Legian Paradiso Hotel Bali Kuta

... and 14 DVD's for a little over a fiver! On our last day we checked out and feeling much better, headed towards the centre of Kuta. We came across a popular area with backpackers, with lots of accommodation, although it was a very busy season, so many were fully booked. We finally managed to find one that had a lovely pool and was fairly cheap, although when we got up to the room, it was disgusting. We've stayed in some pretty bad places but this was on another level ...

... restaurant where all the seafood were in tanks and you went and picked out exactly which one you wanted. It all became a little confusing and so we left it in Disco’s capable hands. We ordered the biggest crab there was in an amazing Thai sauce, the most delicious prawns I have ever tasted that simply melted in your mouth, clams which were so good we were licking the sauce off the plate after and an entire barramundi in another unforgettable lemon sauce. It then got messy ...

... as it meant that he would get a bonus. For some strange and confusing reason I agreed. At the 58 minute mark I was bored and tired of being the attentive listener. I put an end to it all and left. <br><br>I grabbed a quick lunch then headed back to my hotel. It was now 18:00 and I opted for a quick nap before heading out to explore Bali&#8217;s infamous nightlight. When I rose from my nap it was now 6 am. So much for nocturnal explorations.

... get up at about 1:30pm and head down to the beach; Tom was feeling pretty hung over so stayed in bed, and Chris just decided to sleep even more. Chris managed to sleep more than any of us during our time in Kuta, but he never went out in the evenings. This puzzled me greatly.<br><br>On the beach was this really really fit women, who I admittedly perved on because it'd been quite a while since I had seen a hot Western girl. Amusingly, I wasn't the only one. It seemed a lot of the ...

Ubud (11/5- 15/5) Kuta (15/5- 17/5) The drive to Ubud was just as beautiful as all the other drives on Bali. We were able to see some incredible views of the volcano from the other side at the top of the crater and took some good photos. During the drive we were able to stop off at some of the famous rice teraces just outside Ubud and take some great pics as well. They are steeped like stairs and the entire mountainside seems to be just one green staircase ...

... noodle soup. The next day it was like looking into the future 40 years, we were like two decrepit old people trying to move around, quite funny really. My two big toes that killed on the way up and down were ready to fall off...ok not quite but both the toenails are black and are ready to fall off (photo attached as proof) So these two little old people decided to take themselves on a long journey again (are we sadomasochists???) to a restful set of islands called The Gilli's ...

Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous avons finalement reussit a partir de Sanur. L'oisivete etait bien encre en nous. Notre chambre etait deja reserve donc ca nous a stimule a partir. Nous sommes presentement a Ubud. Un ville tres charmante avec plein d'artiste. Ha ce sera difficille de resister. Il y a de magnifique sculture de bois, pierre, batik, bijoux (je dois m ...

... like many of the people I generally meet on these travels, but they were great guys. I met some Dutch girls who bought me a birthday drink too. I staggered back and had breakfast this morning with the Aussie blokes. One of the boys had given one of the Dutch girls some...er..finger love on the couch in Paddy's while another had got drunk and ended up going home with two working girls. Jules left this morning so I'm officially on my own, but after Darwin I'll be ...

... sorbet: lime/lemon, honeydew melon and strawberry. Finely chopped pieces of watermelon, papaya and pineapple for garnishing, and there was a clear sweet juice/syrup as "soup" (like lychee syrup?). Also some raspberry and mango coulis on the side. Flavour heaven. All in all, great to be in this weird coccoon of a place and forget that it is the third world out there. Live like royalty for a few days (and don't even think of the carbon footprint!!!).

... to join me, and she is! After the cremation we're going to head up to Pura Besakih, (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide- 2762244-pura_besakih_bali-i?action=desc ribe) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Te mple_of_Besakih) the biggest and most important of the temples on the island. I've heard no trip to Bali is complete without it, and since we'll already be in our best Temple clothes - why not?