Villa Air Kuta

Balinese are very friendly, good first impression.<br><br>I arrived in the middle of touristy walhalla, Kuta.<br>Its flooded with tourists. <br>With paradise beaches, friendly people and low pricing, what else can you expect? <br>A true tsunami of westeners.<br><br>My new local number in Indonesia: +62 81 337 56 11 56

... toys. We all enjoy a really great night and fall asleep easily knowing that we leave for Seminyak in the morning. <br><br><br><br>Seminyak<br> <br>Our latest internet search for accommodation leads us to Aria Villas in Seminyak. A large walled villa with pool, it feels comparatively enormous and glamorous, if a little soulless. Scott hires another bike and we enjoy hooning around the place, the whole family on the bike, just like the locals. The shopping and ...

... confirmation, which was sufficient for the check in. Immigration and customs in Denpasar were pretty efficient. In order to avoid declaring goods I was asked by a couple to carry through customs a bottle of spirit. Remembering Bangkok Hilton I got a bit suspicious, but they turned out to be French and visiting Slovakia on regular basis.<br> Showing up in Kuta, the nearest place to the airport, in the middle of the night without a hotel booking wasn't a good ...

apres plusieurs vols, nous arrivons enfin en Indonesie dont bali sera notre premiere etape.<br><br>Isabelle, ma soeur, qui est en vacance pour 15 jours, est venue nous chercher a l'aeroport. cela fait du bien apres plus de 2 mois de revoir un visage familier. Il y a un autre avantage non negligeable, elle connait deja un peu les rouages et qlq astuces pour eviter de se faire avoir des notre arrivee.<br>elle nous a deja reserver une chambre dans sa GH typiquement ...

... to walk up it all the time. Hehe I basically passed out as soon as we got to our hotel room. Angie and Greg made sure I had gatorade and took off to get food and hit up the internet cafe. I refused to stay in the next night so I popped an imodium and hit the town. I thought that a Saturday night would be pumping and was excited to see the famous Kuta nightlife. For whatever reason, it turned out the nightlife was pumping the night before, when I went to bed ...

... on it. The food is very good...I've been eating at a few more Westernized restaurants and the breakfast (which is free at my hotel) and dinners at my hotel are actually very tasty and fresh and still reasonable. I have an omelette and fresh fruit and fresh fruit juice every morning with a fresh baked bread and pineapple jam. I had chicken and pasta last night and spare ribs and sesame seed potato mash this ...

... which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a normal forest in a region called Ubud, with monkeys everywhere. You walk through the forest &amp; the monkeys steal your water bottles, beer cans, glasses...&amp; your hearts. It was an exciting time for all, except the group of Aussie guys who got peed on while feeding the monkeys on their shoulders. That was our cue. We piled into the taxi van &amp; headed up the mountain to the volcano. It had recently erupted 10 ...

... Kamu gila ya?' The woman who clearly then thought I had understood everything she had been saying, looked shocked whilst the crowd which had lingered to watch the hilarious sport laughed even louder... Honestly!? What the hell did she think she was doing?? All very embarrassing and bizarre. Poor, poor, minority group, me! Until the next weird installement I leave you with my love, best wishes and a lingering feeling that you shouldn't eat courgettes anymore! Ixxx

... we retreated to the hotel, got waterproofed up to the eyeballs and went out to see what the hell a Kechak Fire and Trance Dance might be. It goes something like this. Dozens of blokes, stripped to the waist, run in and wave their arms about, then eventually arrange themselves, seated radially about a vast many-wicked lamp in the centre of the floor. They chant something along the lines of "Kechak kechak kechak achak chak chak", varying the rhythm and intensity, with ...

... island is deserted and move on to another island. Bali will therefore be free of evil spirits for the year to come. How cool is that ? I was so happy to be part of it. They take this very seriously. The police patrols the streets that night and arrests anyone that makes noise or those that make themselves visible to the evil spirits. Finally on the second day of the new year everyone travels and visit their family to exchange new year ...