The following words don’t come with any guarantee but I promise this will be your best possible chance of fast-tracking a passport. Sydney’s passport office offers an express service where you pay an emergency fee of $178 (burglary) on top of $282 (highway robbery) for the cost of a passport. That’s pretty much the first $500 […]
A Travel Tip for Bali
April 14, 2018 By 24 Comments
The events of the last 24-hours have confirmed to me that I am an amateur/novice traveller. An amateur can further compound their limited knowledge/experience by travelling on Friday the 13th. Don’t do that. Organising an extended family holiday to celebrate my father’s milestone 80th birthday has been about a year in the making. Many ports […]
Sarong, Seminyak, Bali
October 1, 2015 By 17 Comments
Before we left for Bali a couple of friends gave me a list of restaurants we should really try to get to while staying in Seminyak. On our first day in Seminyak we went for a walk along the narrow, treacherous and busy street with virtually no footpath that led from our accommodation. After about […]
La Lucciola, Seminyak, Bali
August 21, 2015 By 19 Comments
The absolute joy of a dining experience that exceeds expectations. La Lucciola is a very well known and very established restaurant in Seminyak. It’s right on the beach and as the name suggests, serves Italian cuisine. The people who own La Lucciola recently opened Bambu, our favourite restaurant while in Bali. La Lucciola is a […]
Kisik Bar and Grill, Ayana, Jimbaran, Bali
August 4, 2015 By 18 Comments
Kisik is just one of many restaurant choices at Ayana Resort and Spa in Bali. The reason we dined at Kisik is not only because we were attracted to the novelty of the sand floor and the restaurant’s position down on the water’s edge, but also because it’s a short stroll from the very famous […]
Bebek Tepi Sawah, Ubud, Bali
July 27, 2015 By 22 Comments
We have friends who love Bali and seem to fly there at least once a year for some respite from Sydney. They told us that when we’re in Bali we absolutely must book a driver to take us to Ubud for the day. Wanting to make a full day of it, we booked at driver […]
Breeze, at The Samaya Seminyak, Bali
July 24, 2015 By 24 Comments
Prior to leaving for Bali, we had friends give a list of restaurants where we absolutely must dine while in Bali. It turned out to be a case of too many restaurants and not enough time. And towards the end of the five days we spent in Seminyak, we were worn out from racing around […]
Peppers Seminyak, Bali
July 13, 2015 By 24 Comments
Whenever I’m booking a place to stay, I always love to go with a friend’s recommendation. About a year ago a friend of mine, Melissa, went to Bali for a family vacation. She swapped the depths of a Sydney winter for two weeks of tropical bliss in Seminyak. Melissa and her family chose to stay […]
Bambu, Seminyak, Bali
July 4, 2015 By 26 Comments
Before we left for Bali, we had quite a few friends telling us where we ‘absolutely must’ dine. One name that kept popping up was Bambu and so it was definitely on our list of experiences we must have before we fly back to Sydney. Without even trying, we actually stumbled upon Bambu. On the […]
Rock Bar, Ayana Resort, Bali
June 30, 2015 By 22 Comments
If you’ve traveled to Bali you have more than likely heard of the Rock Bar; it’s more known than the resort, Ayana, where it is situated. The very famous Rock Bar is situated within the Ayana Resort complex and while all 80 hectares of Ayana sprawls out above the coastline, the Rock Bar is down […]
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