Legian Village Bali Denpasar

... has a wide choice of foods, curios and artwork, on five floors.

... of. For a time we were wondering if we’d been transported back to Ireland and were navigating our way around potholes so big you’d never be seen again. With a maximum possible speed of about 20k/h our skulls felt pretty safe.



An interesting situation then presented itself at the top of an overly windy narrow hill - we came face to face with a Hindu cremational ceremony and the road was closed off forcing us to take a cross country detour as opposed to ...

... procession in Tabanan produced many versions of Pendet. One was danced by a member of the household, who presented the family's offerings in a slow Pendet before the approaching wave of thousands of people. In larger villages, a selected group of young girls, bare-shouldered and formally dressed in wraps of gold cloth, carried silver bowls of flowers as they danced a more elaborate Pendet, choreographed in interweaving rows and files. When the procession settled before a ...

... I don't know much about the place, and Wikipedia is probably open in another window on your PC, so go look for yourself.

With mid-afternoon lurking, we had to put our foot down, as we had to get down to Carrieann's hotel in Uluwatu. This was the first time everyone had been there, and naturally my sister wanted to show it off. I know I would. My Brother had gone ahead in the morning with Andy's family, so we would be meeting him there too ...

After staying up so late the night before talking and laughing with Julia, I slept in till half past 10. A much-needed sleep considering I still slept less hours than usual. But the night before was more than worth it, bonding more with my new friend on her last days. Julia was still asleep in the morning so I just talked with Miryam, who started crying immediately about being homesick. She just told me that she had been crying all morning and then her tears poured down her ...

... Buddha', a FANTASTIC eatery, serving some awesome vegetarian fare... even caveman Simon ate a tofu pot pie (and enjoyed it, but won't admit it). It was later (well, much later...) this night that we realised few important things; 1) We were almost out of petrol 2)We had no idea where to get petrol 3)It was 11:30 at night 4)No-one we talked to spoke English... SO, for anyone heading to Indonesia ...

... It's wonderful. We have an unusual attitude - we are "chill-axed" like never before. We shopped in the morning and had a fun lunch at a restaurant known for organic food. Then we spent the afternoon at the luxury Kupu Kupu Barong hotel. I had booked us at the mango tree spa for mango tango treatments on a whim. However, I had no idea how incredible it would be ...

... called Padang Padang, about 20 minutes away. They said it was nice, clean, cheap, good food, away from the chaos of Kuta. I was sold, so I jumped in a cab, practiced negotiating some more, and was off to Padang Padang. I slumped into the cab, exhausted and looking forward to crashing onto a bed. As we continued the drive, it just got darker, quieter, with less and less evidence of human activity. I worried whether the place would even be open this late, as ...

... and Nev especially spent a large chunk of the journey throwing up. Finally when we reached te port in Bali we decided to stay the night there instead of taking another hour bus journey to Kuta. Arsenal Blackburn which kicked off at 4 in the morning was at the forefront of my thoughts. I ended up paying 15 dollars for a room with ESPN so I could get the game. After having dinner with Nev, Bar and Bee I retired to bed. I aoke for the Arsenal game and saw us open a five point lead at the ...