Jati Luwih Rice Terrace
Day 4 of our Bali trip was packed with the more natural sights of the island, starting with one of the two places I most wanted to visit—the Jati Luwih rice terraces. Dewa Marco drove north for nearly two hours
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Planting rice is never fun
Got time for another post after Yang’s just finished his. The sighting of terrace padi fields is one the highlights during our stay in Bali. It was something which I learnt about in secondary two Geography lessons but never get
Tepi Sawah Villa by night
If Tepi Sawah Villa is charming by day, it’s absolutely stunning at night. The compound is pretty compact, and every inch of the villa is lovingly landscaped in the Balinese garden style with use of water, ponds, flowers, status and
Tanah Lot Sunset
The highlight of the first day with Dewa Marco, a driver I’ve decided to coin as “The Best Driver in Bali”, was our sunset visit to Tanah Lot. This temple sits on a rock formation and is set some distance
The Place
The flight was pretty pleasant and smooth, and we arrived at Tepi Sawah Villa at 5 pm on Saturday afternoon after weaving in and out of Bali traffic for nearly an hour. Our suite, Pedang Villa, pales a little in
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag
I started creating the Excel spreadsheet for my packing list to Bali several months ago. Yep, it’s still that Excel spreadsheet fetish I’ve got. Funnily, that fetish has rubbed off on Ling too. These days whenever she makes an overseas
It was CGed…?!
The two of us have been watching more TV in the last couple of evenings than the whole of a typical month put together. Yep you’ve guessed it; it’s been the Beijing Olympics and just prior to that, we both
Bye Bye KM5D
The first digital camera I owned was a Canon S10, a compact camera I picked up in 1999 at a crazily expensive cost of $1.5K (ouch). That was followed by a better prouser digicam, the Minolta DiMAGE 7 in 2002
Animal rituals
If this following entry offends, I apologize. It’s really intended to be a humorous take on the sort of things we’ve only up till this point seen on animal documentaries. Specifically, and depending on your point of view, the both
Data retrieval
A student was chatting with me last Tuesday afternoon about DSLRs. Basically, he was interested in getting into digital photography, and was asking my opinion on a Nikon D60 setup. We got into quite a discussion, and one issue I
Driving and diving
After working out the travel and accommodation details, the third step of the process involves figuring out what to do. Usually Ling’s the person who plans the itinerary on our vacations including our most recent trip to Phuket, but I
Beach, night spots or rice fields
Here’s a continuing post from the last entry on flying to Bali.:) Ling was musing out loud yesterday evening while on our way home why is it that Asians are happy with 3D2N stays when the Europeans come to Asia
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