Sanctuario Luxury Hotel & Spa Sanur

... a table full of polisi. We wanted to take a picture but it was the one time that we didn't bring the camera with us. After inquiring about the $1 breakfast special, we knew where we were headed the next morning.

Reading the sign the night before we knew that Dunkin' Donuts was open at 6 a.m. which was perfect because we wanted to catch a ...

... Some towns are Muslim but most of the places I visited are predominately Hindu and faith and ritual is a part of everyday life. I kept seeing people with grains of rice stuck on their foreheads and neck so I asked an artist painting a picture in a gallery why he had the rice stuck on his face and when did he put it there. Kind of funny really - he looked at me and when he realized what I had asked , he was perplexed. He told me he wasn't sure ...

... won the 1st to get tubed race but he lost the no t-shirt race, and 1st to shave race, ( Mike D is still in with his *****in handlebar mustache ). No plans for the next few days, maybe a hike or white water rafting. We blew our budget in Kuta so kicking back at our warung, ( the absolute best place to stay on the island, possibly the world) is how we save $$$$$ Cheers!

... I only tipped him 25% of the fare. I know that in places like Indonesia this behavior is part of a larger survival strategy, but it's still a turnoff. In any case, I find Indonesians in general (of all religious backgrounds) to be lovely, playful, and warm people, especially once it's been established that you won't be forking over any money, at which point you can engage in informative and enjoyable conversation. Reading: The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

... worked out the way that it did because we were able to play tourist in Hong Kong. We took a gondola ride up to some big mountain peaks with took us up to a giant buhhda. Apparently it is the largest, sitting, bronze Buddha in the world and it was amazing!! The views from the top was great too! There are soooooo many people around the city. Everywhere we went there were people everywhere. We ...

... was great. Altho before they let us into the sea they made us do 'surf exercises' on the sand to warm ourselves up! Check out the retards on the beach!! haha people were actually stopping to laugh and take pictures of us 3 grinding our hips/stretching etc! Then they also made us wear crash helmets also - the ONLY ones on the whole beach wearing them....spot the beginners! Anyway it was great, harder than it looks but they show you what point to ...

... up the tank at the many road side stalls selling 1 liter bottles of gas. The first day we went to the southern peninsula Bukit to find some remote beach we could enjoy, but instead we found a hindu temple, which was nice too. We also discovered a sort of a beach (more rocks than sand) with the whole surfers' village on top of the rocks. In one afternoon we went all the way to the north to see the Batur and Abang volcanoes, stopping at different nice ...

... Kuta in Bali is the tourist area. And to be honest, I could be in Tenerife, Costa-del-Anywhere, etc. etc. There are McDonald's, Hard Rock Cafe's, KFC, and bars, bars, bars, amongst the tourist tat shops and swanky (and not-so-swanky- hotels. But, it was our best bet to find an English speaking tourist office. However, there are no boats going to Flores anytime soon from here either. Do you sense a theme? I do - I am going to be ...

... I am staying there ( my towel was a different color than the rest of the guests) I explain myself, and am left alone the rest of the afternoon. The hawkers trying to sell you things are lined along the beach too, but they didnt come onto the hotels property , so my day is peaceful. I have not run into any Americans so far, my driver in says he has had very few. In this mornings Bali times that I read at breakfast, they said that hotels report occupancy is up to 58 percent last month ...

... jalkeen ja meil oli hauska ilta. Meian poydassa oli loppujen lopuks saksalainen Frank, latvialainen Indra, aussi Mark ja belgialainen kundi. Hauskoja tyyppeja ja istuttiin aina iltakymmeneen asti, joskus tosin pimeessa, kun tuli sahkokatkos. Seuraava aamu oli taas aika lahtee matkaan. Sama moottorivene takas ja kohti Ubudia. Nora English buddies, here you go: Blog entry part two. So to Sanur it is, where we took a speed boat to Lembongan island. The journey ...