Sorgawi Hotel Kuta

... sense that I would trash it. Before I even left the shop I dropped the board on the floor with a loud scrape. They held there heads in there hands and I headed for the beach with all the swagger of a surf dude! I may have even used the word &#8216;Sweet&#8217; at some point, god I hope I didn&#8217;t&#8230;<br> Kuta beach is a large crescent shaped by and the waves are definitely the biggest and loudest I have ever seen. At some points the waves are around 7ft - 8ft ...

... and wife and he seemed like a good guy, plus the room ($20/night) was nicely decorated and overlooked the rice fields with a cushioned oversized bench on the balcolny. But after I checked in, the room was hot at night (even with the fan on high), and there were ants crawling on the other bed in my room and then ants all over the sink in bathroom. Not to mention construction next door that started at 8am in the morning ...

... wardrobe. Imagine my amazement when this man, who has never left Indonesia, accepted his Robin Hood gift with the uniquely Nottingham phrase "Ay up me duck" ! Steve from nearby Loughborough was equally surprised to hear those immortal words so far away from the East Midlands. After the meal (which, as was often the case, turned out to be considerably more spicy than I had anticipated) we had a few more Bintangs at the Warung by the hotel and that was it - adventure tour over.

... upon in the town square but the logistical nightmare of getting there! We started off with no map attempting to find a supermarket called Carrefour which is like the equivalent of Tesco's here... They have the only, relatively, reliable road map of Bali on sale, for 130000 Rp!! Which is about £7 - £8 admittedly, but I can eat for a week on that! I don't but I could if I tried! Honestly charlatans! However fate had decided to have some fun and so within about two ...

... underwater. I didn't mind too much, it was kind of funny but we had to leave anyway before i fell asleep at the table! I can't remember how we got back but i'm pretty sure i slept well that night. The next day was spent exchanging books and catching up on some internet stuff before our evening flight to Darwin. Back to the west. Just a note here - similarly to the $40p/p entrance fee that we were surprised by on our arrival to Bali we were also caught offguard by the $35p/p exit charge - Rubbish!

... the garden 14. take your time to suss out the correct processes - don't just follow the crowd 15. bottle openers often hide on walls beside hotel minibars 16. Camplung Mas hotel motto - relax or rage without any fuss 17. Wear underwear on plane that can double as togs so as to make the best of 24 hour swim up bars upon arrival with no luggage 18. laugh a lot 19. do get out of airports during long stopover if possible. Try to get common flights ...