Scribbles Abroad
Surfing The World
Author: kahi
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Here’s a little video we put together We got to La Union in the dark after a 5 hour bus ride. We caught a nice bus this time and rolled in style. After reading our trust lonely planet book we had them drop us off at the Sebay Inn. The Lonley Planet is a truly…
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Baguio, the art gem in the Cordillera Mountains was reached shortly before 9pm after an exciting 8 hour bus ride. These buses are getting comical and easier as we continue to tackle them. This one had no A/C so it was a green bus other than the clouds of black smoke that flowed out the…
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After having a blast in Malaysia we were headed to Manila, which was a short three hour flight from Kuala Lumpur. Our plane landed in Clark Airport located in the outskirts of Manila. The scenery abruptly changed from lush green to urban madness as we rode the bus into town. Rolling thorugh the streets of…
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Malaysia was one heck of a good time. We stayed with Ditesh, a fellow couchsurfer that opened his beautiful home to us. Those that haven’t checked it out yet, please do, www.couchsurfing.com. If you can offer a couch or bed to a traveler they will surely be grateful. In addition you learn a lot about…
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Our trip back from Lovina was an easy 4 hour mini bus ride that weaved through the center of Bali. We headed up into the mountains and then dropped down through Ubud finally landing us back in Seminyak. We spent the last couple of days in Bali involved taking a quick trip to Medewi, hanging…
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The whirlwind tour of East Java ended as it dropped us off at the ferry port of Ketapang. We were headed to Gilimanuk, Bali and we got there just in time to board the ferry and secure great seats. Kahi and I wanted to explore the north coast of Bali and planned on heading to…
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After checking the surf reports, the waves looked as though they were going to take a short hiatus. Instead of hanging around Bali, we decided to take the advice of our Couch Surfing host Jacopo and flew to Yogyakarta to check out Borobudur and Prambanan, two of Indonesia’s most famous temples, plus a couple of…
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It had been one month of eating rice and noodles, staying in the cheapest accommodations we could bare, and learning to haggle the hustlers when my parents showed up in Bali. This was their first time to Bali and it was a quasi honeymoon reunion. They were supposed to be here 36 years ago for…
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After Shaun departed we headed straight for Bingin. I hired a car and we packed up our gear. The driver didn’t want to put the boards on the roof because it makes you a red flag for the cops to pull you over for a bribe so we stuffed all the gear in a mini…
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