Sarinbuana Eco Lodge Tabanan

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... Gili Islands and waited until the rain subsided before heading home. By then, it was clear that the rain had cleared up for the day and we could still go to the beach. We would just wait till Miryam and Ed's class was over before we left. The beach was like usual: the waves were strong and fierce, the jaffles and fruit juice were amazing, the sun beat down on us hot. The only difference was that the cool breeze touched the black sand, for once making it bearable to walk ...

... beautiful 3 mile hike into the Ubud countryside. We saw temples...rice paddies...rice harvesting...and met some of the Ubud artists. It was on the hike that I found my painting. Tonight is our last group dinner. Most people are leaving to go back to San Francisco, while 3 of us are staying for awhile longer. They all will be missed...but the solitude sounds lovely right about now.

... I guess its a pretty popular touristy thing to do because we were one of about a hundred boats out there. Its funny how different things are here then at home... at home they would have restrictions about the number of ppl in the boats, life jackets, how close you can get to the dolphins.... here, its free game. They can basially do what ever they want to do. Gotta go for a swim... its a tough life!

... jsme hned pres ulici objevili dobrou a levnou restauraci s pratelskou obsluhou (hlavne meli bile vino!) a kazdy den jsme tam zasli na veceri. Krome toho jsme navstevovali take bary, kde jsme se zase po case pekne rozsoupli. Na Bali se nam libili hlavne mistni obyvatele, zatim asi nejprijemnejsi ze vsech. Krome valeni jsme si take pujcili skutr, abychom trochu prozkoumali sever ostrova. Nase prvni expedice moc dobre nezacala, vyrazili jsme navstivit ...

... international drivers licenses. He responded, "so your international drivers licenses were stolen?" I said no, we need to obtain them. He repeated himself. Finally I caught his drift and agreed with him that they were "stolen". He proceeded to ask us for 150,000 rupiah (about $15) in order to file a police report. We forked over his bribe and he promptly filled out a report which he said would allow us to travel all over indonesia with no problems. He even ...

... guests of our hotel (with whom I got to practice my German speaking skills, awesome!) Kuta is the young, crazier party of Bali, in the middle but, also right on the beach. First we headed to the Hard Rock Hotel, where there were expensive margaritas and some Indonesian band playing American covers. Then off to "Bounty" a CRAZY and HUGE nightclub with tons of people and lots of dancing and drinks....it was pretty insane, but fun!

... kiva idea! Sen jalkeen lahettiin bungalowiin pakkaamaan ja kohti uusia seikkailuja. Minibussit Lovinasta ois ollu sairaan kalliita ja lahteny ihme aikoihin joten paatettiin menna tien varrelle ja oottaa paikallisia bemoja eli busseja. Taas paikalliset oli kimpussa ja valmiina heittamaan meiat satamaan hyvaan hintaan mut paastiin bemon kyytiin ja matkattiin paikallisten kanssa parin tunnin ajan Balin itaosaan. Matka makso 2euroa hlo. Lautta Javalle Kepathaniin makso ...

... worth it. Though the beach was a bit hard to get to since you were on a cliff, but the view was amazing. I saw the dance at the temple, which was really neat, they put on a story, and made all the music themselves, right at sunset. The next day I went to the Ritz and enjoyed their view of Jimbaran Bay, it was quiet amazing! A great way to end my beach time, with nice relaxing scenery, and boys in white uniforms waiting on me. J