Peneeda View Beach Hotel Sanur

... and then turned around and charged us for the service.

Hrmm... something funny here. I think they've worked out a good system between monkey and human to make money and get fed!

Unfortunately, the kecah dance was all sold out so we settled for exploring the temple grounds and keeping an eye on the sneaky monkeys. Jodie and Michiyo went back the next day to watch it, but Oli and I were tired of so much driving (the ...

... in any fashion. I just thought they weren't up for my sunny disposition!!!!! Back onto the bike - Bali is a volcanic island and there are some pretty steep roadways around the volcano - perfect countryside to travel by motorcycle, but perhaps one with more poser would have been better. Beautiful sights but incredibly hot and humid. Everytime we stopped in traffic it was melting hot. Most of the time on BaIi I simply chilled out at the special ...

... in the restaurant. They had an animal show and they brought them out so you could hold them!!!!! First was a giant bat (which Josh held) then they had a bear cat which both Josh and Jess held (or rather balanced on their shoulders, these things arnt small) then some more birds and then oh yes the highlight of my day, maybe even my life they little lion cubs. Oh my god so cute and so heavy! I contemplated stealing one but i cant imagine it would have been easy to smuggle ...

... plus ni avancer ni reculer. Une chance, le brave Rejean, a pris la situation en main. En fait il a du me pousser pour que je continue. C'etait vraiment pas drole. J'ai eu vraiment la frousse. Sur la crete a 4 pattes, Rejean a bien rigoler dans mon dos parce-que je ne pouvais plus me relever meme si le sentier est revenue a presque normal. Nous avons pris un repos pour regarder le couchee du soleil sur le pourtour du grand cratere. Nous avons refait le 8 km pour revenir, il ...

... band, full catering for all guests (somewhere between 500 and 1000), indoor/outdoor dining, tents and staging for pictures and a HUMONGOUS cake (two seasons chocolate cake - oh so yummy) made by the groom's father's business. There was enough cake for every guest to take home not just a piece but a brick, a veritable mini cake of their own. No expense was spared. Everything was in a deep red and brown motif designed by the bride to represent the ...

... all. Seems most of the people inside felt the same way, but this was the quickest way to go to Gili, at IDR 600,000. Similar price will bring you to Gili via Airplane as well, but the plane will have to land in Lombok Island, and from there you will have to take another 1 hour shuttle bus to Bangsal Port Lombok and take a local fiberglass boat in 25mins that will carry you to Gili. Bye Bali & welcome Gili!

... se tahnout restaurace a obchody se vsim moznym a otravnymi prodejci. K dobru se da Sanuru pripocitat, ze zrovna tech par dni, ktere jsme tam stravili, se tu konal kazdorocni festival (nepodarilo se nam zjistit, ceho festival, ale asi neco o zivotnim prostredi), a tak jsme kazdy vecer vyrazili do ulic poznavat mistni kulturni zivot. Seznamili jsme se s docela hodne Sanurany (nejen) a dokonce nas naucili i neco rict v Bahasa Indonesia a Balistine (to teda ...

... and experiences. The friendly smiles, the helpful (and not so helpful) people. A wild mixture of tranquil peacefulness and 'in yer face' hustle bustle. So much poverty and historical sadness but also so much positive development for the future. It is very overwhelming thinking back to our first few days in Kerala, India - 4 months ago. Time has gone so fast but in many ways also stood still. Today we leave Bali and Asia. Next stop... Rarotonga (a pacific island to the east of New Zealand)

... traditional Balinese massage ( Maureen, you would of loved it!) very zen place, with candles and music, only $6 US dollars! So onto the starting statement of my blog, sell, sell , sell. I was warned about all the "hawkers" here in this part of Bali, they are not as bad here as in other parts of the beach areas like Kuta, but they are still annoying. Just ignore them, everyone says, its hard when you cant walk too far with out having the latest bargain and ...

... walking north with harassment from heaps of beach sellers rsulting in us probably getting ripped off. I bought a necklace for $3 (I like it but probably should have been 50c - but I like it) and Tim bought a hat (well needed thx to no luggage) for the same price as we later bought 2 pairs of boardies (O'Neill for me and Balibong for Tim). We walked to Seminyak along beach and then back down Jl Legian with heaps of 'nice' sellers all ...