Adhi Dharma Hotel Bali Kuta

... our fill of being serenaded by the music of Oasis and Damien Rice and headed for an early(ish) night. <br> It was an even earlier start the next morning as I was picked up at 7.30 to head right back up the North East coast for an exciting couple of dives. My dive master was lovely and it was just me him and another Polish diver setting out for the day. We had a 3 hour drive up to Tulamben which was just slightly further north than we had managed to get on the scooters the day we ...

... to kuta and he gave us a ridiculous quote of over 150,000 rupiah! One thing we had done right was read in the Lonely Planet that the taxi ride should only cost around 35,000 rupiah from the airport and to look out for the official taxi ticket window. After finding the ticket booth we got into one of the legit taxi&#8217;s which incidentally are also the unofficial taxis. The drivers pray on tourists who emerge squinting and in a daze out ...

... liquor that is readily available in Bali, comes in used water bottles), and passed out. The next day we continued the journey and after ending up in a village that probably hasn't' been upgraded in at least a hundred years, we decided to go check out a waterfall called gitgit. The waterfall was cool not as big as the picture had shown but a fun experience non the less. Until our next adventure- "Ryan's Adventure tours"(theme song from Indiana Jones)

... Terminal, endlessly pursued by a catchy Balinese flute tune which I now know to be Degung Sabilulungan - check it out on youtube, for me that hauntingly repetitive trill will forever evoke the departure lounge at Denpaser. And don't you just hate airport bookshops which clingfilm/shrinkwrap every last publication so you can't browse! About an hour later they called me back to the Singapore desk and cleared me to board the flight so my final Indonesian transaction ...

... de l'aeroport qui fait qu'on se sent tout le temps comme de la marde. Serieusement quand je suis a l'aeroport je me sens tout le temps comme si j'avais pas dormi depuis trois jours et que j'avais un examen que si je le passe pas je me fais fusiller sur la place publique(bon j'y vais un peu fort). Quand je suis dans une aeroport, et je fais tres attention pour ne pas boire d'alcohol avant de prendre l'avion, je file croche. Bon de toute facon je survis a toute les fois alors ca s'est dit ...

... food was great, so now I have to wait aound four hours before it hits, so hopefully, whilst on the bus back towards Kuta, I should feel a stomach rumble, or I will be disappointed !!! And Finally Thirty years ago, I learnt Indonesian, and all I can remember is salamat pagi and lima, but since then, I have learnt three more phrases Tear up my car seat Up at the bar Bike Once learnt, you will go a long way here !!!

... Omang decided to spice things up on our long drive to the monkey forest and revealed one of the many wooden carvings made in Bali (see photo) - they are obsessed by these things. They come in all shapes and sizes from bottle openers to ashtrays! We arrived at the monkey forest and I really wasn't looking forward to this at all. Loads of crazy monkeys around and our guide a lady with a few umbrellas to protect us. I didn't opt to buy food to feed the monkeys ...