Puri Raja Legian

... and heat built up. By amazing coincidence – it turned out that this was the 7 year anniversary, and I had arrived in time to see a memorial service for the locals. (I believe from news reports that there must have been one for the Australians, etc later in the day).

There were some speeches, traditional music and dancers. There were a group of people all wearing the same t-shirt but I couldn't figure out the wording. I asked the ...

... fairly apologetic, admitted that yes, there was a voucher system - and I could just buy a drink so that he could get the voucher still - and then he would take me to the night market. Grrrrr!!



So one drink later, and off to the Night Market for a great mie goreng (stir fried noodles) and fresh mango juice - all for 15,000 rupiah (about $2.20!) As we drove home, he then suggested that maybe I would want to contribute towards petrol. Now I was more than ...

... wives to live within the houses of their extended families. Pete’s wife was very welcoming, even waking their son to ensure he didn’t miss out on meeting Max.

The children saw a very basic way of life, one they had not witnessed before. It helped them to realise they were very lucky indeed, they were able to see that you do not need a lot of possessions to be happy- Pete was always a smiley happy go lucky bloke. B.N was especially pleased with this ...

When the plane was landing in Taipei on Friday morning, I didn't want to depart the plane. I just wanted to continue on and on and never have to get out. Which is quite contrary to the point of this adventure travel trip. I felt stuck between wanting to stay in my old ways or go out and try something new. When I did emerge the plane, I felt like a lost 10-year child traveling around in the airport, alone for the first time. Luckily, being seated near the front of economy ...

... any one item over $5USD. And the best part was that there was no one following us around trying to show us every shirt or trinket we laid eyes on. We were left alone to shop in peace! We spent over an hour in the market shopping, both to buy some trinkets, and to make note of the cool things we could buy if we came back for a buying trip. While we were shopping at the market, we heard of yet another wholesale handicraft market called ...

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... was to become a favourite position over the next few days but first we wanted to see some of what beautiful Bali had to offer so we rejoined Hot Curry and set off for what we hoped would be an interesting look at Bali life. First we visited four traditional craft villages, each one having a different speciality. The weaving and Batik centre was amazing - such intricate a complicated designs being produced by hand and at the silver village we saw some stunning examples of ...

... smile. Like most Balinese we've met he had a great sense of humor and a light heartedness that is incredibly enduring. We took some pictures with him and bought tickets to a Kesak dance his village performed. The entire village is required to participate, whether you're a performer, or stage hand, or someone who helps sell tickets. Made played the old priest in the show. All the proceeds from the performance go to the needs of ...

... and windows all the way around overlooking a private pool and my own veranda. The grounds are surrounded by gardens and ancient statues, and all this for the whopping price of $30, which includes an amazing breakfast that I personally order every day and is delivered to my veranda.....ahhhh. It gets even better!!! Today I moved up to my reserved room upstairs in the villa ( I arrived a day earlier than expected so my ...

... us to our new hotel to take a look. The company again is named Bike-Baik (0361 978 052). Great price, great tour. I highly recommend it. Our new hotel was a dream. Pita Maha in Ubud. It was absolutely breath-taking, from the infinity pool overlooking the lush valley to our bedrooms and bathrooms. We had our own private small pool too. They gave us sarongs, 6 free bottles of water a day, the most delicious breakfast (so abundant), free ...