Goodway Hotel Nusa Dua

It's been a lonog days travel with very little sleep, combinating with an hours standing around (felt like two!) in Bali's immigration office. When we were warned that the airport wasn't fantastic, we just shrugged it off. Next time i'd suggest taking some camping chairs!

Probably won't be hiring a car here as driving around takes some local ...

... we stole absolutely everything from the room and i just about convinced jess we didn't need the bathrobes. The next day we flew back to HK for 3 days and a proper bit of time to chill out with marcus... We managed to get upgraded on the 6hr flight back to HK, which was such a bonus.... but the funiest thing of all was watching jess' face like an excited child light up at all the frills - champagne before take-off, wide screen tv, flat bed....... I mean kid in a ...

... 00. The hotel feed us a breakfast of toast and coffee and drive us to the start. It is a humid day. This worries me, how am I going to run for 13 miles in this heat. I take an extra bottle of water to sip on at the start. There is supposed to be 4 water stops. All of the events are loops, although there are only 4 water stops you should hit it twice making it a stop every two miles. This seems like a good plan. We don't start ...

... the band began playing. First it was Lynrd Skynrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". Then some Beatles covers. Finally they started into a classic blues progression, and I thought, "So they're finally getting close to jazz". And it turned out to be "Texas Flood". A pretty mediocre version of it, too, but I'm spoiled with the Stevie Ray Vaughn version. And then a John Lee Hooker / ZZ Top medley of "La Grange"! As soon as I got back to my bungalow I just had to play the original.

... e marimbas de bambu . Todos juntos, dão maior ou menor tensão as cenas, tendo em alguns momentos algum efeito hipnótico, realçando mais ainda seu caráter tribal . Mas de todas as danças que vi, a Kecak Dance foi de longe a que me transportou diretamente para um filme do Indiana Jones, no meio de alguma tribo isolada, mesmo sabendo que estava assistindo um espetáculo turístico, que havia ...

... cats. Then it was in to an almost new a/c 4WD to be dropped in Kuta. After a few wrong turns (walking with our packs in the heat of the day), we found the hotel we were planning to stay at but they wouldn't bargain and it wasn't so great so we found Masa Inn. $25 a night but a huge step up from the the original plan for only $8 more - a/c, 2 pools, fridge and HOT, FRESHWATER SHOWERS! Yay. We could finally wash off 10 days of suntan lotion and salt [Gili T only had cold ...

... s so nice to finally have a really relaxing vacation. We packed enough activities in where I don't feel as though I left Bali without having experienced what I had wanted, so again, there's no need to push in activity just for activity's sake when traveling. We went into town to have some brunch. Most things being closed, we ended up at yet another Australian-owned establishment where I had a crepe, juice, chocolate milk for around $4.50. It was ...

... out in the evening; some 50 meters which in turn bought out the winkle pickers. I love walking along beaches and exploring and each day I took a stroll. The sand is very soft and in places you can sink unto your calves, but the walks are fantastic, and once away from the private hotel beaches are pretty tranquil. The surf breaks some 50 meters off shore over the coral and then gently rolls in up the beach. For the more energetic some pats of ...

... Haha... But the great thing about looking like a local is it's making it easier for me to pick up on some of the phrases they use. One glaring thing that we've had trouble reconciling with is the idea of this place being cheap. I've talked to numerous friends of mine that have lived or visited here and they've all said how dirt cheap it was over here. Are we missing ...