Tag: Bali
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Trip Report: St. Regis Bali (also, Revisited)
Winter has settled in at the cabin, it gets dark at like, 4:30, and with the holidays and probably snow right around the corner, I thought I’d travel back in time to much warmer days—ie: my ongoing trip report for Southeast Asia. When last I left off, we had just finished the first leg of…
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That Time We Got Booted From Bali and Ended Up in the Maldives
As mentioned previously, my main man for life, XFE and I went to Sri Lanka for my birthday trip earlier this year, which was culturally enriching yet also challenging (for all the reasons I’ve gone over in previous posts). Which, since this wasn’t exactly our first Southeast Asian rodeo, we kind of figured it…
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Friday Links: Sea Turtles and Legos Edition
Businessweek Bloomberg had a story a few weeks back about the completely uncool devaluation of airline miles (We’re miles people. Well, XFE is a total airline miles machine, and flew roundtrip to Alaska two days this week just to rack up miles on a cheap ticket. I’m more of a “maybe I’ll use the Miles…
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Hotel Crashing: The St. Regis in Nusa Dua, Bali
When I was a young, sprightly Poe running wild and breaking hearts (ie: dating), I went out for a bit with a bartender/soccer player named Ian. He was pretty hot with dark curly hair and piercing blue eyes. And very fit, obviously. Ian was sleek, sexy, laid back, and a ton of fun. He was also…
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Hotel Crashing: W Hotel in Seminyak, Bali
It’s cold here in D.C., y’all. Like, eye-tearing, nose-running, teeth-achingly cold. Yes, the cold makes even your teeth hurt. It’s crazy. And I won’t even get into my whole frozen fingers and toes situation. So, with that in mind. I thought we might go back in time (to around August or so). Time to revisit…
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Scuba Diving Can Absolutely Kill You: Bali Edition
Our vacation to Bali wasn’t all delicious food and kite flying. I also cheated death. Fine. That might be a bit dramatic. But it sure felt like I could have easily died while scuba diving in Bali. Here are four signs that scuba diving in Bali might not be for you. 1) Your PayPal account…
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Flying a Kite on a Balinese Beach is Basically Like Getting in a Time Machine
Meet Henri. Henri is a little something we picked up on the Nusa Dua beach in Bali. He’s basically a kite. But he’s oh so much more than that. Henri is actually a magic wand that takes you back to childhood. You literally cannot hold a kite and not be filled with wonder and joy…
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Three Temples We Saw in Bali (And One That Got Away)
Bali is called the Land of A Thousand Temples. No, really, it is. I didn’t just make that up. The folks over at The Culture Trip even suggest that the number is really closer to 5,000. This guy says 20,000. Who knows? But in any case, that’s pretty crazy for a tiny island of only…
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Fingernails, Luwak and Temples: My Impressions of Bali’s Tourism Industry
Do not stare at the man’s nails. Do not stare at the man’s nails. Do not stare at the man’s nails, I told myself silently over and over again. “I notice you have a scar on your head. Me, too,” I share, not at all silently. Yeah, much, much better, Poe. We are in a…
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Balinese Eats that Will (Probably) Not Result in a Spider Body Possession
When I came across this article about Bali, I had to click on it, even though I knew I didn’t really have the “stomach” to do so. (PUN INTENDED) Also: (Heads up: the article I’m referring to involves an Australian tourist and stomach-burrowing tropical spiders. Soooo….yeah. Nothing fun there.) You see, we went to Bali…