Maxi Hotel Kuta

... in Bali are extra wide due to the fact that most are equip with a surf rack attached to one side to accommodate the throng of surfers that migrate there each year. And, even worse, half of the drivers of said motorbikes are Westerners who had never driven a motorbike before their arrival and are an accident waiting to happen.

We stayed at a hotel recommended by my friend Steve which for $10, included a large, air conditioned room, a t.v. with 40 cable channels, and a large ...

... which is a good sign for getting rid of some of the corrupt police around here - they actually seem to be pulling over Balinese that arent wearing helmets and normal stuff like that!

We have had a few massages, down some more shopping and even changed rooms after the hotel decided to renovate the lobby toilets and change the 2 rooms opposite ours to the mens and ladies. The noise in the hallway outside our room at all hours was unbearable and so they moved us to an upgraded ...

... of a life spent taking too many drugs and booze… **** dancing! We filmed this guy who was oblivious to the world and in his own little **** dancing world! Upstairs the club was packed and you had to jostle for a position on the dance floor amongst the groups of Aussies and local women eyeing up there next meal ticket.
Outside of the club as we where hunting for food. A scantily clad woman came up to me and offered me a *******. I said “Sorry ?” ...

... answering the barrage of questions regarding my race, my hair, my family, how much I paid for stuff and whether or not I liked Obama. Finally the mini van came after about an hour, said goodbye to my crew and we loaded up. Sitting there in the bus like sardines in the heat and the mini-van wont start. So what do we do now? Get out and get into another van or what? Problem solved, the other drivers give us a push start. Yeah. On the way up the mountain the van stalled ...

... we just wanted to relax after the long day traveling. The guy recommended going to Kuta, and staying on Poppy Lane II with the budget that we were on. We took his advice and got a taxi there.


We got out in Central Kuta and were told to walk a few hundred meters because his taxi would not fit down the road that we had to go down. Our first impressions of Kuta were not good! We were walking around at about 10pm and there was loud music everywhere, drunk people (and worse ...

We got pretty lost on the way to Tampaksiring. We never got too far off the path though as I asked pretty much everyone I saw. We looked around the lovely Gunung Kawi - maybwe the most impressive thing I have seen here in Bali but it is only rock carvings so we didnt hang around too long. After an hour we drove back to Ubud to see another ruin.

... my motto was "when you can't laugh about it, it's time to go home" So i went for a walk to the beach and someone yelled out "****ing EH!" It was a travel guy who i guess i had spoken to earlier and my bright red hat is pretty easy to remember, (usually they say G'Day mate (assuming your ozzy despite the fact there's probably more Europeans here then anyone) So i stopped to talk to him and he offered me by far the best price like 11 ...

... of them until I ran out of water which gave Lisa time to grab some pictures of me in action. It is a pity that we only brought the water proof camera with us though, because the 3X zoom was not really enough. Odyssey had a professional photographer that used the same camera as me (except with an L-series Canon 400mm lens) but it cost 200,000 Rp to get the pictures that he took. It may have been worth the money, but he didn't get any good pictures of Lisa since ...

... Becca and Ari randomly showed up, but they quickly left for another bar. Later I went with my new friends to another bar called Bounty that was themed like a pirate ship. I danced into the early hours of the morning before crashing out. The next day I woke up and rented a surf board from a really friendly local guy. After being pounded by the waves for several hours I retired to the beach to watch a beautiful sunset. I randomly ...

... reserves to keep shaking hands and chatting all the while I was clenching by butt cheeks together so tight I think I gave myself a headache. Needless to say, even my vast social training could only take me so far; I didn't make it to the birthday cake. I left through the back right after dinner. April 5th, Saturday - I got up and was feeling okay. We got into the car for our overnight trip to the North Shore of Bali. Our drive took us up ...