January 2014
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Indonesia - Day #1
Got all packed for our month in Indonesia and were on the road by about noon.
Did some stuff in town, like dropping my car off at the body shop. It will live there til we return.
Got to Les and Ashley's around 2:00 and played with the kids for the afternoon. Went out for supper at Thomas Cook in Warman and then off to our hotel.
Checked in about 6 and pretty much went to bed as we have to leave for the airport at 3:30.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Got all packed for our month in Indonesia and were on the road by about noon.
Did some stuff in town, like dropping my car off at the body shop. It will live there til we return.
Got to Les and Ashley's around 2:00 and played with the kids for the afternoon. Went out for supper at Thomas Cook in Warman and then off to our hotel.
Checked in about 6 and pretty much went to bed as we have to leave for the airport at 3:30.
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Road from PA to Saskatoon.....lots of blowing snow. Won't miss
this!!
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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014 AT 11:01 AM
Good flight to Minneapolis, 5 hr layover and the on to Tokyo, which
is about a 13 hour flight, arriving around 5 pm on the 14th.
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There were iPads all over in Minneapolis airport, all sitting at desks
for public use!! Were strapped by the cord with a metal strap.
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Indonesia - Day #2
Up at 2:45 to head to the airport at 3:30. Stayed at the Saskatoon
inn for $149 plus taxes. Crazy!! That is a weeks lodging at our hotel
in Indonesia!! But, here we needed heat!!
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Indonesia - Day #3
Turned over to today somewhere mid-flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo.
Had a short layover of about an hour here and then once again on another plane headed for Singapore.
Sat by a nice gal who was returning home to Singapore from a vacation in New York. Her name was May, and she said she would look me up and be our tour guide should we ever decide to visit Singapore. That would be cool, actually, if she gets in contact before we leave, we have a 6 hour layover.....maybe if we are able to obtain a travel card while we are here, she could tour us around a bit on our way home!!
The flight had a quite a bit of turbulence almost all of the way, but both Ted and I were able to sleep quite a bit. Still watched a couple,of movies though.
We landed just before midnight, so will change over to a new day!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Indonesia - Day #4
Day changed while we were sitting in Singapore on our 7 hr layover.
My feet and ankles took a beating I. The last flight and were very swollen. I found an electronic (and free) calf massaging machine that does a fabulous massage and reflexology treatment, so I sat there for quite some time. I think that it helped a lot, and I was happy to have found it.
Tried to sleep in easy chairs, Ted had some shut eye at our first stop by the massagers and the play area, but then a bunch of kids came and it got to noisy. We then took a walk and had a muffin and coffee. I had a bit of shut eye at the coffee shop area, it was then time that we could get our transfer done and get our boarding passes.
The guy had a bit of trouble, as right in Saskatoon, they had checked our luggage straight through to Denpasar, and he was a bit confused. We didn't mind, as we had lots of time, so told him to take his time and figure it out. Hopefully, we will have luggage when we arrive, but if not, we have a change of clothes in our carry on just the same, so am not going to worry about it in the least.
Indonesia - Day #3
Turned over to today somewhere mid-flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo.
Had a short layover of about an hour here and then once again on another plane headed for Singapore.
Sat by a nice gal who was returning home to Singapore from a vacation in New York. Her name was May, and she said she would look me up and be our tour guide should we ever decide to visit Singapore. That would be cool, actually, if she gets in contact before we leave, we have a 6 hour layover.....maybe if we are able to obtain a travel card while we are here, she could tour us around a bit on our way home!!
The flight had a quite a bit of turbulence almost all of the way, but both Ted and I were able to sleep quite a bit. Still watched a couple,of movies though.
We landed just before midnight, so will change over to a new day!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Indonesia - Day #4
Day changed while we were sitting in Singapore on our 7 hr layover.
My feet and ankles took a beating I. The last flight and were very swollen. I found an electronic (and free) calf massaging machine that does a fabulous massage and reflexology treatment, so I sat there for quite some time. I think that it helped a lot, and I was happy to have found it.
Tried to sleep in easy chairs, Ted had some shut eye at our first stop by the massagers and the play area, but then a bunch of kids came and it got to noisy. We then took a walk and had a muffin and coffee. I had a bit of shut eye at the coffee shop area, it was then time that we could get our transfer done and get our boarding passes.
The guy had a bit of trouble, as right in Saskatoon, they had checked our luggage straight through to Denpasar, and he was a bit confused. We didn't mind, as we had lots of time, so told him to take his time and figure it out. Hopefully, we will have luggage when we arrive, but if not, we have a change of clothes in our carry on just the same, so am not going to worry about it in the least.
