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. 

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