Villa Poppy Seminyak

... her fear/excitement/happiness/craziness/won derment/etc. of the experience was exhilarating just to watch her face and hear her voice. Today was the day she was leaving Bali and traveling back to Germany ☹ Her flight wasn't until the nighttime, but she was catching a ride with someone to the airport around 9, so she could check in and at least get rid of her bags. She could always leave the airport and go shop around if she wanted, but ...

... for the sunsets meals. we decided on one it was too early for the romantic evening but maybe we will come back towards the end of the holiday, we had to choose our fish before it was killed, so stu choose lobster red mullet & lush prawns, the guy asked if i would like my photo holding the live lobster, me !! don't be silly! so stu held it, then dropped it, i screamed as it started to escape, the guy caught it & popped it into the pot, there on the ...

... The beach was absolutely disgusting. There was trash ABSOLUTELY everywhere. You could not take a step without planting you foot in some trash. We were appalled and shocked. We had seen some dirty beaches in Thailand, but they were sparkling clean as compared with Bali. We would later find out that the beaches were in a better condition now than they had been a few days earlier. We would also find out that the beaches were in such a condition because of the rainy ...

... a side of fruit and or creamed corn soup. If we wanted "western food" it was few and far between to grab a good old burger and fries. We stumbled across this for dinner at Jaime's Cafe (in Jamie's honor of course!) back in Kuta and had no problem eating a chicken burger for a change! We retreated back to Bali Diva Homestay (we didn't pick this hostel for the name, PROMISE!) relatively early because the sun had worn us out! At Poppies Restaurant we had met the ...

Hullo all, Well as usual the internet is down and all of Bali is apparently thrust savagely back into the dark ages of communicating via traditional handwritten notes faxed down phone-lines... How charmingly rustic, for about 30 seconds then it is simply distressing - especially when you have just paid the equivalent of a weeks wages for a bloody sandwich before the thing went down, (of course that's a Balinese's wages not mine, but that is clearly besides the point!). Anyway while the ...

I have to say this is the best birthday ever!! Thank you so much for all the emails and texts!! It's totally a 36 hour celebration :) Kim surprised me this morning with a birthday princess tiara, a ribbon and matching pink dresses. There is also 30 confetti and a 30 banner. I have included some pictures! We spent the morning at the beach and then walked over with our overnight bags and innertubes in tow to the Elysian where ...

... are very cheeky and not only do they come right up to you, but they will jumpa ll over you and steal your stuff in search of food. Eventually, we did buy bananas and with cameras tightly in grip entered the forest. What happened next can never truly be explained in words. Let's just say, that we are emotionally drained from the hilarity/terror of the monkey situation. Those little macacas (sp?) are cute, but the *******s are beyond ...

... way N' baby you're all that I want When you're lyin' here in my arms I'm findin' it hard to believe We're in heaven And love is all that I need And I found it there in your heart It isn't too hard to see We're in heaven I've bin waitin' for so long For something to arrive For love to come along Now our dreams are comin' true Through the good times and the bad Ya - I'll be standin' there by you I fell in love ...

... at work. The beautiful people are already mingling and cooing sipping their champagne cocktails ensconced in loungers provided. It's always better to have a drink in your hand when you're on your own so I head to the bar and order a watermelon vodka for US$8. When a cocktail is twice the price of breakfast, you know you're going deluxe! A perfect afternoon turns into an idyllic ...

... Rays! It wasn't much fun for a while as we waited for the rest of the group and the spent another half hour speeding to some calmer waters. Eventually we found a sheltered cove and crashed out on an idyllic beach. Although it was a rough morning, it was so worth it, the Mantas were incredible-a dream fulfilled, for myself anyway. As unfortunately Bryony didn't see them as she was on the boat, and although we pointed them out to ...