Boarded shortly before 8 am for the final 3 hr flight to Bali.
Arrived in good shape. The airport is all under construction and has been completely redone!! They are still working on it, but it is really quite fabulous!, really shows off the architecture and elaborate design of Indonesia!!
Am trying to figure out how to add a picture here, and hopefully I will get one in here. There is also a new freeway that they have built over the sea from the airport, (I took a picture from the plane, so hopefully it will be attached to this entry, or at least to the day once I figure this out.
Found ourselves a cab and it took about 20 minutes to get to our hotel.
About 40 hours travel time from hotel (Saskatoon) to hotel (Sanur, Bali). Our room is nice enough, nothing really fancy, but the sheets are clean and the people seem really nice.
There were twin beds in the first room they were going to give us ...... Don't think we would have liked sleeping alone for a month!! Our air conditioner didn't work in the second room, where we had unpacked everything already......so we are now in our 3rd room.
One of our maintenance guys at the hotel has a brother who drives cab and is excited for us to hire him for our transport around the island. The cab driver from the airport gave us some ideas of where we should visit, and with what we know from last time, I think we will be very well taken care of.
Found our way to out favourite store and had a fabulous meal at Coconut Tree on the main drag.
When Ted asked how I liked it, I replied “I love this food!!” He laughed and said, “I know. We are either gonna gain weight from all of the food and drink, or get so much exercise that we will lose weight!” I hope it is the latter - but I guess we will find out!!
The prices are about the same as last time, two beer or one large one is $3, and our meals (Ted had chicken stir fry with rice and I had noodles with satay chicken and fish, were both $3 each. So, our total (with both of us having 2 drinks) was $12.00. At home, that wouldn't have covered the drinks alone!! AND, we were eating in a rather 'touristy' area of town!!!
Tried to find our shoemaker/leather taylor from last time, and came up empty!! Will venture out again this afternoon soon and see what we can find. Not in too big of a hurry, as it poured again last night and this morning. Seems pretty good now, aside from being a bit overcast, which is just perfect for touring around. Temp is +29, so I don't think we will get cold in the dampness!!
Arrived in good shape. The airport is all under construction and has been completely redone!! They are still working on it, but it is really quite fabulous!, really shows off the architecture and elaborate design of Indonesia!!
Am trying to figure out how to add a picture here, and hopefully I will get one in here. There is also a new freeway that they have built over the sea from the airport, (I took a picture from the plane, so hopefully it will be attached to this entry, or at least to the day once I figure this out.
Found ourselves a cab and it took about 20 minutes to get to our hotel.
About 40 hours travel time from hotel (Saskatoon) to hotel (Sanur, Bali). Our room is nice enough, nothing really fancy, but the sheets are clean and the people seem really nice.
There were twin beds in the first room they were going to give us ...... Don't think we would have liked sleeping alone for a month!! Our air conditioner didn't work in the second room, where we had unpacked everything already......so we are now in our 3rd room.
One of our maintenance guys at the hotel has a brother who drives cab and is excited for us to hire him for our transport around the island. The cab driver from the airport gave us some ideas of where we should visit, and with what we know from last time, I think we will be very well taken care of.
Found our way to out favourite store and had a fabulous meal at Coconut Tree on the main drag.
When Ted asked how I liked it, I replied “I love this food!!” He laughed and said, “I know. We are either gonna gain weight from all of the food and drink, or get so much exercise that we will lose weight!” I hope it is the latter - but I guess we will find out!!
The prices are about the same as last time, two beer or one large one is $3, and our meals (Ted had chicken stir fry with rice and I had noodles with satay chicken and fish, were both $3 each. So, our total (with both of us having 2 drinks) was $12.00. At home, that wouldn't have covered the drinks alone!! AND, we were eating in a rather 'touristy' area of town!!!
Tried to find our shoemaker/leather taylor from last time, and came up empty!! Will venture out again this afternoon soon and see what we can find. Not in too big of a hurry, as it poured again last night and this morning. Seems pretty good now, aside from being a bit overcast, which is just perfect for touring around. Temp is +29, so I don't think we will get cold in the dampness!!
Came home and were very tired. Fell asleep, but not sure what time,
and we were down for the night.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014 AT 1:40 PM
Indonesia - Day #5
We occupied 2 rooms last night, as we only moved all of our stuff this morning.
