The St Regis Bali Resort Nusa Dua

... Bali are I suppose the equivalent of a roadside cafe on the M25 but the food is cheaper and SO much better! All local food cooked the local way) in a Padang place, we hit up a couple of the bars we saw earlier in the day with the trio plus a few others from the place including Sean and David, two guys from LA who were a really good laugh and the epitome of what I imagined typical surfer 'duuuuuudes' to be like..basically complete stoners hahaha! After a few drinks we headed ...

... and dancer's pose. That was a little much for me. In my mind, a picture of my handstand on the ledge is just not worth death... but I do have some pretty cool pictures of them. After a buffet breakfast, we had a 3-hour bike tour of the island. We visited three different villages. The first, however, left the greatest imprint on my mind. The first village was a traditional village, which means that these are the decedents of the original Balinese ...

... and also suggested that Bali is where she came when she desired creature comforts, but the real magic was to be found in Lombok, which was what Bali resembled 25 years ago, and on the small Gili Islands. Her husband is from Gili Air and she provided us with tons of recommendations on Lombok and especially on Gili Air, an island that will forever have a special place in both Mary and my hearts. With this in mind, we decided to bolt to Lombok as soon as possible ...

... to surf. One day I went to Ubud. This is a small village which has a lot of galleries. But besides this it is commercial as well. The best is when you come here the first thing you do is buy tee saying NO - transport - massage - pedicure - manicure - postcard and... I do not want braid my hair!!! ... well I could continue for a while :) Still when you are looking for ...

... on the moon they are the weirdest looking things ever! we have squeezed shed loads into the last month, and it looks to get better and better with mates form London (Mike, Hels and Patch) coming over for a week of debauchedness, surfing and my birthday! Thanks for all the emails and stuff guys, will try to do better on the news updates honestly :) laters for now, keep happy and soak up that last little bit of sun before it leaves your shores for another 11 months - hee hee! Luce and Gaz x

... There are also pictures of a funeral processional. Weather has been comfortable to comfortable warm all the time in Bali with no rain. I leave in a few hours for the airport to go to Chennai, India where I will be spending six weeks. All is well - thanks for coming along on my journey!

... dinner at a quiet little place called Dragonfly. We had yet another awesome dinner and were entertained by a 4 man band doing covers of all the oldies. Just as we were eating dessert they moved over to our table, set up their instruments around us and proceeded to serenade us! We felt slightly self conscious as they strummed The Beatles as we worked our way through our cheesecake but I must admit it was prettt damn romantic! Definitely a night to remember. The next day we ...

... talked with some of the other patients who were a little star-struck by her too. I took a couple pictures and we were off. ((My ear is a little better today, but I don't really think it's as a result of any of the treatments, but it was a novel thing to do, and I liked the attention and nurturing. I think my Benadryl and a couple more days will do the trick =)) I got an invite from a girl named Jenny to join her and her family on the ...

Have just arrived in Nusa Dua. Seems like a very beatiful place. Staying at Pondok Agung Homestay and paying RP200,000 per night. Its quite expensive but all of Nusa Dua is very expensive. Beatiful hotels and to stay in some of them it costs around RP800,000 per night. Lots of water sports to do here. Not to much to say about this place. Its ******* down at the moment.

... and do something so booked a scuba course with one of Kish's friends. After a session in the pool (it was Graham's first time) we did two dives to 15 meters on a reef close to shore. The first thing we saw was a 2-meter black and white banded snake! Ahhh! The hand signal for danger was the first we used... Anyway we were both bitten by the bug and will definitely be doing our PADI when we get to Australia... Despite Kish's reservations regarding the traffic we hired a ...