Monday, June 18, 2012

I found a return ticket from Bali to Darwin for 230 Eur and I stayed there only 3 days. Although I knew it was a very short time to visit Australia I wanted to visit it very much. My host showed me Darwin the first day and we visited a couchsurfer from Africa who lived there. I liked the beach in Darwin and Nightcliff but it wasn't possible to swim in the sea because of the jellyfish and saltwater crocodiles. 
It was the birthday of my host that day and in the evening he made a party where I met some of his friends. The following day he took me to the Litchfield national park where I swam in the waterfalls. 
We wanted to go to the river Adelaide to see jumping and diving crocodiles but we didn't make it on time. In the afternoon I visited Darwin by myself because my host was tired and in the evening I went to the Mindill sunset beach market. I met my host there and we went to meditate to the Nightcliff where he fell asleep. My last day in Australia I went to the Waterfront beach where I spent some hours in the wave lagoon jumping on waves but I got a bad sunburn even though I put a lot of sunscreen with a strong factor. In the evening I met a couchsurfer who was around 60 years old and he took me to the restaurant where I ordered a crocodile burger with chips. He took me to his home where I met his guests and then my host came to pick me up and we went to the house of the African couchsurfers where I slept some hours and then my host took me to the airport.
I arrived to Bali early in the morning. I took a mototaxi for 60 000 rupiah to my host in the south of Bali (he was a cousin of our host from Singaraja) and my friend Sarka arrived there in the afternoon. My host's brother-in-law took me to the beach on a motorbike but the sea was shallow and hot. There were many algues and it was not suitable for swimming. The next day we went to the temple Tanah Lot where we had a lunch and we went shopping to the market. I bought a lot of gifts that day.
Our flight to Seoul was late at night and we arrived there early in the morning. We had only 4 hours time between our flights so there wasn't enough time to visit the city, we just stayed at the airport where we had a lunch and we bought postcards. Then we got in the plane. 
 I was very tired and I fell asleep immediately, but I woke up several times when they served food and I ate a spicy octopus. When we arrived in Prague it was around 5pm and my mother picked us up at the airport and took us home. It was difficult for me to adapt to the time in Prague and I used to wake up early in the morning for a few weeks. 

Tuesday, June 12, 2012


The first day at Bali we went shopping because our luggage was going to arrive some days later and then we went to the beach in Kuta. The beach wasn't really suitable for swimming because there were big waves but there were a lot of surfers. We went to a restaurant where we ate Nasi Goreng. I left to Jakarta the next day and I met a couchsurfer Andry at the airport. We took a bus to the city center where we visited the Monument National but due to the terrible traffic jam in Jakarta it took us a long time to get there. Then we went to a shopping center where we met a couchsurfer Dita. I was supposed to stay with another couchsurfer Arie but he didn't live close to the city center so I stayed with Andry for one night. We visited Jakarta in the evening and drank yasmine tea which is typical for Indonesia. The next day Andry took me to the old city, we rode a motorbike and then we took a bus. It was very hot and sultry. I found out that Jakarta wasn't a nice city and definitely not worth visiting due to the traffic jam and pollution. We went to the shopping centre again where I ate durian fruit for the first time. I didn't find the smell bad and it was tasty. We met my second host Arie and had a dinner together. Then Andry had to leave and I had a drink with Arie and we went to his home. He had many dogs there but they didn't bark at me. We watched the movie Hellraiser and then I went to sleep. I was bitten by mosquitos many times at night but I had an eucalyptus oil which made it heal very fast. The following day Arie brought me to the airport and I took my flight back to Bali. I was sitting next to the window and I had a wonderful view on the volcanoes on Java island. I arrived to Bali in the evening and I took a taxi to Ubud where I met my friend Sarka. I didn't meet our host that evening because it was late but me and Sarka went for a walk and to internet cafe.
The following day we met two tour guides in the morning and we visited the rice terrace together and then we separated. My tour guide took me on the motorbike to the temple with the holy water where I had a bath, then we visited a coffee plantation and volcano. We had a lunch in a restaurant and then we went to the monkey forest. I was scared of the monkeys so I tried to avoid them. It was already twilight when we left the forest and we bought an avocado juice and we rode to the rice fields. I found the avocado juice in Indonesia quite disgusting and I thought I would never drink it again, but I changed my mind during my trip in Morocco. Then we went to a bar with Sarka and our host where we listened to music and we played pool. We got home late at night. The following day our host Vica from the north of Bali arrived to Ubud and took us to Singaraja by car. We passed the temple called Ulun Danu on the lake Bratan on our way where we took many photos. It was in the mountains so it was only 20°C there. Then we visited waterfalls in the jungle close to Singaraja and I took a bath there. We arrived to the beach  in Singaraja during the sunset and I swam in the sea, it was great and the water was warm. Vica took us to his family home where we stayed with a lot of his relatives. We had to wake up at 5am and we went to the temple for the Hindu ceremony. Vica lent us traditional clothes and we wore them during the ceremony. We stayed in Singaraja 3 days and we had a good time there, we visited a black Kerobokan beach where we drank coconut milk and ate Nasi. In the evening we used to go to the market where we drank fruit cocktails. I usually drank a cocktail which was a mix of papaya and jackfruit. I ate much tropical fruit in Indonesia and I enjoyed it very much. After staying in Singaraja our paths split again. Sarka went to the east of Bali to the city called Amed and I took a flight to Darwin in the north of Australia. 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Our travel to Bali started early in the morning and we almost missed our plane. We arrived at the airport in Prague at 5:30am and our flight was departing at 7am, but the airport was crowded and they checked us in only a few minutes before departure. We had to change a plane twice, firstly in Amsterdam and then in Seoul. When we arrived in Amsterdam we visited the city but we had only 5 hours time. Then we almost missed our flight again because we arrived to the gate the last minute. I had a cold and I started to lose my voice during the flight. There was a Korean man sitting next to me, telling me that he lived in Uruguay but he was going to meet his daughter at the Incheon airport. When we were talking I found out that I had difficulties to speak and when we arrived at the airport I couldn't talk anymore. We arrived there at 7am Korean time (in Prague it was midnight) and we had 11 hours stopover between our flights so we decided to visit the city. It was raining heavily because of the monsoon season so my friend Sarka suggested to buy raincoats and I bought vitamins in the pharmacy but it didn't help me regain my voice so I could only whisper. We took a subway to the Gyeongbokgung palace which took us hour and half to get there. We arranged a meeting with couchsurfers there. There were two guys from USA and one from Denmark and we visited the museum next to the palace and then we went to the restaurant called Inn Dae Won. The food was too spicy for me so I could eat only rice and a potatoe pancake.

Then we went back to the airport and I was very tired. As soon as we got into the plane I fell asleep and I was sleeping very hard. The stewardess couldn't wake me up when she was serving food. Our flight to Bali took around 7 hours and we arrived there after midnight. When we got there we found out that our luggage was forgotten in Prague. A taxi driver waited for us in front of the airport and took us to our host in the south of Bali. We ate papaya and water melon which he offered us and we went to sleep very late.