Nathan Hotel Kuta

... at a restaurant called Bali Brazil, which was a mix of Brazilian and Indonesian food. I immediately loved Jorge & Daniel, the Ecuadorians. Jorge is extremely outgoing and very talkative. Daniel lives in San Diego, and also spent several years in Oregon (where Whitney grew up). They are much older than us (late thirties) but it didn't seem like there was any age difference at all. It was also very fun to practice my Spanish with them. This trip has had me thinking a lot about ...

... we thought it would be worse then the zoos at home, but we had driven a fair way to get there so we figured we would go inside.

It was awesome. You got to hold one animal for free - John had his photo taken with a lion and I chose a baby orangotang - it was great! Just before Johns go with the lion, he got a bit upset and nipped the keeper - John was ******** himself when it was his turn - he was ready to run! We also got to check out a heap of other animals ...

... meanwhile had been enjoying her time in the sun and perving at all the physiques of all the aussie men. Who were all tanned and toned to the max. Its not like when you go away to a British resort and its full of Podgy, beer bellied lads and you occasionally get one with a good physique. Here its exactly the opposite much too Shelley’s delight…! And I have to say that I have also enjoyed perving (not at the men tho!) at all the bikini babes….
Kuta, Bali, Indonesia shelleyandsimmo

... New Mexico named Taran about his extensive tattoo that he had going. Really nice art work. After we got off the bus we were loaded into another mini van and headed to Kuta. The trip was pretty uneventful until the driver stopped somewhere in Kuta and dumped everyone’s bags out. Everyone on the bus understood we were to get rides to our hotels, this fellow pointed at 2 streets yelled Poppies 1 and Poppies 2 and got back in his van and drove off. We ended up walking ...

... Tom: Translated as 'Star') is the Indonesian Lager) from the local K Mart and sit outside our rooms drinking. At least the beer was finally cheap (in comparison to Singapore and Malaysia)! Strangely, however, Bintang bottles and cans do not show how strong the alcohol is?! We had a few beers, sat around chatting and playing cards, and then we all went to bed. Except for Andy, who went to the internet cafe; he seems to go on the internet 2 or 3 times a day! Compared to me and Tom ...

... FEET - it was crazy hot - we could feel it in the audience! I kicked a bit after it was out and it was so hot I burned my foot a bit - crazyness!! On our 1st full day in Ubud it rained a fair bit but it just gave us a chance to relax and do nothing,. In the late afternoon we went on a walk to the Monkey Jungle forest. Loads of mones in a forest near Ubud. It was very nice but only ok - but Sus loved it which was nice. We then went on an 8km walk from here, around a ...

... browsing, bartering and buying then Roscos and Mexican dinner...but back for an early night because of the 6am start needed to get breakfasted and bussed to Sanur for the 8.30 start. However, thanks to bus company's misunderstanding, the bus never arrived so eventually we took taxis and arrived for a late start....but luckily we were not on 1st. There were 2 teams from Singapore, 1 from Bali, us and a team from Kuala Lumpur. Untypically ...

... to get up and surf on my own. Of course I wasn't hitting every wave perfect and Lisa got a number of pictures of me wiping out with a wide variety of methodologies. One time I ventured out a little deeper than I meant to and found myself sitting further out than the experienced surfers. As I realized this, I started to paddle myself in but turned around to see the biggest wave that I had yet seen in Bali. With nobody in front of me, I knew this would be about ...

... ones there but little did we know so were a few others. The likes of Jammer or one James Maher, his cousin Shovels (Steve) and there mate DOF(Dan). We met them just before they went to the Gili Islands. We had a beer or two with them while watching Ireland v Australia. Ireland lost and we hit Havana a place that became a regular joint because it did good western food. The boys went home because they ...

... steady. We saw the dolphins and chased them on the boat but ultimately I did not like this experience as much as seeing the dolphins in New Zealand. On the way back to Sanur we took another route again through the mountains. We went to see the largest Buddhist monastery in Bali. My camera batter was dying so I didn't get that many pictures here. The one of me in the skirt is in front of the 'big' temple. It is a copy of the Bohurdor ...