Peninsula Nusa Dua

... Park High School guys and gals went to Faliraki, I got talking to this guy who had some incredible work done on this back and chest, this seemed like an odd thing to remember until you know where he said he got it done....Kuta in Bali. Seeing what he got and how fantastic it was made me seriously think about getting a piece done myself, not only would it be another tat for me but everytime I looked at it, it would be a constant reminder of the amazing trip I had, not to ...

... there and seeing them, it really wasn't the greatest thing ever. I was expecting to go somewhere where we (along with other tourists) sit on benches on a mountain top and watch the view of the birds flying over the rice fields, or a lake or something. But no, it's nothing like that. You drive into the village and just park on the street and look up. They are just birds resting in trees over a village. We picked up dinner by a restaurant by our house and had a quiet ...

... people by bike was my favorite part of the trip, we are 10 degrees away from the equator and I got ROASTED. I put sunscreen on, but it was not enough. I should have been reapplying every 15 minutes judging from how red I still am. I've been putting aloe on my burns twice daily, but I think my attempts to save myself from peeling are in vain... Alas, I shall return home a peeling lobster. After the bike tour, the next couple of days were spent exploring the ...

... We had exchanged emails and found out we were both on Bali and we provided them with our hotel information, hoping that we would somehow meet each other. After we had showered up, Mary was sitting inside while I was outside reading on the porch and listening to my iPod. All of a sudden, like a bucking bronco released from its cage at a rodeo, Mary barrels out of the room and towards reception yelling "our friends are here!". True enough, Steve and Matt were at ...

... only warmer :-) The massive hotel staff is beyond attentive and kind - really, really nice people. We had a fantastic lunch (more gado gado for Kate and I!) at the hotel, followed by a swim in the very nice (and cold!) pool. A complimentary hotel shuttle runs into town every hour on the hour and we took advantage of the service to come in for dinner... at "Three Monkeys" (once ...

... a big pool and excellent service and we had probably our best hotel yet! After day five I finally got around to trying my hand at surfing or in my novice case, "trying to stand on a 9' 8" raft. All I needed was volleyball with a face on it and I could have been in Castaway! After 1 lesson I had an idea and was able to stand pretty regularly but with the teacher telling me when to go. After trying on my own the next day I decided to take a ...

Finally arrived at 3am, caught a taxi to PBR and booked in, they are open 24/7. Got a studio room on the top floor on the south side of the resort. http://www.peninsulabeachresort.com/ Its surprisingly quiet at Nusa Dua, we dont have to book a pool lounge at 7am... Fred and Losan still ...

... the life of Riley all his days. He was a favourite at court and the confidant of many powerful people on Bali and in Indonesia. His grand gallery houses a collection of work that is as much a romp through Blanco's sexual dalliances as anything, a collection of homespun, baroque pornography. Some paintings feature Blanco's raunchy prose poetry - there was even a very strange collage of Michael Jackson! The museum gardens were also quite an experience, from the welcome drink ...

... forward to it! Also, Sha my sista-from-down-unda (YAY!) is coming up to Bali for Easter with her husband and sister! So now I have to stay so I can see her! We were inseparable when we both lived in London and I haven't seen her since, so we are going to fix that right up. I can't wait for a couple nights on the town with my girl, Kuta isn't going to know what hit it! Yay! Ok, I've been at this Internet cafe WAY to long, it's going ...

... we welcomed the intermittent cloud as it provided some relief from the intense midday sun. When the sun got too much we were able to relax on the enormous day bed, which was set in amongst the gardens and provided shelter from the rays (PICS). Andrew had suddenly developed the mother of all spots on his back, which was too painful to leave alone. We decided to try lancing it and then utilised a venom-extractor pump to do the rest (PICS). It hurt like holy ...