Indonesia

A story from my first trip to Bali

by Cellobella on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Ah back in the day when I thought flouro pink was an acceptable colour to wear on your head (in the early 1990s) Groover and I went to Bali. We went white water rafting in Ubud and banana boating off Nusa Dua. We went to the Holy Monkey Forest and suffered Bali Belly – at [...]

Lycra and lots of food

by Cellobella on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 · 1 comment

The last two days in Ubud have been “activity” days. Yesterday we did the Paon Bali Cooking class and today the Bali Baik downhill cycle. The cooking class started with a visit to Ubud markets, then a stop at the padi fields before we were invited into our hosts home. Wayan gave us a tour [...]

A high class problem

by Cellobella on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 · 3 comments

The last two mornings we’ve had a picnic breakfast delivered to our villa. The butlers come with the baskets and set up the table in the gazebo with fresh fruit, plunger coffee, bakery items, cheese and cold cuts. But here’s the thing. Eggs taste best eaten within seconds from being taken off the stove. And [...]

Markets, Massage and Mozaic

by Cellobella on Sunday, January 9, 2011 · 2 comments

How good is Bali? It’s just so relaxed and friendly. Okay I am staying in a luxury villa with hot and cold running butlers – which incidentally costs less per night than a dodgy motel in Karratha – but even so. This morning we were woken by our butler carrying our picnic breakfast which he [...]