A solid hour drive north of Seminyak is the "Eat, Pray, Love" city of Ubud. I figured I'd go there after Seminyak based on the recommendation of Fred and Farina (from Samoa). Yes, it is a full-fledged city. It is on the outskirts where you can discover the peace in the rice terraces that Julia Roberts found on film…
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I would start my Balinese experience in Seminyak where the nightlife was right up my alley. Seminyak is also known for its restaurant scene and I found a great breakfast place right away followed by a great Malaysian Chinese place. Give me a good plate of char siew rice and a fruit smoothie and I'm in heaven.
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After a short time in Australia, I was really eager to return to Asia. I'm really proud of this realization. I spent a full month in Indonesia…
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What Melbourne lacks in cohesiveness, it gains in quirkiness.Melbourne has worked to define itself as business capital with lots of housing stock. Melbourne wants people to move there from other parts of the country, where life is a little boring, and it shows...
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Bondi Beach is famous for its super hot, sexy surfer people. Yes, I did see quite a few of them. A visit to Bondi Beach was definitely on the list but it was the entire coastal walk from Bondi to Cogee that really got me…
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