is not the place for us. So we moved to Canggu, a small village about 15km outside of Kuta, where the food and stay are cheap and the surf is good! We have both successfully found boards: Philipp bought one from a friend of Joosts, our homestay owner, and I am renting a longer board from a local guy, so I can switch boards if I feel like a smaller one might be better. Our homestay is called OmbakBagus (Nice Wave)- you can look it up online at ombakbagus.com. The place is owned by Joost and Marieke, and now the 6 month-old Roos, who are ExPats from Holland and now own the homestay in the ricefields of Canggu. They are very friendly and the atmosphere at the homestay feels kind of like a little living community (Goldgraben, I miss you!). We have been surfing almost every day in the morning and then exploring Canggu, eating at the local Warungs (little local places at almost every street corner, where they serve NasiGoreng and other delicious Indonesian food for about a dollar a dish) and hanging out with our Dutch roommates on the terrace at OmbakBagus. Other Highlights: a trip with Norbert and Mishka to Burkit Badang in South Bali, Philipp and Lui playing soccer with the locals at the soccer field in Canggu, driving the motorbike through busy Kuta (crazy!), driving the motorbike myself for the first time!, rainstorm on the motorbike, eating fried Tempe, surfing my first bigger green waves, Philipp duelling locals in chess, learning Dutch with Lui, yoga classes in a beautiful hippiesk resort and enjoying the beautiful weather, this beautiful island and the great waves!
So, our time here has been spent wonderfully and I am looking forward to the weeks to come! Until soon.
Karoline
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