Luna2 Seminyak

... and famous temple. I've seen enough temples and their allure has faded. To me, the landscape of nature will never diminish in its exquisite beauty. After lunch and walking past all the market shops with women calling out for us to make a purchase while we continued on, we headed back to our taxi. I actually only made one purchase: a wood carving picture for Julia as a going away present. While I bought it, I tested out my Indonesian, using the words I'd learned to bargain ...

... again. After dinner, we took a cab to Kuta proper to do two things: see if we could find Matt's lost camera at one of the massive clubs and get horrendously drunk in celebration of our reunion. We didn't accomplish the former and most certainly succeeded in the latter. As we were walking down Legian, the main street of the Kuta scene, we came across the monument for the 2002 bombings. About 200 people, mostly foreigners (Australians specifically) were killed in ...

... They are on their way, as are at least ten other people! Yay! Thank god for Bali time! Within half an hour my house is filled with a cosmopolitan mix of people from various parts of Indonesia, America, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. Canada and I only hate about two or three of them! Amazing ratio given my very *****y temperament. Whilst on the subject of my ***** temperament. A certain SW at the party can seriously not handle her drink and is talking at ...

... cafe Kafe - raw foods, wheat free stuff, vegan, the whole nine yards plus a "fair trade" store - an excellent find - I could hang out there forever and watch all the zen carrot munching people come and go (and the chocolate mousse wasn't too shabby either :-)) We have dinner reservations at our hotel (free dinner with our stay!) so I must skiddaddle for now. Stay tuned for our most excellent Friday (today!) - an awesome mountain biking tour. Shaunta

... dressed, with identical make-up... All doing nothing! I could only see two customers and they were being swept off by the tide of green-attired staff, probably to be tested on and converted by the hive mother into more drones! Yay for the Balinese governments drive to employ all citizens regardless of the need for jobs in that sector! Luckily I managed to escape with my mind intact, yay for the tourist immunity to drone slavery! In other news I had a blind date ...

... is happy hour all night long), dancing, smoking, loud music with lingerie cat walks or drag queens shows within the club and of course prostitutes are easy to spot. An extreme to the point of desolation. I guess I must sound old writing about that but all this just did not seem right to me. So I got out of there as soon as I could and ended up in Ubud. Fantastic place. Ubud is in the centre of the island and is the place for art, wood carving, painting, jewelry ...

... of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. 93% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, music and surfing! The island is surrounded by coral reefs. Beaches in the south tend to have white or light brown sand while those in the ...

... Jacopo the Italian surfer had organized me a trusted driver at the airport, who would also take me to a trusted money changer and to the grocery store on the way to his house, (and he had my name on a sign!!) So I offerred Irene a ride with me, then she could find a place when we got to Seminyak. But Jacopo said it was all good if she stayed too, so we crashed together on our "couch" - a massive kingsized bed surrounded by a pretty white ...

Twenty-five years ago on my first visit to Bali (and first visit anywhere), I stepped off the plane into a tropical paradise heavy with the scent of unknown experiences. Motorbike riders didn't wear helmets and there were hundreds of people on the streets. The young riders of today are more safety conscious but there are still no road rules ...

... 1 million times by bed bugs. Having looked on the internet, it looks like they probably came from sleepy sams as they spray the beds every day there which apparently makes the bugs move in to your bag and then you carry them to the next place where they make themselves comfy in all your clothes and your new bed. The 1st night I got here was fine as I just got straight in to bed and didn't really open my bag but as soon as the 2nd night came, I got ...