Bye Bye Bali

Bye bye Bali...we've had a great time. Looking forward to getting home to Karitane...by Rafi

Indonesia Vs New Zealand

In my first 706 hours in Bali i have gatherd some info about the contry called Indonesia and comparing it with New zealand.

Name: Indonesia Vs New Zealand
Population: 237,000,000 Vs 4,000,000
Land area: Just under 2,000,000 square kilometers Vs Just under 270,000
Water area: 4% Vs 1%
Capital city: Jakarta 28,000,000 people Vs Wellington 400,000
Language: Indonesian Vs English
Currency: Rupiah (RP) Vs New zealand dollar (NZD)

Now, it's time for Kuta Vs Karitane

Name: Kuta Vs Karitane
Population: 30,000 Vs 345
land area: about 18 square kilometers Vs about 12 square kilometers
Water area: n/a
Capital city: n/a
Language: Indonesian Vs English
Currency: Rupiah (RP) Vs New zealand dollars (NZD)

Now, it's time for Jakarta Vs wellington

Name: Jakarta Vs Wellington
Populaton: 28,000,000 Vs 400,000
Land area: 660 square kilometers Vs 1,300 square kilometers
Water area: 6,000 square kilometers Vs n/a
Capital city: It is the capital city Vs It's the capital of New zealand
Language: Indonesian Vs English
Currency: Rupiah (RP) Vs NewZealand dollar (NZD)

And thats what i've learned in my first 706 hours in Bali.

waterbom 2

Food glorious food!

 In my first 648 hous in Bali i have noticed the amount of food here.
In Bali you can never go to a big town without trying some delicous food.
But, sometimes the food might not be indonesian.
For example, if you go to the nearest resteraut to here (Betelnt cafe) the menu is just western food, and evevn if you go to a resteraunt that does sell indonesian food it will only have these three dishes.

1. Nasi goreng - fried rice
2. Mie goreng - fried noodles
3. Gado-Gado - Veges, peanuts and tempeh

There is one good thing though,  at any market or warung (dairy) you can get fresh fruit and vegetibles so you can make your own food and the food at the warung are quite traditional with things like all of these.

And that's what i've learned in my first 648 hours in Bali.

P.s. and then there are the yellow watermelons

Aunty Jami and uncle pauly's hotel.

my uncle pauly and aunty Jami to Bali only for one week. they are staying in a hotel called balasani suites. there room is only three rooms a bathroom a changing room and a bedroom.

Hawkers & Touts

in my first 552 hours in Bali I have noticed the amount of Hawkers and touts. The come up to you and ask you if you would like to buy something, if you say "Tidak" (No in indonesan) they stay beside you until you are pressured into buying some thing. So, how do you not get pressured into buying some thing,Here are some top tips.

1. Completeley ignore them
2. Don't make eye contact 
3. A polite No actually incorages them
4. Never ask the price of the object unless you are interested in buying it 

And thats the thing ive noticed in my first 552 hours in Bali

Source: Lonley planet "Bali and Lombok"

Big animal #3

This is a picture of a snail me found in Ubud at our hotel temple it is the "Rough turban" or the more generic name the "Green snail". the species was hunted for food in japan and was nearley extinct at WW2, but now the population has fought back.

Our house

Our villa. we have got a pool we have two bedroom our one has two  singles and a bathroom Mum and Dad's bedroom has one double bed. with another bathroom our helper Nud lives here to I dont know his helpers name but they have a prety nice room. we have a horible kitchen its the smallist around.

Temples

 Here is a temple there are 1000+ Hindu temples in Bali. There are pretty crazy Gods in Indonesia; theres Ganesha shes a elephant with four arms, Krishna, and a monkey God.

Spa day

In my first 480 hours in Bali I have noticed he weird spa treatments here.

When we where in Ubud, Rafi went in a fish spa. Its sort of like a fish tank that you put your feet into, the fish are supposed to eat your dead skin off so that your feet are smooth. There's another treatment called the "Ear candle'" where they put wax from a candle into your ear and the ear wax in your ear is supposed to drip out.

