fredag 20. januar 2012

A little taste of Bali 2

okay, a bigger taste....
I am still sure that I have to go back to this place! Create my own Bucket List and add: surfing, diving among other things. Surely, this is the place to do it! 
We lived in Gemini Star Hotel in Poppies street, backpacker neighborhood no.1, there was a lot of people, a lot of sounds and at every corner people tried so sell you a bike ride, or "messhrums"(mushroom). Luckily we had our own private drivers who carefully drove us around on their bikes! Trude and Tina were already there when we came, and had no problems driving in the narrow streets:) 

Bikes were everywhere, in the road, on the sidewalk, we even saw this girl driving in to a shop, knocking down the poor guys sunglasses! Safe to say, I were completely fine by being the passenger!


One tourist, together with the whole family! 



Trude and Tinas green door! I kind of lost my sense of direction in this town, good to have some doors to look for:)

Trude on her bike

And there were many of them!!!!!

The security at one of the clubs, scary people
This place is owned by the local mafia, all tourists-free entrance, locals-50 rupies.....


The streets during the night!

The beach was beautiful, and clean! I`ve been to Thailand, and expected the same as the beaches there. At Koh Samet garbage was floating in the water, in Bali, nothing! 

Local kids!



Surfers everywhere!





Spotted one dead fish, and of course, had to take a picture......

The sunset, from Kuta Beach....

Jimbaran beach, not far from Gateway college.

Woman, trying to make the bad demons in the ocean happy. 

¨Gas-station¨for bikes.....

A nice cold bier at the beach with Stine:)

shopping.......

Self-portrait at Uluwatu temple!
 
The view from Uluwatu temple, populated by a bunch of monkeys, who were trained to steal your belongings. Of course, you would get it back if you paid the trainers.....

lørdag 10. desember 2011

A little taste of Bali

On our way to Uluwatu temple

Kuta Beach sunset


beach, sun and surfers..... 

Eemnes, Laren, Utrecht, Amsterdam :)

Ok, nothing to hide that I had my 30`th this year, and my sister and sister in law gave me plane tickets for a return to Eemnes, Holland, and our wonderful hosts Karin and Dries Van Hal!! One long weekend with wine, beer, shopping and a lot of talking is, as always, great!! Bier at the Bonte Paard, as we did last year, and we were all there for one day of Amsterdam. We got to visit Utrecht once again also, wich was my first town ever to visit in Holland, were Hege lived for several years. 
We had a great time, hopefully returning again in september 2012:) 
selfportrait at a restaurant in Laren
Very good food, can`t remember the name tough.... 


Winkel van Sinkel, Utrecht

At Karin and Dries´ place



Bodega, Bodega in Laren

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE GUACEMOLE!!!
Drink beer or wine and let the others make it ;)
The last night we ate at "home" and Nynke came. Great food, and homemade Guacemole:)


Stine and Hege on our way to Amsterdam and the airport......

fredag 9. desember 2011

Rhodes, Greece


I have this problem, I tend to take way to many pictures. The result is often to much for my surroundings, and I guess this is no exception. Winter is here, and we can only dream of summer, or for the lucky, the next holiday. 
This July we visited Rhodes for the first time, and it was beautiful. 15 days in the sun, counting maybe 10 clouds max during our stay. Lovely people, nice beaches, very nice pool, Seb and TF thought:) 
We drove around the island, visited Lindos and Prasonisi Beach, ancient ruins, and took the bus to Rhodes town. 

At the harbour of Rhodes town



 Ruins.....
Footbath in the Butterfly Valley

Butterflies

 Lindos, the White City
 Lindos

 Water and sand is GREAT!!
 On the road
 ....and tired.....
 Prasonisi beach with all the windsurfers! 
 The fortress above Lindos, with the tempel of Athena(?!)
 Got a "softspot" for nature.... 
 ;)
 By the pool, where we spent a lot of time...
Pebbles on the beach
 And this guy was amazing!! Jump in the ocean, and grill yourself on the really HOT rocks on the beach, live a full life as a Greek.... 
 Handsome Seb before he got sunburnt!
 And lovely TF....


 The colors are breathtaking and of course, as always, we are ready for another visit (someday)!

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