28 December 2010 After a decidedly bad night’s sleep, a combination of sickness coming back with a vengeance and the Balinese weather - howling gales in the night blowing the external blinds into the windows with such ferocity that we both thought the windows were going to break, we weren’t very chirpy this morning. The result being that we missed the early morning class, and that was the only one that we were planning on going to today. We decided after a very lazy morning recovering, that as the fridge was empty we needed supplies, so we got on the bike and headed out to Seminyak Square, to visit the deli/grocer for some provisions, and whilst we were there we also had a little look at in the book shop, and the clothes shops that ... read more

Christmas in Paradise? Maybe not, I’ll explain…. Christmas Eve We had planned to go to class this morning. The limited schedule of Yoga meant that instead of 4 classes to choose from we had only 2. The first, and the one we really wanted to do was 10:15 am. However I awoke prior to the alarm as after spending nearly 4 months on the road, and making it two weeks into our 8th Asian country, I finally succumbed to Delhi Belly (or should that be Bali belly?) After 4 visits to the bathroom, I managed to drop Lou off at Yoga so she could go, and make it back to the flat in one piece. Some light snoozing, a few more trips to the bathroom and a bit of TV and the 1.5hour class soupled with ... read more

20th December 2010 Lou’s camera has, since she dropped it in Singapore, been slowly degrading. With the knowledge that parental Christmas presents would be money in the bank this year as we are away, we have been discussing purchasing a new camera to replace it. With this in mind, coupled with the fact that we had failed dismally to get up this morning, mainly due to the huge thunder claps throughout the night that had kept us awake, we decided to head out for a spot of shopping/research. From our last visit to Bali I had remembered that there was a relatively upmarket mall just South of Kuta in Tuban. So that was our destination, once we had suited ourselves up for the journey. The weather has taken a turn for the worse and it ... read more

We do want to keep blogging every couple of days as we have done for the whole of our trip but it has to be said that, whilst we are still, there is little that happens of note on a daily basis to report. We are keeping our senses open for interesting little anecdotes that might be floating by nevertheless. That said, I am not sure that there are any from the last couple of days. 18 December 2010 Here goes… Yesterday can be best described as a duvet day - until I got a sudden urge to tidy towards the end of the day. I have always found it easier to arise in the mornings if the space that I awake in is ordered and this morning was no exception. We had decided to try ... read more

14 December 2010 Today marks the end of our first week in Bali and poor old Mr P still hasn’t been riding waves. Today’s mission was therefore to obtain a board. This board needed to not a) not break the bank b) not be at risk of breaking the moment it hit a wave; and c) a body board. Not an easy combination in Bali it turns out as it is all about the stand up boards here and it is hard to find body boards, let alone those in the right size. Today, I have therefore learned a lot about body boards today, such that I feel something of an authority on the subject. We also have to take the jeep back tomorrow so we wanted to make the most of it whilst we ... read more