D Alang Alang Villas Seminyak

... is cut about 30%. We may have<br>to keep trying to use this &#8220;Obama discount...&#8221; <br><br>The setting is very romantic, the<br>grilled seafood fresh and tasty, the staff is funny &#8211; but man is<br>this totally catered for the tourist crowd. At our place there is a tiny stage and<br>two women are dancing what we think is a Balinese dance (but there is<br>absolutely no context) 25 meters away &#8211; 2 establishments down there<br>is a small band again playing what we ...

... Anyways, over we went to HK and caught up quickly with the short man (marcus) who was really cool to let us stay with him and that night we met up with the Yeats' family for a drink, which was really nice to sister Cath and mother Mary (who was so kind to me when i stayed with them whilst working in Wimbledon). We headed to Bali the next day, and decided to stay in Kuta for a couple of days (main city where the bombing of the nightclub was in 2002). Our resort/hotel ...

... Bali to Doha, (for refuelling) and Doha to London... For those of you who don't know, Singapore is not really on the way from Bali to Doha... and Singapore is just a few hours from Bali... I wish I could have captured on film my response to this announcement, it could not have been more British reserve. A jerk of the head as realisation that something unexpected and potentially disastrous has happened... Followed instantly by the kick in, panic protection, mechanism to ...

... of my running in Surabaya. Indonesia is not sidewalk friendly. I finish the race and gulp down tons of water. I don't think that I have ever been so sweaty! They have the awards ceremony and they call the top three men and women to the stage and give them their awards. Then there is an announcement that they would like to recognize fourth place for men and women. The fourth place man is the assistant principal and the ...

... my bike that night but the shop was already closed so Hanneke would have to do it for me in the morning. It worked out well on my part as i got a lift to the airport, how brillant! A lovely send-off.... It didn't work out as well for Hanneke as she ran out of gas after dropping me off (but apparently really nice people helped her so wasn't that bad) and then when she returned my bike, the guy said i owned more money than what was true ...

... It's very tasty but not worth the $100 per 1/2 lb price tag. That's some expensive ****, literally. Back into the minibus, isn't this a bike tour? A short ride to the staging area for the bikes. Ahhh, the bikes. Not in great shape, but ridable. The tour guide gives me a bike but some toolbox from Germany wanted the bike because of the color? I cave. We are off with a super annoying American family, no wonder ...

Monkey Mania On our way into Ubud, Tim and I had noticed that there was a Monkey Sanctuary and I, being the naïve one that I am had insisted that we check it out. I had no idea there were going to be monkeys in Bali!!!! On Day 2 in Ubud, we had our cold water showers and opened our doors to a Thermos full of tea waiting for us on our terrace. While sipping our ginger tea, one of the owners came by to ask if we'd like our breakfast (which ...

... off with an artfully designed lacy bonnet wrapped in white gossamer. We might have heard her cry, 'I'm a lady!'. The waiter told us this was Bonita, the owner, who eventually made his way around to us. He was a delicate Balinese man, no makeup but comfortable in his guise. He told us he also owned Warung Sulawesi up the road and that the cabaret show was on every night. At last the music started and he headed ...

... learned to say "Saya allergi" pretty quickly), it was really hard to get anything that didn't contain fish or byproducts, so this seemed like a safe bet. Rach had Nasi Garang and I had....pizza. But it was really good! We talked about the day and decided to arrange a car and driver for the next day because there was no way we were going to do another hike like that one. Rach had a huge blister on her heel that was killing her, although she didn't whinge at all about it, but by the ...

... was lifeted by the huge storm that hit 10 minutes into the evening. This left us witha precarious walk between the Bale and the Vila. The distance of 10 metres was made a darn site easier by 10 Balinese guys, who stood in the rain and lifted up a plastic walkway for every one to use...It was like dominoes falling and then standing again, as each person went either way ! The evening dancing then started and was crescendoed by a dance off between the girls and the ...