Sentosa Villa Seminyak

... to play 'At last' by Etta James - our wedding song!!! I got a little teary and chris decided he was going to go up to the dj mid set to congratulate him and tell him we'd just got married and this was our song..etc. He didnt look as though he cared or understood really. But we thought it was brrrriliant. <br><br>The next morning we got up early left the hotel before the black smoke or the polarbears got us and took a taxi to Ubud. <br><br>

... out the way to the beach. We know how to get back from the beach, but there are different ways to go and come back because going you can't make one of the necessary turns that we take when coming back. We laid out, played in the ocean, ate lunch at the restaurant, read, and of course relaxed... our usual. Getting into the afternoon, we tried to beat the rain home and luckily only ran into a little bit of it. We ...

An early breakfast (with a couple of deer as company) before we boarded the boat to Menjangan Island for some serious snorkelling. Enzo was feeling a bit better, but Sue turned bad overnight - but both were determined not to miss out on the snorkelling. It was fantastic. An incredible variety of fish and coral in crystal clear water. The surface was ...

... massage I immediately scheduled one for the next day. I ran out of time, but I'd have one every day if I was staying there longer. That evening I went back into town to see the Legong Dance, the famous one where the women dress up in fancy costumes and do a lot of significant eyeball work (looking right and left) while wiggling their fingers in just a certain way. I never did hear why they did either of these. But the accompanying gamelan orchestra was pretty ...

... 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 ...

... is still there and is currently being worked on to reopen. We visited the bombing memorial which is located just across the street from the attack. It was errie and sad to read to the names of the 209 people who died in the attack. Paddy's has rebuilt down the street and had security at the entrance similar to an airport. Kuta has tons of touristy trinket shops. Roaming the hot streets we find Bagus Pub (bagus means good in Indonesian) and it has bloody cold beers and their ...

... in the sidewalk large enough to swallow you if you didn't watch your step and about 10,000 honking taxi drivers who all wanted to give the crazy tourists a ride. After about half an hour of lugging our ridiculously big, heavy sacks down the road, we came to the unanimous decision that we had to locate the post office asap and send half of what we were carrying home. A very nice man at the post office handed us a large box and we opened our bags and ...

... is crazy busy and we are really pleased to be somewhere much quieter and relaxed. Yesterday I walked along the beach from Seminyak to Kuta to do some exploring. The beach is beautiful although in peak season (the dry season- June/July/Aug esp) it is supposed to be packed full of tourists which doesn't appeal to me at all so i'm really glad to be here in this much quiter time. The only disadvantage to coming out of season is that many locals who are so dependant upon ...

... but the English translation was so bad. The performance was fantastic as it was both dramatic, comical and mystical at the same time. Our next stop was to stop in Tohpati, which is known as the village for Batik art. I was really hoping to pick up similar modern artwork that I had bought the last time I was here. To no avail, Norman took us to some really touristy places where the merchandise was ...

Well, I still think I will be saying WOW, and AWESOME for some time ! It's now Monday, and I feel fantastic, although a little tired after the party last night. Saturday evening was spent in Kuta with my friend Nyoman. He took me to a friends bar, and we ate fish and chips Balinese style... lovely fish, but in fish finger shapes !! I got home about 11, and finally managed a ...