Puri Dalem Sanur Hotel

... over thousands of years.<br>Towards the south and our destination of Sanur, a long coast with surf crashing over coral beds just off the wide golden beaches.<br>The greeting at immigration set the general tone for our welcome. A demand for 550,000IDR (£36) before our tourist visas would be issued. After that porters appeared, grabbed our cases and told us we were welcome to Bali then walked us 200m to the moneychangers booth where they stopped and demanded ...

Our flight down to Bali from Singapore was a quick two and a half hours. Unfortunately, we didn't leave Singapore until after dark and so we missed what must certainly be a beautiful flight over the blue waters and several of the islands of Indonesia. In addition, our plane arrived into Singapore with dozens of Styrofoam coolers filled with some sort of seafood. How did we know? Well ...

... Brahma), Sustaining (Vishnu) or Dissolution/Clearance (Shiva). Perhaps new seeds are budding within us and we are in an active state of excitement and creative growth. Or maybe we are in a state of contentment and feel even or stable with what's going on. And then there are those whirlwind times where everything crashes and things seem to be desperately wrong, but we're really just in a state ...

... the states. We are sad to see the trip come to an end, but I am very excited to sleep with out a mosquito net and Teddy wont stop talking about hot water. lol We are sorry that there were not pictures with this blog, we are having technical difficulties getting the pictures off the camera. But we will follow up when we get home with a final re cap blog and the latest pictures. We look forward to seeing you all real soon! Teddy and Brooklyn

... Not sure if this is due to the current situation or if this is a regular thing. Either way, it can't be a bad thing to have additional security (even if they spend most of their time helping drunken Aussies to cross the road!!) The most annoying thing in Bali so far...? The mimickers. Eek. I will admit quite freely that when being harassed "Transportation?", "Come see my shop!", "You want Roxy T-shirt?", I tend to ...

... das Fett wölbt und an dem eine Frau hängt, die mit quäkender Stimme nach ihrem Mineralwasser ruft. Man versucht sich schnell von diesem Schock zu erholen läuft weiter und da kommt einem auch schon eine Amazone entgegen. Braungebrannt, super schlanke muskulöse Beine, voller runder Busen, lange dicke Haare und einen Fitnesstrainer an ihrer Seite - und man fühlt sich gleich noch schlechter. Vor allem wenn ...

... packed with a crowd made up of a good mix of local Balinese and tourists. I'm not a clubber and the music wasn't to my liking. They were playing trance or house or whatever the hell it's called; just some repetitive beat that everybody zones out to. The first time I went to the bathroom two different guys offered to sell me extasy. 'You want 'E' man?' I ignored them. When I returned to the main room I staked out a corner spot at the bar and just observed the action. As I mentioned ...

... a night. We try to spend 30 dollars a day or less, this is easy in beach areas where the beach is free. We spent the next 5 days between the beach and our pool, enjoying music and the alcohol from duty free. The skies in Bali are so blue and the environment encourages reading and reflection. It was nice to take a break from traveling and to just relax. That was our intended plan for Bali, relaxing in the sun and eating acceptable food.

... one for fine detail) and the carvings can take up to a year. then we went on to kintamani to see mt batur and the lake there. this is a peaceful green and lush region that is so calming to watch over lunch. all the while our guide is having his brain picked on culture, religion, customs, and observations. he was very knowledgable. after lunch we went to sri batu to see a spice garden of the local flora. then on to sebatu holy spring water temple. the ...