T WRECK live in TULAMBEN

For our two-night return to Tulamben in order for George to play with T WRECK, the live band at Warung Komang, we decided to stay at Bali-Spark Resort, little more than a year old. It sounded like a good deal on agoda.com and looked fancy. We thought it was just past the last hotel in town but it’s actually located near the temple on the hill.  The setting is great – be sure to snorkel the drop-off – but the hotel does feel isolated from the restaurants in town.

Bali-Spark has an ocean view from the upstairs restaurant and should have a view of Agung, the highest mountain in Bali, but from the rear there is not not one window facing in the proper direction. I like pool views but would rather see a volcano!

I also was frustrated while getting this message about the free wifi: Could not join “SpeedUp_Hotspot_81D.” The owner did try several times to reset his hot spot but there was no Internet service during our stay. Apparently the fact that Agung is so high is why the Internet does not work! I also have to mention another friend’s comment about the stairs up to the second floor rooms and restaurant being steep. Each individual step is big and there is no railing. So be careful when the steps are wet!

Nearly every hotel’s sign says, “Free Wi-fi.” I am waiting for the next generation that says “FAST Wi-fi” or “Very Strong Signal Wi-fi.” I have been making lots of videos  but they upload so slowly that sometimes it takes 80 minutes to load a 4-minute video.

I am trying to learn how to compress files but have not figured that out yet. Does anyone have a suggestion, lesson or alternate program for me? I record in HD on a FLIP camera and then make the movies in iMovie. I export them to the desktop and then upload on our YouTube channel: WeSaidGoTravel. I would love your help!

Today we are off to Ubud for a ceremony. I have the camera and FLIP all charged up for this exciting event. Then we are supposed to meet the band in Amed for another great night of singing. Last night, I played drums for two songs while the Bass player, Yoyas, sang and played lead guitar. I had so much fun. This adventure is already full of surprises.

July 27, 2012

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About Lisa Niver Rajna

Lisa Niver Rajna, M.A. Ed. is an accomplished travel agent, blogger, speaker, science teacher and member of the Traveler’s Century Club, a unique travel club limited to travelers who have visited one hundred or more countries. Lisa Niver Rajna was recently on National Television as a science teacher on the show Career Day. She is a 2012 nominee for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. She traveled across six continents with Club Med, Princess Cruises, Renaissance Cruises and Royal Caribbean International. Look for her underwater as a PADI divemaster, in the science lab, or on the road traveling to an exotic location. She writes for National Geographic, the Huffingon Post, Jewish Journal and Technorati. In 2008-2009, Lisa and George Rajna spent eleven months wandering Southeast Asia from Indonesia to Mongolia where they fell in love, got engaged, and now as a married couple are writing a book about their journey. On July 1, 2012, the couple left for Indonesia for another year sabbatical in Asia. Read about the first seven months in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and India on “Our Trip!”