Wina Hotel Kuta

... cool, livable city, that proved much easier to navigate around than Beijing. A rather sweltering 40 degree heat and million percent humidity stop us from being overly active but we got the general gist of the place!<br><br>So now where am I... well I just landed in Indonesia two days ago. Point of Entry: Kuta Beach, Bali. Worst place I've been to in a long time: Kuta Beach, Bali. Imagine street upon street of shops of tourist tack ...

... for me.<br><br>First night, I really hate myself because my mind was still trap in Jakarta thought about something useless. I spent my first night, sat on the bench at the pool side, stared at the beautiful August full moon, drank, smoked, talked to myself. So gloomy. Then I saw a guy on the second floor stood on his porch. I didn't know what he was thinking about, but I was so surprised when he came downstairs, sat next to me, drank together, and started a conversation ...

... No Mad ol' Mary, rustic woman of the earth, that 'Satellite' is planet, it is Venus. Spy Satellite. No, it is a definitely a planet. Satellite. Venus, the planet, it is a planet. Spying on us. It's not spying on us because it is planet. You have been affected by the fluoride. Obviously. <br><br>The crew and I head off early the next day over to the island of Lombok to climb our volcano, Mount Rinjani. We meet our porters at the base who are ...

... wasn't dancing on the podium (which he kept getting up on) he was dancing non-stop around us. Andy and I danced for most of the night too. I was loving it. The club was cheesy, tacky, and something I'd normally hate, but it had novelty value, and I hadn't drunk much in months, let alone gone clubbing; oh how I missed clubbing!!<br><br> Around the club were a lot of Indonesian girls too, and the situation seemed a bit like Thailand; you couldn't tell which ones were there for ...

... night we stayed in a pretty ****** little place but then courtesy of our lovely friends Suzi and Ant (thanks guys....love you love you love you :-) ) we checked into a beach place with a swimming pool for a couple of days. Its been the first place since we got married, all those yonks ago, that we had a swimming pool so it great having a read, then a dip!! However, in true skint backpacker style lunch consisted of what we had left over from the ferry and Phil, the ultimate ...

Oh, how it's been so long. I'm so sorry I've been gone. I was busy swashbuckling through southeast Asia, creating new stories for you! You don't have to worry, I'm still the same guy I was when I last updated this blog. You don't have to worry you don't have to worry you don't. Seriously, I am writing this on February 12th, long after the events about to be described. What happened is that my script reading job kicked back ...

... doesnt rustle up much feeling. But coming out here and seeing a memorial to people who had died just six years previously, in exactly the spot you are, people who had just come out to have a good time, you can't help but identify with each and every name on that list and it strikes a different chord altogether. I couldn't stay there for very long. Kuta Beach is the heady tourist centre of Bali, its located on the south of the island and the area around it is the ...

... in a country that has the greatest number of the world's Muslims? Whatever the tourists want, I guess. Unless that Buddha is worshipped as a Hindu deity? No idea. Is it wrong to have a Buddha head in your garden if you're not Buddhist i.e. purely for decoration? Disrespectful, at least? (I actually prefer the gargoyles (for lack of a better term) that guard the entrances to Balinese temples. These are ferocious-looking bug-eyed creatures. Put ...

SB: After a week in Kuta we finally managed to let go and took the Perama (tourist bus basically) to Ubud. Met off the bus, as usual, by several people asking for you to stay at their accommodation and was taken by Jandi so followed him to his family homestay - a wise decision in the end as they were so nice to us and the place was really nice. Ubud is a great mix of many different things - art, culture, tradition - all mixed among the paddy ...