Cahaya Dewata Resort & Spa Bali Ubud

... Our room costed US$65/night which is far more than we wanted to pay but at the time of searching for a place pretty much everything was booked out, however, the hotel was fantastic, easily a 5 star resort by anyone's definition. We were not far from the reception area and just across from 1 of about 4 ponds, with an incredible view of the pool area from our private balcony; exotic frangipani, hibiscus, mango and palm trees from our open air, flyscreen windows ...

... could have been heat exhaustion- I was feeling drained most of the day).

Friday, September 2009
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia:

Stayed in bed most of the day and then we switched back to our booked hotel (couldn't stay to begin with because of sewerage problems). The hotel is called Sahaweda. The rooms are lovely with a beautiful carved four poster bed and lovely open bathroom.

Saturday, September 2009
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia:

Still feeling ...

... of the journey we could go the entire way on bike or at
certain points go back to the van and ride the way back home. But OF
COURSE we would ride the entire way – so when we got into the van
and after a few minutes of driving the road improved and I realized
we could have easily finished the route I felt like a failure! Mike
was great and assured me that he was ready to stop to and it wasn't
that bad that we stopped but feeling like a ...

... right on our own private balcony. Come evening, we wander through the cobbled streets to the Royal Palace, where there is a performance of the traditional Legong Dance - considered to be the most beautiful of the Balinese dances. Set against the temple backdrop, the combination of the dancers' movements and the trance-like music coming from the musicians on either side of the stage is unlike anything we've ever seen or experienced...The dancers ...

... we returned back to our phenomenal hotel and showered up for the evening - Saturday night in Bali. Cruising Kelly's Turf We cheated as our travel through this part of Indonesia was assisted. My family friend for years, Kelly Greenwell, spent a large part of her life out here in Bali, Lombok and Gili Air. I remembered that this was her home turf and received a Lonely Planet: Kelly Edition full of recommendations over email. She suggested we stay at the Sari ...

... anderes radioaktiv verändertes Getier und muß nicht erst über vielleicht auf dem Boden liegende Kakerlaken zum Lichtschalter stolpern. Ok, das ist das Worst-Case-Scenario...und radioaktiv deshalb, weil: Erinnert Ihr Euch an diese schlechten Godzilla Filme aus Japan, wo riesige Pappmache Insekten auf dieser Insel gegeneinander gekämpft haben? So ein Insekt ist gestern hier durch den Raum geflattert! Ohne Scheiß, das sah genauso aus, nur bissl kleiner, aber immer noch riesig! Was hab ...

... jsme zjistili, ze nam u vodopadu nekdo vysal polovinu nadrze. To od nich opravdu nebylo hezke. Ve zbytku dne jsme jeste navstivili jezera Tamblingan a Buyan, ktera se nam moc libila a navic jsme se u nic moc dobre nadlabli. Dalsi den jsme si vyjeli na ryzova pole v okoli Jatiluwihu, ktera jsou absolutne uzasna a rozhodne stoji za navstevu, i kdyz nasim zadkum se to moc nelibilo, byly uz cele otlacene z neustaleho sezeni na skutru, ovsem bylo to pokochanicko.

... no underwater exercises on a Wreck Adventure Dive we shuffled into the water and saw what there was to see. The Liberty Wreck is supposedly the most dived site in Bali, and I believe it. There were at least 20 of us in the water roaming around. Liberty was an Amercian steamship torpedoed by the Japanese in 1942, but the ship made it ashore before sinking. She sat on the beach for 20 years until Gunung Agung exploded in 1963. The lava flow ...

... rs. I really h*pe that I can stay in t*uch with my friends th**e cause they are just such w*nd**ful pe*ple. That has t* happen by lett**, cause n* Int**net, *nly fish and b*ats. Great, I c*nsidd**ed m*ving th**e. My last week in Bali I spent in Kuta with my mates, I g*t wicked g**d at spitting fire and swall*wed s*me *f the ch**asine, s* n*w, I'm c*ughing and its s* ann*ying. Lisa left f*r India, S*fia stayed and I left f*r P**th. We wh**e the p**fect 3, l*ve y*u girls!