Sri Kusuma Hotel & Bungalow Kuta

... 30min ist alles erledigt und wir nehmen uns ein Taxi zum 'Ubung' Terminal, um von dort nach Bedugul weiterzukommen.<br><br>Das war - bis auf die Ankunft am Flughafen Denpasar - unser bisher einziger Aufenthalt in Bali's Partyhauptstadt Kuta. Bintag-T-Shirts en Masse Ade!<br><br><br>For the 2nd visa extension we have to be present at the 'Immigration Office Nguriah Ray ...

... literally hours searching for accommodation both physically and on the net. Additionally, indo has numerous taxes not included in quoted to prices so after searching exhaustively for our cheapest available option it ended up costing us an additional $170p/n making it not cheap AT ALL! And that is how we ended up at the super posh Nikko in Nusa Dua and how I ended up losing a couple of kilos&#8230;.. <br><br>Nusa Dua<br> <br>Gorgeous hotel. Maybe the nicest I ...

... just too much booze, or dodgy food, or what. But I'm blaming a dodgy bottle of gin that I bought. I dragged myself up to sit in the sun, but couldn't really manage food, and drinking was out of the question. The cornish lads had left by now, so that night I had a bit of a wander round, but headed to bed early. Shocking! Probably needed to man up, but wasn't really happening.<br> The next day I checked out, but had the whole day to sit in the sun. My stomach was still pretty ...

... experience on the third night, so we spent the first drink in the downstairs dance room of Bounty listening to tunes and chatting away. The young dancer that shakes her ass 24/7 was also in the downstairs room, and as usual, was shaking her ass 24/7 in a bird cage to classic tunes. The songs had such lyrics: "Pull my whistle *****!" and "Open it up, put it in, let's begin!". Great. <br><br>The usual upstairs podium the nice 'shake her ass 24/7 girl' normally dances on, was now ...

... to see how the technique should evolve. She also picks up things from travelers who teach massage in other countries. Whatever her method, it's working. I'll be going back at least once before I return to the U.S. So I actualy did something else today besides lie down and turn into jelly. Tara and I went rafting on the Ayung river, and trip was about 28km (no I don't know how that converts to miles) and lasted ...

... delay. We quickly noticed the temperature change between Thailand &amp; Bali...much more humid &amp; hot. I described it as the same feeling of stepping off the plane from Canada in Thailand...the temperature difference. Stepping into Bali from Thailand has a similar feeling. We got our ride to the super-fancy resort near Kuta Beach in Legian &amp; dropped our bags. It was around 10pm so we headed out for a nice dinner. We splurged on the meal for our first ...

... guy from the hotel waiting for me with a board with my name on it, which made me feel moderately important. I got loaded into a people carrier with an Irish couple for the short drive to the hotel, where my hopes for a good nights sleep were dashed by having dozens of mosquitoes attack me during the night. Or maybe it was just one little ******* attacking me dozens of times, I'm not sure. I'm off to buy some DEET and sit on the beach I think...hope you're all well!

... down. We really couldn't be bothered waiting any longer for it to stop, so went out for another walk. Ubud is quite a centre for arts and crafts, with a lot of wood carvers and artists plying their trades. We poked about the little artsy shops, vaguely thinking of souvenirs and presents - Jacob's eye was rather caught by some big carved stone and horn earrings - but mostly it was just poking about. At the bottom of the hill down which we were ambling is a monkey sanctuary ...

... for most of the afternoon. Then, once the sun sets, they'll all make their big entrance down the streets again, and get paraded in front of the huge crowd gathered at the temple. I followed my neighborhoods Ogoh-Ogoh to the football field, then found a nice pub with a view of the field, made friends with some nice Aussies so I could sit at their table with them (all the good tables with ...