Puri Sading Hotel Sanur

... in Bali, it was very very hot there. We attempted swimming, the waves weren't that large, but the current was intense, not for the beginner swimmer - I have been swimming on my own since I was four and nearly drowned! After this I had a massage, she knew without me telling her where I had a problem in my left shoulder blade and seemed to fix it, which was excellent. We had lunch here and then set off to Uluwatu temple, it was a lovely walk with very scenic views and ...

... make her feel even worse, much to the astonishment of all (including himself), Dean was up and riding the board on his first attempt. It was all going swimmingly until after riding a few more waves, he pulled his shoulder and had to abandon the board for a while. By this time, Tracey had got bored of body boarding, so decided to have a go on Dean's surf board while he was out of action. Although she had to take it easy and get up slowly, once up, she was cruising. Dean decided to ...

... surfing the web for updated Master's scores instead of journal writing. By the way, these are my exceptions, not Tracy's. And I guess there are also variations at McDonald's, such as ordering the ChocoTop or the Warna Warni McFlurry. We are back in the beachside town of Kuta, staying once again at Fat Yogi's Cottages, which the children have voted "2nd Best Hotel on our Trip" (falling slightly behind my brother's house in Seattle. Now if ...

... beaches and beautiful waves. We took a 1 hour ferry ride in a small wood canoe with bamboo outriggers, the scariest boat yet, but a surprisingly easy ride. Nusa Lembongan was the best decision we made yet ( well right below taking the mule ride out of Colca Canyon). By chance we ended up on a small beach on the end of the island called Tamarind, where our host "Blackie" filled us in on all the secrets of the island. We woke up ...

... playing organized soccer games & many tourists checking things out. The sunset was beautiful & we had another early night as we were heading out in the morning to the east side of Bali to an area called Sanur. We quickly found out why locals & tourists nickname Sanur, "Snore". It's a very quiet area of Bali, with mostly families with young kids or retired couple vacationing. It was a very nice change from Kuta though. We stayed here for 6 days ...

Yall right guess I'll write another one of these since I guess people are reading. Starting to get out a bit more in the day now that my sunburn is lessening. I had plans to go skate a couple parks in Malyasia with another guy who is living down here but he was having visa problems and it was starting to sound like going to Malyasia by myself was gonna be nothing but hassels ...

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... It was utterly beyond him that we should think there was anything amiss with the situation. "What's the problem? You're here and the bus hasn't left yet!" For him, that was the long and short of it. Idiot. Ultimately though, despite the best efforts of the bus company, we made it onto the bus - honourable mention to our cab driver who grasped the urgency of the situation and blocked the bus into the yard to ensure it wasn't going anywhere without us. We were on our way back to Kuta.

... option (with all the transferring and waiting a twenty minute flight was going to take five hours) and a hellish five hour public boat ferry (supposedly populated by menacing and nefarous locals) even though the fast boat costs a good chunk more than flying would. It ended up being a good choice for the beautiful ride across the blue ocean and along the beautiful coast line. We even saw dolphins. And it was good to be back on Bali. It is a very busy place. A bit ...

... Something like that. The fgures were awesome and showed Balinese have artistic skills indeed. At the same time they compete within a village of the best figure title and receive some money if the group wins. The kids were so enthusiastic and for us tourists it was something new and great too. In the evening when the actual celebration and parade started they had all the enhancement like lights and fireworks and speakers explaining the meaning. Streets were ...