Mastapa Garden Hotel Kuta

... of people 'forcing' you to buy their goods. We were pretty use to fending them off by now, but I think we both agreed this was the worst place for it so far. Kuta is a very busy town as well, being the most popular with tourists because it's cheap. Most of the rest of the island is full of amazing top of the range resorts. Lots of the restaurents in Kuta are lovely, serving lots of different types of food, and being able to eat again was very much appreciated with ...

... Bali but after haggling the lifeguards down to rent a couple of boards (hoping negotiations wouldn&#8217;t come back into it if I needed rescuing later!) I rather settled my self down in the sand and watched with amusement as the boys got tossed around like corks in a storm. With much contemplation I decided to eventually to gingerly venture to the sea, board under arm. <br> Getting out there was a mission in itself. I&#8217;d forgotten about the logic of waiting for the set ...

... we gave surfing a bash. Believe it or not it is a lot tougher than it looks. But managed to get the knack of it just as we got to the end of the lesson. Something i definitely want to give another go, maybe not at home though. The sea might well be a tad colder. <br><br>That is us pretty much up to date. The time to chill has been pretty much what we needed. Just nice ...

... opening up to a palm tree lined garden and infinity swimming pool and the front on to the beach!!!!! Now for all you normal people with normal holidays the room has all normal things. For us we were whooping and clapping hands at the flat screen TV and DVD, super king size mattress, air con!!!, Mini Bar!!! Massive shower!!! And includes breakfast!!!...Wait for it...all for the cost of £18 per night!!! Whooohoooo bring it on!!! We spent 7 days there in total..being on ...

... lush green forest, beautiful flowers, and endless rice terraces that dot every hillside go. What immediately took us aback was the sheer volume of people (and dogs). We expected a lot of people, being Indonesia and all, but we naively thought that would be different in Bali somehow. It wasn't. The journey from the airport in Denpasar to our hotel a little ways up in the mountains was characterized by insane traffic, composed of a ...

... the plane I managed to get into Qantas Lounge to take some photos of our plane. The boarding was delayed for about 15 minutes but then the plane didn't take off for another hour due to an "air conditioning problem". Once we were on our way - everything was ok. As you might/might not be aware - on Jetstar you need to buy everything onboard (including headphones, food, entertainment, etc.) Roxy slept ...

... day the owners burn incense or offers something to these personal shrines. Every morning they construct intricate offering baskets of flowers and the occasional coin. They set these in front of their door on the sidewalk. Every single day. It is a wonderful custom and perhaps one of my favorite things about the Balinese. I wanted to do a couple things while in Ubud. One was to walk around in the rice paddies. The other was to see the Kecak ...

... in the views of Ganung Batur as our driver said the tracks nearer the volcano weren't suitable for driving plus I think you really need a guide to take you to the crater. So we weren't to climb it, just take in the views which was a bit of a shame. After a bit of bartering we managed (well Leeta did - the head waiter loved her) to reduce the price of lunch so we treated ourselves to the buffet which was ok. I guess you end up paying for the views. We could ...