Furama Villas & Spa Ubud Bali

... s wood carvings. Every building in the town is dedicated to selling busloads of people wooden statues, and the one we visited was no different. A brief 2 minute talk about how they make stuff (the same as Chippies the world over) and we were allowed into the marketplace, which I think everyone liked, surprisingly. I guess it's because they had rude statues for my Mum and Brother, and amazingly detailed statues for my Dad and Nan. I purchased a couple of Buddhas ...

... bus and paying about $1, we had dinner at a small Indian food restaurant that filled me up way more than I expected. Then, we headed down the street to the Blue Jazz Bar (or something like that... I'm terrible at remembering names of things... and of people). The atmosphere at the bar was electric on this Friday night. The courtyard looked out to the high rise office building, illuminated from the lights of the city and late-night atmosphere bustling around beneath. The place was ...

05/03/2009 After breakfast we hit the streets to find a place to get dive photos developed and to do a bit of shopping. Found free Wifi with lunch so finally able to update blog! Long night ahead as we fly back to Malaysia at 6am tomorrow and we won't be paying for a room...hopefully there will be some comfortable seats at the airport!!

... sized, tasty sirloin steak with chips and veg for 1.20 Euro and Lydia had a fillet of red snapper for with chips and veg for 1.40 Euro, madness! Next morning we decided to go on a one day safari trip that Alex and Mandy recommended. The safari itself wasn't that special but the great thing about it was we got to hold some animals and get our photos taken with them. We both got pictures with a 9 month old lion cub and ...

... and tea serverd to my porch...lovely! The one day i just mooched around the town looking at the all the shops and another day i took my motorbike and rode with it to check out some scenery. I went to Gunung Kawi (temple), aboot 30 min drive and that was absolutely lovely, lots of beautiful rice terraces, an ancient temple carved on the side of rock, lots of local men. One took me for a walk up to the local village which ...

... We drink beers, have a lovely liner (between lunch and dinner) seafood basket for Hubby, seafood spaghetti for me. Served in our cabana! I go to the megastore. And it is mega difficult not to buy stuff... . 2 badges (it is elementary, my dear Watson) and a little follieke: a luggage tag. I got the hotel at less than half of the price (through the HRC website and with my frequent flyer points) but it adds ...

... favor at the airport in Guatemala, the man tried to charge me $3.00! One of the girls working at my guesthouse lent me a sarong last night so I could attend the local temple's festivities, again for no charge, and today her sister taught me how to make an offering out of young coconut leaves. Many of the friendly men on the street have been trying to convince me to hire them as taxi drivers, it's true, but even after I declined they were more ...