Mercure Resort Sanur

... swimming pool. Sanur is on the east coast of the island and is much quieter than the resorts of Kuta and Seminyak, but has some decent restaurants, bars and shops. The strip of beach isn't particularly nice, but the sea is sheltered by a reef which means that the waters immediately off the beach are calm and shallow and are therefore perfect for learning to kiteboard. We got into a routine of having breakfast by the pool each morning, then reading on our terrace for a couple of ...

... a lot of meat, sausage for breakfast, chicken for lunch, beef for dinner (at 1am??) and even ham in my apple slaw, and salmon in my noodles. Ugh. I feel very Californian right now, because the over-abundance of meat bothered me. Maybe it was just the overabundance of bad meat...hmmm... Slept through Frost Nixon, unfortunately was awake to catch Transporter 3 (skip it), and saw Bolt (finally ...

... the evening was still and the atmosphere quiet with only 5 other tables occupied. After dinner, we picked up more beers and headed home. In a taxi obviously since we had already been drinking a little and there is absolutely no way that I would get on a motor bike after having even only one drink. No way jose. Let the games begin! We got back to our house and had to play drinking games. It was only us four girls: Julia, Miryam, Suzanna, and myself, and two boys: Henning, and ...

... permi de voir toute la vallee. Un spectacle grandiose et parfois mysterieux puisque les nuages gambadaient et rampaient au pied des majesteuses montagnes. Sans oublie que Mr. Bromo fume de plus belle. Nous sommes retourner voir notre grand cendrier du Bromo accompagne du quebecois et du malais. Ils ont eu le plaisir de faire le tour du cratere, et nous, le plaisir de les regarder disparaitrent dans la boucanne. Je les ai suivie avec la longue vue. Tout semblait tres cool pour ...

... is really just like being in my own backyard but as usual the food was yum, the people lovely, the massages cheap and good on the beach and the shopping great! :o) Hello Bali ...bye bye Bali till next time I pass you through! Oh still managed to exceed luggage limit by 30 kilos and not pay!!!! Don't think I am a backpacker anymore...3 suitcases full and a daypacka nd laptop!!!! One more stop and I am there...... Selamat Jalan!

... or microcredit friends I have gotten to know in the United States as well as many that will be kind enough to share their programs with me in during my six weeks in India and finally one week in Bangladesh. This is an incredible network and I am appreciative that I am becoming a part of it. The conference center is one of the best in the world - having recently hosted the global warming summit. The speakers were the who's who of ...

... tried not to let it hold me down. I went up to the Temples at Mt Agung on a day when it was the dull moon festival which is celebrated with Hindus in Bali, it is so lovely to see them all dressed up in their traditional wear they look so lovely and elegant. July also see's the major kite festival so everyone on the Island are running around making kites at the moment and giving them a trial run so it is not unusal to look into the sky and ...

... offering you whatever they may have. If you do obviously own something they sell, then you are marked out as the sort of person who buys their sort of wares, so they scream and holler at you in the street, enraged with furious indignation that you, a proven consumer of their goods, should dare not to buy duplicate items from them. "Hey, Bintang Bintang, you Mr. Bintang you want more boardshorts want one more Bintang singlet Mr. Longhair?" If you're wearing a watch and ...

... a cheap boat ride around the outer islands of Bali and with the possibilty of seeing some Manta Rays! How could they refuse??! After an early start and a 1.5 hr car ride we got to the boat, when Kate announces that she gets sea sick and the guides inform us the conditions could be a bit rough. An hour later we are riding the high seas, around Manta Point, rolling on waves higher than our decent sized boat! We all felt sick. I ...

... their goods stayed out. Like everywhere in Bali, at least the parts i've seen so far, poverty tries to sell u all the same kind of useless things. Although i must admit they stay very nice all the time, but they will be very persistant in trying to sell you some off their 'very cheap, good deal' goods. Thats why they are so interested in the tourists. 'Where u from? Ah, you're from Holland, hoe is het met je? Did u come alone or with family/friend?' Then ...