Puri Saron Hotel Seminyak Kuta

... if I had time. This activity was absolutely hideous and took me a solid hour and a half of researching in my RG. Exhausting. I eventually realised I didn't have time to go to the Gili Islands, as I had only ten days till my flight from Jakarta, and wasn't too pleased about this.

When this hideousness had ceased I was hungry so wandered down the road and went for lunch. Following this I visited the Permara (Bali shuttle bus company) offices near my hostel to inquire ...

6 August:
Departed Siem Reap early,stopped over in Kuala Lumpar,decided now may be a good time to organise some accommodation,arrived Denpasaar about 9,a quick car ride and not so quick walk through the streets and alleys of Kuta and we found our hotel. Total luxury after spending our last few weeks slumming it (by our standards,and compared with what was to come).It was totally worth the €35 a night as Alice wasn't feeling too well,so 2 nights and 1 ...

... auf d** achtstündigen Fahrt vom quirlig-dreckigen Bandung, mit seinem Hint**land von B**gketten, Tee- und Erdbe**plantagen, Vulkanen und heißen Quellen nach Yogyakarta, dem man nachsagt, das kulturelle H**z Javas zu sein.

Am eindrucksvollsten sind hi** diese kunstvoll gestaffelten Reist**rassen, die in jedem Hügelland und bis hoch hinauf in die B**ge auch noch den letzten Quadratmet**, d** irgendwie zum Anbau genutzt w**den kann, zum Teil eines landwirtschaftlichen Gesamtkunstw ...

... so I went in with super low expectations. We ended up spending the entire day at the park running around sliding down every single slide they have. They had a hilarious slide that was basically like a toilet bowl that you got flushed down and an awesome boomerang slide that gave you major air when you went with a partner. I had forgotten that you have to climb tons of staircases to get to the top of the slides and our bodies got super worked by the end of ...

... Again, I'll let the photos do it justice.

A few drinks, a few photos, a bit of mingling with the guests and it was soon time to shift it into the Chapel. Made of glass, looking out onto the Indian Ocean, surrounded by shallow pools. Beats Medway Reigistry office eh?

Wedding was very good. The singers were amazingly talented, and managed to shut everyone up, which was some achievement. Both ...

... the beach (30 from the room), with oodles of fish and coral. Every morning from our balcony we would watch the hundreds of fishermen go out in their boats with multi-coloured sails, it was an amazing sight to wake up to. Definitely our favorite place in Bali. We couldn't believe though when the owner said it was New Year (Nippi) for them!! OMG we had to celebrate our third New Year of the year and it was only March!! But I have to say this one was quite different. The ...

... Terminal, endlessly pursued by a catchy Balinese flute tune which I now know to be Degung Sabilulungan - check it out on youtube, for me that hauntingly repetitive trill will forever evoke the departure lounge at Denpaser. And don't you just hate airport bookshops which clingfilm/shrinkwrap every last publication so you can't browse! About an hour later they called me back to the Singapore desk and cleared me to board the flight so my final Indonesian transaction ...

... of starting a vehicle darted in front of us with a blue light flashing - Oh ****-a-duck! The police and I don't have a valid Indonesian driving licence... My mind fades out to the day in Britain when I arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed to the post office: 'Hi I am moving to Indonesia for an amazing adventure teaching and need an international driving licence, do you have one please?' (Please imagine at this point a slightly less helpful version of the coughing ...

... up Seminyak for a bad loss and get a taxi back to Kuta. We did this and finally ended up, very hungry, in a beachfront restaurant just 3 minutes walk from our guesthouse. Typical. The meal was good, if a little pricey, but half way through i started to feel a bit... odd. I'd only had a couple of beers so i realised it must be my new pain killers i'd bought that morning. Possibly it was the alchohol that had triggered it but suddenly i was in slow motion. Debs said that i looked like i ...

... 23:40), the resort was very quiet and dark. We were ushered to our own bungalows. It was not exactly a bungalow but it was very big for the two of us. There was a double bed, a dining table and a small TV in the room. Our own bathroom was opened concept. There was a shower and a toilet bowl and there was only a wall separating it from the outside.It was beautiful. It was very late when we checked in. We took a quick shower and retired for the night.