Shankari'S Bali Retreat Tabanan

... time, as it is for me to use the internet to connect to my other life back at home. I had to leave early though because even though I did switch the light bulb on my bike to a new one, the lights still were not working. Some cord or internal problem must be wrong. I just had to wait it out a few more days till I could take over Julia's bike when she left. Coming home, Miraym was watching the movie P.S. I Love You, and I watched the end with her. It was one of the movies I had ...

... with all the fixed prices on it. Yay for us. Turns out everyone gets ripped off, fairly. We suggest walk out the gates (to your right) and flag down a Bluebird taxi (they have a WORKING meter that they don't *forget* to turn on...) Found a room at the 'New Arena' on Gang Sorga in Kuta. The rooms are OK we guess for 150000Rp ($20AU) a night with air con and a wicked pool (we can't be TOO fussy after all...) Finally Simon got too wrap ...

... the road. A street vendor came to my aid and helped me drag my motorcycle off the road. I was hopping on my left foot and reached the side of the road when I collapsed to the ground. I felt a tingling sensation on my knee and right elbow. I tried to stand up again and my left ankle was in excruciating pain. I must have twisted it pretty badly or maybe worst. On the other side of the road I saw the other motorcycle driver. He was also in a ...

... accident and proceed on our way. Our next stop was Tanah Lot temple. Tanah Lot is a beautiful Hindu temple on oceanfront in south west Bali. Unfortunately we did not have the proper attire to enter the temple, but we were able to take some nice pictures, pet the holy snake and were blessed with holy water, rice and some flowers by a priest. By the time we left it was getting dark, but we decided to continue on our drive. The roads were in poor condition ...

... se bousculent autour de nous, le "taxi" (boite de metal de design japonais des annees 60) filant a toute vitesse (30 a l'heure) entre les motos, les pietons, les vendeurs de chaipakoi et autres poules. Vive l'Asie, on adore! Accessoirement, c'est l'occasion d'une nouvelle reunion familiale, ma cousine Flo ayant par le plus heureux des hasards rejoint sa cops Virginie dans le coin au meme moment.

So here I am in Bali, Indonesia. I came with no expectations.....I had no time to have any expectations I suppose! One day I was wrapping up life in Singapore, mechanically boxing up my life and perfunctorily saying goodbyes like one is supposed to and the next minute I was in Bali!!! It was as random as that. With absolutely no time in-between...I went from being a slave to the corporate world on Friday to a renegade Robin Hood and His Good Men outfit on Monday! Week ...

We left the beach and traveled to Ubud which is a remarkable town in the middle of the island of Bali. On the way we saw the beautiful terraced rice fields that we had pictured for so long. We stopped at a Sumatran elephant sanctuary and played around with these massive creatures. The kids loved it ...

... 8 days. We checked into a nice little hotel with pool, air-con, TV, fridge and hot shower - yeah we were living in luxury. But the next thing to hit us was that huge price difference again everything was about 3 times what we'd been used to paying - man we so weren't in Thailand any more!! The next day, we headed straight down to Kuta Beach which I had imagined to be like Thailand but better - all ...

... 10pm). Steve joined us for a scotch and Sherry had a couple beers. After midnight we decided to go to the disco across the street. What a blast - got in several dances and enjoyed music. Was actually not so loud so you could actually have a conversation! Jeesh what a concept for a disco. Ended up heading home around 2:30. Next day wasn't so fun for myself, but Sherry was OK cause she came into the game much later than the 4:30 happy hour start. While I went ...

We can't believe it! It's my birthday and the sun finally came out this morning! Today we are going to visit the biggest and the holiest temple in Bali. The only thing that sucks is my throat is hurting and worried that I am coming down with something. Nothing is worse than being sick and then having to get on a plane. On the way up to Besakih, we stopped at a temple that we say yesterday in Batubulan that was preparing ...