And thats the thing I have noticed in my first 480 hours in Bali.

Monkeys

Here are some monkeys we saw yesterday in Ubud  Bali. If you're holding fruit the monkeys will jump on you and sometimes they will  pull your hair. Their favorite fruit is bananas and they can smell them even if you hide them in your bag.

Statues

in my first 456 hours in bali I have noticed the amout of statues and shrines around bali.

You usually see them in old "puras" and in the forests. We saw these ones in the monkey forest in Ubud. ( thats the reason I  havent been posting anything in a while) There are also some in shrines but those ones are ones of gods. 

And thats one of the things that i noticed in my first 24 hours in ubud and my 456 hours in bali.

What I am missing about New Zealand

What I am missing about New Zeand

• 1 The cold weather                                                                                                                                 
• 2  My friends at school                                                                                                                                        
• 3 Home sweet home                                                                                                                                          
• 4 My extended family                                                                                                   

• 5 The awsomness                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Beaches of bali

In my first 312 hours in Bali I have noticed that all of the beaches are on the same bay.
The island is a HUGE volcano. When the volcano came out of the ocean and erupted, rocks came out of the volcano - big and small - over the years the small ones turned into sand while the bigger ones didn't. Most of the small rocks spat at the southern part of the island. Depending on where you are on the bay it has different names... For example if you are in Seminyak the bay is called "legian" and if you're in changgu then its called "Batu bolong beach"
And that's what i've learned in my first 312 hours in Bali.

Potato Head

Three days ago me, Kahlil, Dad and Mum went to a hotel called potato head  the pool was 1.4M. Kahlil could barely stand up.There was even a bar in the pool!!! Beside it was a water fall, it felt like a massage.

Fact files

In my first 336 hours in Bali we have made some local friends.Here are some fact files about them.

Freya

 Age: 7
Born: New york
Been in bali: 2 years
Likes: Blueberries
Top tips when you come to bali:
"Bring a singlet, shorts, sunscreen and sunglasses"



Malia
Age: 4
Born in: New york
Been in bali: 2 years
Likes: Chocolate
Charecteristics: if you tell her something funny, she will scream with laughter

And those are the people i have met in my first 336 hours in Bali.

Bahasa

In my first 288 in Bali I have picked up a few Bahasa Indonesian sayings.

#1 Good morning = Selemat pagi

#2 Hello = Salam

#3 Thank you = Terima kasi

#4 Good job = Pekerjaan yang baik

#5 Food and drink =Makanan dan minuman

#6 How are you? = Aba kabar?

#7 Ecscuse me = Permisi

#8 Sorry = Maff

#9 Please = Silahkaan

#10 Yes/no = Ya/tidak

And thats what i've learned in my first 288 hours in Bali.

The land of a thousand puras

In my first 184 hours in bali i have noticed the amount  of temples or "pura" that are here. The pura are build on top of "hotspots" the biggest having the biggest temples and the smallest hotspots having the smallest temples. the temples are made out of little shrines that have fibrous roofs and in the verry midle of the templethere is a gaeblo thing  that people go under to pray. Because there are so many themples in Bali it has earned the nickname "The land of a thousand temples.
And thats the thing that ive learned in my first 184 hours in Bali.

P.S. Click here for the wiki link.

Waterbom

Three days ago Mum, Dad, Kahlil and I went to Waterbom. The craziest water park you'll EVER!!! go to. There are water slides as tall as skyscrapers; the scariest one I went on was the Boomerang - you go through a tunnel and then you go up a vertical slide and then you go backwards into a big pool where you get out. WE HAD THE FUNNEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!

