Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 40

**Sorry. No photos today. The computer is misbehaving** And so we arrive on the last leg of the South East Asia trip. Three weeks beckon in Indonesia, mainly on Bali with a side trip to Lombok thrown in for good measure. We arrived at the airport in the middle of the night, so were pretty much at the mercy of the taxi drivers. 1 night in an expensive dump was enough so we set off to Kuta, the Aussie equivalent of Ibiza. Kuta is pretty much what you would imagine if Ibiza was full of Aussies rather than Brits. They are up early to surf, they wander around the town in singlet tops, they go to bars and get very excited when Down Under by Men at Work comes on the jukebox (and it does - ... read more

Bye Bye Bali... Last day in Bali today, leaving for Kuala Lumpur. Sad to go, Bali is an awesome place!! Met a girl called Angie once my Mom had left, had a few crazy nights out with her, feeling a little worse for wear, but nothing a pair of sunnies can't hide. My Mom kitted me out in surf gear before she left...all I need is a suf board tucked under my arm! ha...oh yeah and to be able to use it... Defintely coming back!! ... read more

Heyo! We’ll try to make this short and sweet! After Koh Phangan, we did a painful border run into Burma to renew our visas which included a monsoon boat ride in a small motorized canoe—fun times! Thereafter, we decided we would take a small hiatus from each other—not because we were in a fight or because we were sick of each other---but because we thought it would be nice to have some time to ourselves and maybe do some things that we couldn’t being around each other. So, Izabela went to Krabi and Kris went to Phuket. We cried, and hugged as we saw each other off on different local buses. 2 days later we were enjoying a fruit smoothie TOGETHER in Krabi!. Yup, we suck. Apparently we need each other. It was rainy, depressing ... read more

Wednesday 23rdthrough tillThursday 31st: Well, after the tragic death of Nikki the Nikon, we headed to Kuta to sort out the insurance claim. It's been 8 days and not even a response from the insurance company yet. Kuta is the main tourist destination and the capital. It's busy, overcrowded and often costs more than the rest of Bali. It's basically an Australian holiday resort similar to the Costa Del Sol or Tenerife. So, we basically spent the first night in the first hotel we found, which was a rank place - but for Rp50,000 a night, you can't expect much. So we upgraded and moved to Aquarius, a nice little place on Jalan Legian, between Poppies Lane's 1 and 2. It had a swimming pool, free breakfast, was clean and had hot water. All for Rp85,000 ... read more

Ben here... I'm getting better i'm sure you're all thrilled to know! but not completely, in fact the reason i'm writing this is because i was caught very short and had to dive into this conveniently located internet cafe! Back in Kuta now, just sitting on the beach we were offered: Kites (fantastic kites but how are we going to carry them around? big things), massage, rings and toe rings, including one guy who offered us a ring for free and we 'pay next year' (?!), we refused, he laughed maniacally, we looked away, he left. Also, ice creams, (no sarongs today!), but a big old crossbow and arrow (properly sharp!), i couldn't imagine taking that through all the upcoming countries! We were watching the sunset, that was although hidden, still beautiful. I was immersed ... read more