After a grueling and 'interesting' public bus journey of 3 hours to do 100km, which involved three bus changes on buses with no air conditioning, shock absorbers or very thick foam on the seats and with more 'welding' than actual body panels - we finally arrived at Amed on the North East coast of Bali. One of the main reasons we came here was for the diving at the nearby village of Tulamben, where, for just a few sheckles you can dive on the wreck of the USS Liberty, which was sank by a Jap submarine in 1942. Here's a couple of shots from the dive, the second one is me inside the hull of the wreck.
This is Gunung Agung, the largest mountain on the island - and still active! It's been known to throw some hot ash up in the air every now and then.
The area has many villages living in the same way for years. Basically crops growing in the fields (mainly rice) and people working the fields in the old fashioned way. We didn't any tractors on the land anywhere!
This was just a short visit away from our 'base' at Sanur. Needless to say we didn't take the public bus back, for just 15 pounds we hired a driver to take us all the way back in a new air conditioned car - enough of the 'roughing it' business!So - no takers to the last cup of tea question, what do the Balinese do with all that sea weed (I guess the 'google kid' couldn't get a hit! Last chance to answer it before the answer.... in the next blog of course!
Ps Yes Didge, I did write to my Aston Villa friends congratulating them on their excellent win!
7 comments:
Oooohh iam first on the blog have not much to say due to my surprise and also l dont know the answer ,for cup of tea question.but didnt want you to think you ,re unloved,yes its mam elves.
Geee, I think I dozed off for a bit there. Anything happen WHILST I was gone?
Where's Paul with the answer to the cup of tea seaweed question? He's usually first one in!
I see you're diving again bro...probably nowt compared to the Barrier Reef. Won't be long before new sights and sounds will be boring...."seen better, done better" sort of thing. Can't imagine what Sunl'n is going to look like!
Actually, these last sets of photos show that you actually do sometimes go to places where there are others around. I'm sure the Southern curl of Oz's population rose to 2 when you were there!
I'm with your mam....share your doo-dahs with those good looking kids. I'm sure there'll be plenty of them to be seen in the next few months in the places you're going to. Where was the place where your mate shared paper and pencils with all the kids? I'll never forget that story.
Watch what you're doing in Singapore...Big Brother was christened there!
A multiple choice question for all our viewers..
Is the seaweed used for
a) food
b) waccy baccy
c) cosmetics
d) kinky thongs
e) all of the above
Well, I left the question for someone else as I thought it was unfair for me to answer it. My A-level Geography course included topics on West Africa, Soil Erosion in Europe and Seaweed culturing in Lembongan, Bali.
Two substances are obtained from the seaweed: Carrageenan, which is used in cosmetics, and Agar, which is a vegetable gel. Carrageenan is a thickener used in hand lotions and shampoos, and interacts with human carotene to give soft skin and silky hair. Agar is used as a thickener for soups, in jellies and ice cream.
So to answer Sissy J, that would be a) and c).
I'm sure the letters C and S will spring to mind just about now though!
Paul.
Good job CS! You have amazing recall from your A level days! However, the answer to the multiple choice is actually e. Keith doesn't always put every photo he takes on the blog. The one I received from him personally just yesterday told it all. Cutest little seaweed thongs he was wearing and there was definitely a queer green-colored smoke coming out of the pipe he had in his mouth. Looked like he was tearing pieces off the thong and stuffing them in the pipe.
Anyway, nice try, Paul...but sometimes, even Google doesn't provide all the answers!
So the more he smoked, the less of a thong he was wearing - sort of like a seaweed striptease. Nasty.
I'd be more than happy if I never saw that picture.
So that's where the lyrics come from ... "Without a thong, the day would never end..."?
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