Pasar Ubud Gianyar

Simply I am ashamed, being an Indonesian for over 20 years (at the time), I have never set foot in Bali. When I started working and earning my own fresh rupiahs (which was not a lot I tell you), I decided that somehow I had to go there.

And I did, worth every penny. I am not a glamorous traveller and yet I'm not a world-class backpacker …

since we only stayed 2 nights in kuta on the second day we headed to Ubud which we visited 20 years ago. still lovely, but too many tourists and shops …

Day 6: Arrived in Bali at around midnight and as soon as we'd gotten off the plane and gone through passport control, we were ambushed by huge amounts of airport porters who immediately grabbed us and our bags and led us through customs! They then led us to the currency exchange kiosk and asked us to give them money!!!! It was here Rich realised …