Inna Grand Bali Beach Sanur

Breakfast on the balcony was a treat of local fresh fruits, local tea and and toast with REAL butter ! We spent a few days here in Sanur relaxing/reading on the white sandy beach, rock pooling and swimming in the warm sea - all with Factor 30+ on. We met some expats one evening, one in particular 'Uncle Will' was from Milton Keynes and was a retired PADI (diving) instrutctor with 15 years experience. Uncle Will expressed his opinion that the Island of Lembongan (off the coast of Sanur) was th...

Wow. It's officially been 24 hours since I got on the first plane in San Francisco, and I'm quite tired. Problem is, it's 5pm Bali time and I still have at least 5 hours left before I can safely call it bed time. I have Ambien. And I'm looking forward to using them. My airline of choice for this trip was China Airlines. A few impressions....first of all, the stewardesses were gorgeous. I don't know why that stuck out in my mind (I'm usually not into checking out hot, female, flight attendants...

So I just realized that all of my travel blog subscribers from my previous trip are now getting emails about my new trip.  So hello!   To be honest, I'm finding it much more difficult than last time to find the time to write.  Internet cafes aren't as plentiful as they were in India, and being in a front of a computer is getting harder and harder as my time progresses in Bali.  But most recently, I haven't been writing because I was participating in my 5 day meditation retreat with Art of Liv...

We were on a morning flight from Singapore to Bali to meet up with Dad and Susan for our long-awaited reunion. It was wonderful to see them. They look exactly the same - good. It felt like 110 degrees at the airport. Our driver, Jeffrey took us to our hotel - Grand Bali Beach Resort in Sanur in the south west part of Bali. We spent the rest of the afternoon catching up and relaxing by the pool drinking Bintang (Indonesian beer). We headed to the other side of southern Bali to a restaurant cal...

We're close to Oz now. On the menu, I find an Australian breakfast as well as the usual European and American. Sanur really is a dull resort. Pensioners cycle around the Grand Bali Beach Hotel golf course or lounge by the pools that fringe the beach path. The beach has the smell of weed revealed at low tide. Boat rental agents harangue you for trade. I'm here mostly for the only Qantas branch in Bali. Last month's rainy weather reached my flight tickets tucked in my backpack and washed all th...