Gede Homestay Lovina

... bakso” a delicious chicken meatball soup with vegetables that WW had not yet ever eaten. The guy at the bakso stand said it was beef, not chicken, and I totally missed this clue that the warung was Moslem, as Hindus don’t eat beef.

WW asked me to order beverages because she said that the woman at the juice stand was scowling at her. I did, still unaware that there was a problem. We got chicken and noodles, and as we were finishing our meal a ...

... lounges and a breakfast table, overlooking the large pool and dining area. We later discovered we were one of two couples staying in the hotel, by our last day we had the whole place to ourselves, and as we spent mos of our time out and about the hotel staff as well as the cooks were bored out of their minds, we were mostly only interested in the free breakfasts, then we would go into Lovina for a much cheaper meal.

Our first impressions of Lovina were not so good, I guess ...

... the mainland, we bought some fresh barbequed red snapper and devoured it. It was the most delicious meal I've had since I've been here.

And so ended country number 1, Malaysia. I'd been massacred by mosquitoes, savaged by sand flies, jolted by jellyfish, and leeches, cockroaches and spiders are still haunting my nightmares, but everything has been an experience and been worth it. I'd do it all again if I had the chance. The journey to Indonesia was ...

... called her father. Now it’s really hard to know what to do in these circumstances. Everyone is yabbering away and I couldn’t understand much of what was being said. I explained to a few people what happened (for what it was worth) essentially trying to establish that we were not at fault.

I had read somewhere that that the best thing to do if involved in an accident or get waved down by a policeman at an intersection (where they ...

... hotel said I could get the shuttle bus tommorow morning so I agreed as I quite like Lovina, so staying an extra day wouldn't be so bad. I wasn't looking forward to taking the public bus south anyway and it was pretty cheap to take the shuttle bus in the morning. So I had a day to kill in Lovina, the weather was great so I decided to take a tour of GitGit waterfalls and the hotsprings near Lovina. I went with my tour guide to GitGit, which was pretty cool ...

... that. I'll try to post a video of the song, but here it is: Right aligned photo tag: Di Sini Sanang Di Sana Sanang Di Mana Mana Hatiku Sanang (Repeat) La la la, la la la la la.... It means: Happiness is here Happiness is there Happiness is everywhere Because happiness is inside me So beautifully simple, and did I mention it was quite the catchy tune? Today, I went on ...

... Hello" & "Thank You". "Hello" turned out to simply be...Hello. While "Thank You" was a slightly more difficult "Tarima kasi "(loosely translated). We headed back to the rooms & got our care packages from home. Mine included: ketchup chips, snacks, issue of The Hockey news, issue of the Vancouver Sun, the December issue of MAXIM, my electric shaver, some Tums & a chocolate advent calendar...obviously. We caught up on some sleep & hit the pool ...

The island of Bali in Indonesia had a few surprises for me. Probably the biggest one was the fact that I really liked it. I didn't expect to. I arrived in Bali's largest city of Denpasar at the inconvenient time of 11:30 PM. By the time I found and checked into a hotel in the beach town of Kuta it was probably about one in the morning. While traveling to Kuta I was struck by how dense and crowded it is in Bali. Surprisingly, it reminded me of Japan in some ways. The streets are ...

... town' on my back, where all of the wounds left by the little buggers from a month or so ago were inflamed and brought back to life like a mini version of Pompeii. We both assumed it was due to my body's wimpy dislike of dust and dirt and was caused by the uncovered mattress. Nevertheless it was still a nasty allergic reaction and we were out of anti-histamines so Charlie the super-trooper set off out in the pouring rain to get me some. She returned an hour or so later ...

... this weekend. Jenny is originally from New York and still has an office on 53rd street, her husband is Balanise, and she has the most gorgeous little 2 year old boy Gabriel. She lives here, but goes to NYC a lot, all her family lives there. Faith and I stopped by her fantastic little house for tea yesterday and we really hit it off. (She was having trouble with her website and I helped her out with a little fix, and then came the ...