Woke up wide awake at 4:30 this morning, as the time difference is 14 hrs. It is nearly 1:00 in the afternoon on Thursday the 16th here and it is almost 11:00 am on Wednesday the 15th at home. Hard to adapt to the time change in the first day or two. Had a decent sleep last night other than the early rising, and after reading a bit, managed to go back to sleep and got up around 8:30, so hopefully tonight we will be adjusted.
Has been raining this morning off and on, so are in no real hurry to venture out. Today we will stay pretty close to home I think.
Moved our room before we went down for breakfast shortly after 10:00
Were late for the buffet, but they still made us breakfast of coffee, bacon, eggs and toast. Back up to the room, showered up and settled in. Got caught up on emails, etc, and tried to figure out this journal thing.
Ted is enjoying our limited tv and just hanging in our room. Will have to get mobile soon....wouldn't want to waste a whole day on relaxing.....or maybe we will!!
Well, we ventured out.......it is so nice that we are so coldest to the main dead of Tamblingan, as that is really where most of the action in town is. We splurged this afternoon on a lovely Sandwiche and health drink at one of the organic restaurants on the strip. Well, I had a health drink of mint, melon and ginger, Ted had a coke!! 40,000 for a Sandwiche is a little above our budget, but what the heck!!
Just walked the strip today, looking at various shops & things. Not really doing too. Much of anything.
Checked out a few more leather shops, and they all seem to be pretty much the same. It is Sunday now and I can't remember too mush more of anything that we did.......uneventful is good!!
Looking through the pictures, I realized that we stopped at a small bar/ restaraunt for supper before heading home. Had some fancy 2 for 1 watermelon drinks!!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014 AT 1:40 PM
Indonesia - Day #5
We occupied 2 rooms last night, as we only moved all of our stuff this morning.
Woke up wide awake at 4:30 this morning, as the time difference is 14 hrs. It is nearly 1:00 in the afternoon on Thursday the 16th here and it is almost 11:00 am on Wednesday the 15th at home. Hard to adapt to the time change in the first day or two. Had a decent sleep last night other than the early rising, and after reading a bit, managed to go back to sleep and got up around 8:30, so hopefully tonight we will be adjusted.
Has been raining this morning off and on, so are in no real hurry to venture out. Today we will stay pretty close to home I think.
Moved our room before we went down for breakfast shortly after 10:00
Were late for the buffet, but they still made us breakfast of coffee, bacon, eggs and toast. Back up to the room, showered up and settled in. Got caught up on emails, etc, and tried to figure out this journal thing.
Ted is enjoying our limited tv and just hanging in our room. Will have to get mobile soon....wouldn't want to waste a whole day on relaxing.....or maybe we will!!
Well, we ventured out.......it is so nice that we are so coldest to the main dead of Tamblingan, as that is really where most of the action in town is. We splurged this afternoon on a lovely Sandwiche and health drink at one of the organic restaurants on the strip. Well, I had a health drink of mint, melon and ginger, Ted had a coke!! 40,000 for a Sandwiche is a little above our budget, but what the heck!!
Just walked the strip today, looking at various shops & things. Not really doing too. Much of anything.
Checked out a few more leather shops, and they all seem to be pretty much the same. It is Sunday now and I can't remember too mush more of anything that we did.......uneventful is good!!
Looking through the pictures, I realized that we stopped at a small bar/ restaraunt for supper before heading home. Had some fancy 2 for 1 watermelon drinks!!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014 AT 2:05 PM
New freeway from Airport, over the sea to Nusa Dua, and
Sanur/Denpasar. Cuts down driving time by about 15 to 20 minutes
in light traffic times, even more when it is busy. Costs 10,000 eps or
about $1.00 to take it.
New Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Cab driver said that it was
built in the last year.
Fancy eating at some health food spot. Sandwiches were more than
an average meal and my melon, mint, avocado during was 17,000 (I
think).
More fancy drinks.....these were 2 for 1 and had alcohol (but not
much it seemed).....at "The Porch"
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 AT 10:38 AM
Got up and did the usual. Made and drank coffee, caught up on the
news back home, possibly a bit of reading......went down for
breakfast about 10 or so again and had egg and chicken soup this
time. Ted of course stuck with his bacon and eggs.
Were accosted at the corner by a gal who wanted to show us her
shop at the market, which we went in and took a look. Didn't buy
anything, as we are looking for a larger bag that has a long strap.
Not sure that we are going to be able to find one, but will keep
searching.
