We carried on staying in Ubud on Bali for a couple more days after I wrote the last blog. If I had to give a theme to those two days (and I don't need much encouragement to think up wittily appropriate titles for things), then it would be "the pedal power days". The first of those two days (last Wednesday, I think) we went on a bicycle tour around the local area with Bali Budaya Eco cycling tours. Put next to our challenging daily budget of £27 per diem (which ...

Well we made it ok from Australia to Bali. Wow are things different here! Bali is like Lady Gaga - beautiful* and mad. From the word go there have been hundreds of incredibly lovely people trying to sell us things (which is fine actually, they're not nearly as bad as the Egyptians). The architecture is grandiose but elegant and the Balinese Hindu religion has coloured our days ever since the moment we spotted the little tray of flowers, biscuit and a joss stick ...