Trip Start May 18, 2008
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Trip End Jun 16, 2008


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Thursday, June 5, 2008

on the way to bali my flight was delayed 8 hours and my luggage was lost on arrival. the domestic terminal is the biggest piece of crap i have ever seen. despite all the no smoking signs in the terminal, EVERYONE is smoking inside. the departure screen conflicts with everything else and i end up befriending every foreign looking person i can find. a group of malaysians seem to take interest in me - but i bond with PC, who is meeting up with friends to go diving in bali. he's from new zealand, but grew up in jakarta and went to school in the states. glad we became friends, because he helped me find hotel and direct my lost luggage. amazed that i was able to fall asleep sitting on the concrete floor with my head on my knees and my bag wrapped around my legs.

kuta beach is cancun for australians. get a good feel for the town by walking around in search of housing (after my bathtub at melasti was filled w/ rain water). my new place, much cheaper but has no AC, hot water, towels, blankets and they have run out of toilet paper. haha. sunset on the beach, dinner with PC, LW, SC et al, and go clubbing for the first time in years. whatever they put in "wendy bear" thermos drinks are surprisingly strong. go up to australian surfer looking really pleased w/ himself on stage and ask him if he likes boys. he hearts me, we become friends.

usually when i'm hungover i become extremely productive so i got a bunch of stuff done, including booking my flight to papua new guinea!!! met up with the crew for lunch and we hire a driver to take us out to dreamland beach, about 45 minutes away. Halfway there he shuts off the AC - "gas costs." I'm so tired of that excuse - they should go to Europe or the US and then talk about gas prices. Beach is absolutely gorgeous. Got invited to Vietnam, tempting.  Sunset at Ku De Ta in Seminyak. This place is real swank - no drinks for me as I'm still tasting the "wendy bear" from last night. Ugh.

Am completely out of rupiah so PC and I head back to Kuta for cheap eats & money changer. My first non essential purchase this trip: ridiculously large yellow sunglasses for approx $1.50. Later, have panic incident where I think I've lost my credit card and in the process lose my cell phone. But at least, I'm still solvent. No more partying for me tonight, tried to sleep except techno music was blasting and my neighbors were having really loud sex. Early AM taxi with two English girls I had met the day before, leaving on the same flight back to Jakarta. 
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