Next stop was a tailor. Asked about pricing at the first shop and found that Ted can get a suit made for $100, so had her start measuring!! The fabric we chose is a black, with white stringy looking pattern. Should be quite different!! I asked about pricing for a leather suit, and for $250 am getting a skirt and fitted jacket with a zipper and some nice detailing. I chose a smoky purple color, so hope that it turns out nice. We area unposed to be able to pick them both up on Monday afternoon.
Business done for the day, we headed down for a nice long walk on the beach. Ted had a bowel explosion and we stopped nearby there for a drink and some Spring Rolls. Again, a little above our budget, but it was on the beach after all. I had a nice coffee that was 27,000, Ted ha d a pop, and our spring rolls were 20,000!! Nuts!!
Walked a quite a bit further up the beach and then back to Tamblingan....further west than we have ever been. We stopped at a Marvelous leather purse shop on our way back and I am pretty sure that I will be going back there to purchase a few of his masterpieces as they are very nicely made and unique in design!!
Stopped at another Tailor once we were closer to home and had Ted order a dress shirt. I am excited to see what it is going to turn out like as we decided to do the facing on it in a contrasting color!!
Home to catch up on the news, watch some tv and have a shower before heading back to the market for supper!! Ted had fried rice, I had fried noodles and we shared a bottle of water.....our total bill came to 27,000 (or about $2.50)!!! We couldn't believe it...maybe she made a mistake?!? We will be eating here in the market more often as you certainly can't beat that price!!
Stopped at way and shopping he market on our way out. She is making me some happy pants that will actually be long enough.......nice to be able to just have things made to fit!!
Down the strip for a beer before heading to bed. Stopped at Warung's Little Bird for a beer and to listen to some live music. Nice relaxing place, I know we will be returning!!
Next stop was a tailor. Asked about pricing at the first shop and found that Ted can get a suit made for $100, so had her start measuring!! The fabric we chose is a black, with white stringy looking pattern. Should be quite different!! I asked about pricing for a leather suit, and for $250 am getting a skirt and fitted jacket with a zipper and some nice detailing. I chose a smoky purple color, so hope that it turns out nice. We area unposed to be able to pick them both up on Monday afternoon.
Business done for the day, we headed down for a nice long walk on the beach. Ted had a bowel explosion and we stopped nearby there for a drink and some Spring Rolls. Again, a little above our budget, but it was on the beach after all. I had a nice coffee that was 27,000, Ted ha d a pop, and our spring rolls were 20,000!! Nuts!!
Walked a quite a bit further up the beach and then back to Tamblingan....further west than we have ever been. We stopped at a Marvelous leather purse shop on our way back and I am pretty sure that I will be going back there to purchase a few of his masterpieces as they are very nicely made and unique in design!!
Stopped at another Tailor once we were closer to home and had Ted order a dress shirt. I am excited to see what it is going to turn out like as we decided to do the facing on it in a contrasting color!!
Home to catch up on the news, watch some tv and have a shower before heading back to the market for supper!! Ted had fried rice, I had fried noodles and we shared a bottle of water.....our total bill came to 27,000 (or about $2.50)!!! We couldn't believe it...maybe she made a mistake?!? We will be eating here in the market more often as you certainly can't beat that price!!
Stopped at way and shopping he market on our way out. She is making me some happy pants that will actually be long enough.......nice to be able to just have things made to fit!!
Down the strip for a beer before heading to bed. Stopped at Warung's Little Bird for a beer and to listen to some live music. Nice relaxing place, I know we will be returning!!
Back at one of our local hangs....Warung's Little Bird
At the market for supper $2.70 total for both of us!!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2014 AT 12:00 PM
Up a little earlier than normal, and down for breakfast after a couple cups of coffee in our room....
Today we have a mission of a walkabout to the left, or east of our area. It was a long walk, lots of gals wanting us to look in their shops, and go into the markets that are down that way (there are 2 other markets that I know of besides the one next to us which is referred to as the night market.
Will have to go back and check out Monica's shop, and Ted has to se shop #80!! Haha!! They certainly want to sell us something!!
Went to the farthest point possible, where the water joins a river or canal of some sort, not quite sure, only know that we couldn't go any further.
Came back from wence we were and up the street where we stayed last time. It has sure expanded!! Was once basically a narrow trail, is now a widened paved road!! Not sure how they managed that, but it certainly is bigger!! Had a beer at our old stomping grounds, The Watering Hole, again, prices seem to be pretty much the same, maybe a slight bit higher.
Walked by our hotel from 10 years ago....wow!! Has it ever expanded!, went into what used to be the lobby, but it is now the banquet entrance....must have passed the main entrance as it is now, so went on our Merry way, past the golf course along the crazy busy street.
