Heavenly Residence Nusa Dua

... dry season, it rained very heavily on us. Nubya called it &#8220;a sprinkling of rain&#8221;. We then had to have the good old conversation about English weather and &#8220;it rain a lot, yes?&#8221;. Anywho, being in the sarongs and being in a downpour was how we ended up saronging in the rain.<br><br>We then drive on to see a waterfall and also the sandstone quarry. Women walk down a narrow, steep path to carry the stone back up, on their heads, for the men to work ...

... has no laws, but scooters can maneuver through the insane traffic better than cars. Oh-I forgot to tell you that you need and International Drivers License (IDL) or if caught without it is a 2 Million Rp fine ($200 USD). Ummm, Doug doesn't have one-but back home he does have a motor cycle license-and I do trust him to drive responsibly. We ask the hotel and within 10 minutes, our scooter is waiting out front-for $50,000 Rp/day----$5 USD ...

... like four massive Turkish men have their hands all over your foot in a hamam, it was weird, but absolutely an amazing massage. Do try these out if you fly through Singapore. Once aboard the flight (and while checking in), we noticed two things about passengers heading to Bali. There are a ton of surfers (mostly Aussies as it is a 2hr flight from Bali to the northern city of Darwin) and bankers/professionals who head to this world beach destination. I didn't ...

... of a good lunch and wound up spending the afternooon basking in the sun and enjoying the pool of a resort near by. Heading back to the Benoa we lounged around in our bath robes, (haha, not so backpackery is it?) while watching MTV and Room Raiders before showering. (TV was a real treat too, I must say.) Since we realized that we weren't actually in downtown Nusa Dua yet, we decided to venture out to this ritzy place of resorts, restaurants and golf courses ...

... Mary Helen has signed up for the 5k and hasn't run for a couple of years. So, she wanted to get a couple miles under her feet. We are staying on a highway and Indonesia is not sidewalk friendly. There are many random holes and other distractions. This makes me a little nervous because I am a little accident prone to begin with. But, I decide to take it easy and slow. We are doing fine. I finally start feeling comfortable and a get ...

... the leader line, the 120lbs 10 feet leader reached the tip of my popping rod. almost got it, we saw the shadow down below my feet, may about 15+ kilos weight of fish, all other guys were running toward us with the camera. and the gt run with its all power for the last time, Man !!!! it run into the rock, my 9 kgs drag setting can not stop it, it broke my leader line. there it goes, gts ran toward ...

... a couple nights at Sue's (which turned out to be more on the Legian side), and perusal of the Kuta and Seminyak areas, we decided to move our base over to the infamous Poppies Gang, in the thick of Kuta. This place was more commercial, noisier, and busier, which are all characteristics one would NOT want associated with their blissful beachside holiday... but what we learned about Bali was that it's worth basing yourself in Kuta for all the conveniences that come ...

... se oli aika jarkyttava ja kulkukoiria oli enemman kun auringonpalvojia. Yhen kerran tehtiin paivaretki Kutaan. Ja se oli aika lansimaalainen, paljo surffareita ja jenkkilaisia ruokaketjuja. Sen lisaks meita yritettiin heti jo huijata jollain ilmasilla arpalipuilla joten paettiin rannalle kattomaan surffareita. Taksi sinne makso 5euroo suunta joten ei paha ollenkaan puolen tunnin matkalle. OIh, piti viela mainita, saatiin aamupalaks banaanitoasteja (jaffles ...

... even heard of before (and I'm not even really a bird lover). Most all of them were from the Southeast Asia area, so if you were a local visiting the park you probably wouldn't be that impressed, but I don't think too many locals visit there. I was impressed. Except for the bats, they had huge 2 foot tall bats hanging from the tops of the big enclosures. It was a hot day and they were using one ...

... lunch, we continued on. Our next destination was the Air Terjun Gitgit. It is the highest waterfall in Bali. Before we got there though, we stopped along the road to take pictures, and to meet some of the many "friendly" monkeys living in the forest. "Friendly" meaning, they will climb into your vehicle, if you don't give them something to eat! Our final stop was the Aneka Lodge at Lovina Beach- our home for the night. It was about to get ...