$

The thing that i've noticed in my 240 hours in bali is how cheap everyting is. For exsample you can buy a plate of scrambeld tofu. Yep, scrambled tofu for 100,000RP. You can get a taxi - or taksi from changgu (where we live) to seminyak for 30,000 and you can get laundry done for 20,000. They all seem like alot but he way to find out how many NZD it is you just take away four zero's.
So thats the thing that i've learned in my first 240 hours in Bali

Rubbish trouble

In my first 480  hours in bali i have noticed that there are no recycling bins ANYWHERE. Not at the amusment parks, not at the malls, not in the houses. Everything just ends up at the dump, and they have alot of dumps. Even in the big tourist areas like Kuta there are dumps everywhere. But the worst thing about it is the smell, you cant escape it wherever you go. And it is constantly hot, and if yo've ever smelled hot rubbish before, well lets just say you're lucky if you havent.
And thats that what i've noticed in my first 480 hours in bali.
By kahlil

P.S.

(I have'nt written a blog post for a day so mum and dad said i had to do two so my second article is going to be about...) Security, The security here is EXTEREMLY tight. Like if you dont say that you have a piece of fruit in your luggage when you come into Bali you can get put in jail...For five years! and at the really fancy hotels, every time you go there the security people check you for bombs!

And thats the second thing i've learned in my first 240 hours in Bali.
By kahlil

5 Things I'd change if I was president of Indonesia

• 1 Build foot paths.                                                                                                                                                 
• 2 Make it colder.                                                                                                                                              
• 3 Clean up the streets.                                                                                                                                       
• 4 Give dogs a better life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
• 5 Give poor people more money.

by rafi

How to make a roti

Today for breakfast I had a roti. This is how you make one...

1. Wash hands

2. Get dough

3. Streth out dough

4. Toss roti over your head like a pizza

5. Put fillings inside roti dough

6. Fold into a square

7. Fry

8. Eat!

Thats what ive learned in my first 192 hours in Bali.

Balinese flag

Yesterday i saw a picture of the balinese flag. I thought that i saw the same colours somewhere else so i looked it up and it said that bali was once a duch colony. So i looked it up and i saw that the duch flag in the 1600's had the same colours as the balinese flag. So, that's what i've noticed in my first 120 hours in Bali.

Duch flag 1600's

                                                                         balinese flag

Old Man's Restaurant

Salemat Pagi -this is how you say good morning in Indonesian. This is me at a restaurant by the sea called Old Man's  by Rafi

100 kites

In my first 96 hours here in bali i have noticed the amount of kites in the sky i have counted about 30 but i have'nt even been outside of Changgu yet so I'd say there would be over 100 kites over Bali. Its quite a famous celebration and it is to thank the gods for the good harvest. Its a compition too, groups representing their village fly kites that are either fish, bird, or leaf shaped kites but there are some that are 3D and shaped like Hindu gods. the best looking kite wins a trophy and is crowned the "best kite" for the year. By kahlil

Cinamon frog

here are some pictures of a frog that i found in the bedroom - it is the "Indonesian painted tree frog" aka "cinamon frog" By kahlil

the beach

at the beach there are insanely big and powerful waves by rafi

Offering boxes

One of the First Things i noticed that when i got here was the offering boxes. they are at literally at the foot of every door of every building in all of Bali. it usually consists of flowers,  insence , cucuber, raw rice, ash, and anything else imaginable. Also, it varys between what outside its door. for example fashion cloth shops have surouning it and resteraunts have cooked rice. they are supposed to be offerings to the gods and most people have shrines surronding it, some pepole have shrines that are sooo big that it takes up half of their backyard! And that is the thing that ive noticed in my first 72 hours in Bali By kahlil

WASP

This is the biggest wasp EVER! We found it in the house.

By kahlil

Animals of bali

I have been here for about 48 hours now. And the thing that I have noticed is the amount of animals that are here. we have already seen, all of these ...

.Catipilars (yellowey-green)
.Bats (tiny)
.Hummingbirds
.Frogs (green)
.Skink (green)
.Dragonfly (light-blue)
.Butterfly (yellow-black-blue)
.Dogs (white)

Those are the animals that I've seen in my first 48 hours in Bali.