Went into a travel agency to price out flights to Jakarta. It would cost us about $80 each, one way.....not sure if we are going to do that or not. Really wanted to do Lombok, but our cab driver said there is trouble over there, so will probably not be going there either!! Oh well, lots to see on lil old Bali!! I am sure we won't get too bored!!
Up a little earlier than normal, and down for breakfast after a couple cups of coffee in our room....
Today we have a mission of a walkabout to the left, or east of our area. It was a long walk, lots of gals wanting us to look in their shops, and go into the markets that are down that way (there are 2 other markets that I know of besides the one next to us which is referred to as the night market.
Will have to go back and check out Monica's shop, and Ted has to se shop #80!! Haha!! They certainly want to sell us something!!
Went to the farthest point possible, where the water joins a river or canal of some sort, not quite sure, only know that we couldn't go any further.
Came back from wence we were and up the street where we stayed last time. It has sure expanded!! Was once basically a narrow trail, is now a widened paved road!! Not sure how they managed that, but it certainly is bigger!! Had a beer at our old stomping grounds, The Watering Hole, again, prices seem to be pretty much the same, maybe a slight bit higher.
Walked by our hotel from 10 years ago....wow!! Has it ever expanded!, went into what used to be the lobby, but it is now the banquet entrance....must have passed the main entrance as it is now, so went on our Merry way, past the golf course along the crazy busy street.
Went into a travel agency to price out flights to Jakarta. It would cost us about $80 each, one way.....not sure if we are going to do that or not. Really wanted to do Lombok, but our cab driver said there is trouble over there, so will probably not be going there either!! Oh well, lots to see on lil old Bali!! I am sure we won't get too bored!!
Back down to the beach and stopped for lunch at a hotel restaurant.
Crazy, that there was a 20% tax there. Best to stick to the local bars,
etc, where the most taxes we have to pay is 10% if any at all!! The
taxes we paid there could have bought us a whole supper at the
market!!
Kept moving along the beach until a way past Hardy's, our best landmark! Stopped at The Coconut Tree for a beer after buying a dress for $12,000 Ted a muscle shirt for 5,500 and a nice cream....met a guy that has lived here for the past 20 some years. He is from Norway and married a gal from an island (I think to the south) that starts with an 's'. He has a 9 year old daughter and is probably about 65 himself. Says that there are too many tourists!!
Shopped and talked along the way home, it seems like everyone needs us to purchase something from their shop, yet they all have basically the same stuff!! How do we choose!! G'day, stopped us and really wants to take us on a tour as well, says that business is very slow!! We are thinking that we may head up north (where he is actually from) and maybe spend some time with his family, and go to the Guru that cured Margie, on tues or wed. That will be a good trip....just driving along, stopping where we see something interesting!! He says he will share us about $50 a day.
It was a great day for a massage!! Stopped at a spot along the road and I got a full body, Ted got a reflexology treatment...both were a full hour long and cost us 125,000 or $12.00 for both!! Crazy!!
Stopped at Warung's Little Bird for another beer (I had a club soda) .....all of this negotiating and massaging makes one thirsty!!
Home to shower up and head to the market for supper....but Ted fell asleep and we just went to bed instead!! It was a long and tiring day I guess!!
Kept moving along the beach until a way past Hardy's, our best landmark! Stopped at The Coconut Tree for a beer after buying a dress for $12,000 Ted a muscle shirt for 5,500 and a nice cream....met a guy that has lived here for the past 20 some years. He is from Norway and married a gal from an island (I think to the south) that starts with an 's'. He has a 9 year old daughter and is probably about 65 himself. Says that there are too many tourists!!
Shopped and talked along the way home, it seems like everyone needs us to purchase something from their shop, yet they all have basically the same stuff!! How do we choose!! G'day, stopped us and really wants to take us on a tour as well, says that business is very slow!! We are thinking that we may head up north (where he is actually from) and maybe spend some time with his family, and go to the Guru that cured Margie, on tues or wed. That will be a good trip....just driving along, stopping where we see something interesting!! He says he will share us about $50 a day.
It was a great day for a massage!! Stopped at a spot along the road and I got a full body, Ted got a reflexology treatment...both were a full hour long and cost us 125,000 or $12.00 for both!! Crazy!!
Stopped at Warung's Little Bird for another beer (I had a club soda) .....all of this negotiating and massaging makes one thirsty!!
Home to shower up and head to the market for supper....but Ted fell asleep and we just went to bed instead!! It was a long and tiring day I guess!!
Our walk on the beach to the left.....
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