Best Western New Kuta Condotel

... and I decided it wasn’t too bad a life sitting on a beach in Bali watching the sunset, drinking beer for next to nothing and all the time listening to Indonesian covers of good songs. We found or rather we were found by a rather hilarious guy whose name escapes me but whose knowledge of Irish was quite impressive. It’s quite astonishing to think when people as close to home as England and France struggle to comprehend Ireland has it’s own language at all that ...

... 8220;window” peering in on the colorful sea life below. Unlike the passenger boats in Lovina, this boat lacks the floating-balancing poles on either side which make it look like a larger version of a (creepy) water-crawling insect. There are three snorkel trips on our day’s itinerary, making the trip into an almost cruise of sorts around the three Gilis: Trawagan, Meno and Air respectively. We’ve been promised that we’ll see a plethora of colorful ...

... br><br> Outside the airport we were greeted by 10s of taxi drivers offering us their services and following us around the airport. We walked around and got some money out of the cash machine. It turns out that Indonesian currency isn't that strong, and you therefore get 15,900rupias for 1UK pound! This was very confusing at first and took us a while to get used to. I'm extremely tight when it comes to money on this trip, because I only brought out enough for 10pound a day; I ...

... He hasn't ridden a horse before so he promised to be loads of entertainment. There was another girl from Singapore with us. The trip to the Island Horse is about 1 hour and I got to see more of Kuta and the surrounding area. We traveled thru rice fields and small villages. <br><br> Arriving at our destination I got to meet the owner of the stables. A lady from Australia and her friend own the company and as we talked she found out I was experience and got me set up with ...

... airline name, Air Asia is often refereed to as Scare Asia on a count of the fact that their pilots really don't seem to know the appropriate approach speeds for landing, something I found out to my dismay as we began a really really bumpy descent into Denpasar Airport. To say that I was concerned would be an understatement, I was certain we were going to fly off the end of the runway into the ( most amazingly crystal clear blue) sea and I don't think I can recall ever ...

... that as introducing too much chaos into an otherwise orderly schedule. What I'd really like to do, however, is satisfy my somewhat unnatural craving for more Bak Mie Goreng Special... Join us next time for a description of how Easter is celebrated on a predominately Hindu island within a predominately Muslim country (by a bunch of drunken atheist tourists**). Happy Easter!! * Relax Mom, I'm just kidding! ** For clarity, I'm not referring to us.

... politics - there is an election coming up soon here) We FINALLY made it to a dance performance that night!! I think it was the "biggie" performance too as it was at the Ubud Palace and cost much more than the other performances... It was really quite fascininating - a lot of the dance is done through facial expression and hands - I cannot even imagine how difficult it would be to learn!!! The costumes were fantastic and the music was live... I loved it! S

Day 164 - Having a poor nights sleep I got up for breakfast and joined Mego as we left and took a horse kart to the jetty. I am in a horrendously low mood today and have conceded that I should never spend more than 2 hours doing absolutely nothing ever again! At Bangsal we were transferred to the bus rather painlessly and I had a nice seat at the back of the bus by the open door. The ferry to Bali was heaving when we boarded and the atmosphere really alive with ...

We are planning ahead, would you believe? We are booking our Hedo holiday for November! Our friends from Lorraine, Marie-Claude and Michael, are going the same time: the Kink and Wild Women week. Hedo, here we come and we are hoping that we meet lots of friends from previous Hedos! Hubby's ear is finally better. He reads his newpaper at the pool, where he finds a ad for ... Manneke Pis restaurant! It is in Seminyak, a couple ...

... has been slow, drawn out, friendly and an absolute breath of fresh air :) Sun House: So I now call Sun House my home. Its an adorable little guesthouse with about 6 lovely rooms...and I warmed up to it within 5 minutes! I have a lovely little (notice how many times I say little) room with an attached bath, a common outdoor kitchen and a paddle pool! I learn Bahasa from Diyan (Javanese) who is the delightlful caretaker...she cooks, she cleans, she makes you smile ...