Tag Archives: Outdoors
Sunrise over a Lombok beach
Novotel Hotel overlooking Mandalika Beach, just a few kilometres up the road from Kuta, Lombok is a quiet, but nice upmarket resort/hotel. With a private view of quiet Mandalika beach it is a lovely place to enjoy some picturesque sunrises.
Lumpini Park in Bangkok
Lumpini Park in Bangkok is a welcome green retreat from the hustle and bustle of the traffic that is the Big Mango. It is approximately 142 acres in size (360 rai in Thai). There is an artificial lake, complete with … Continue reading
Biking around Lake Maninjai, West Sumatra
A short distance away from Bukkittinggi in West Sumatra there’s a lovely volcano lake called Lake Maninjai in which you could bicycles and ride around this lake (70kms). Here is the number of a place with accommodation – no doubt … Continue reading
Charter a Sailing boat out of Jakarta to cruise the 1000 islands
I just did a combined sailing/fishing cruise in the 1000 islands, the stuff dreams are made of. We used Java See Charters. They’re not cheap, but chartering a large sailing boat never is. Roughly $2000 per day. The pictures on … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, Indonesia, Sailing
Tagged 1000 islands, fishing, Jakarta, Macan Island, Nature, Outdoors, Palau Seribu, Pramuka Island, Putri Island, Sailing, Tiger Island, Travel, wooden ketch
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Pelabuhan Ratu; surf spot and fishing village on the south coast of Java
Palabuhanratu is an isolated fishing village at the south coast of West Java in the Sukabumi Regency, serves as its capital. It is up to 12 hours’ drive fromIndonesia‘s capital Jakarta due to traffic jam in Ciawi, Cicurug, Cibadak and Pelabuhan Ratu gate. wikipedia.com I don’t know about … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, Indonesia, Surfing
Tagged beach, fishing village, Indonesia, Jakarta, Outdoors, palabuhanratu, Pelabuhan Ratu, south coast of Java, surf, surfing near Jakarta, Travel
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X-Country Skiing at Lake Mountain
Lake Mountain is about 2 1/2 hours from Melbourne and is a national park set aside for cross country skiers in the winter and biking or walking in the summer. You will not find ski lifts or resorts here, in … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Ski & Boarding, X-Country Ski
Tagged alpine, biking, cross country skiers, Cross Country Skiiing, Hiking, Lake Mountain, Marysville, Nature, Outdoors, picturesque town, Ski, ski trail, Snow, snow shoes, Toboganning, Travel, trekking, X-Country Ski
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Trekking the You Yangs
Not far from Melbourne is a neat little regional park on a couple of granite outcrops. The rest of melbourne is mainly lava plains, so very flat. these rocks stick out. Couple of trails go up the peak, around the top … Continue reading
White water rafting in Sulawesi
Being in the mountains there is plenty of options to go white water rafting in Central Sulawesi. This particular river is the Ma’iting River.
Posted in Indonesia, Mountains, Nature, Rafting
Tagged adventure, Nature, Outdoors, photography, rafting, River, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, Travel, White water, white water rafting
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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (Mangrove habitat in Singapore)
Even a city state such as Singapore has some natural wetland reserve. In 1989 this wetland habitat was set aside as a nature park. Previously it had been an area of prawn and fish farms among some natural mangroves. It … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, Wetlands
Tagged Birds, environment, Mangrove, Nature, outdoor, Outdoors, reserve, Science, Singapore, sungei buloh, sungei buloh wetland reserve, Travel, wetlands
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Paragliding in Puncak
Puncak is a very scenic, mountainous area not far from Bandung and also home to airsports club for Paragliding. A paraglider is a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing, like a parachute, … Continue reading
Always Restless Feet 