First blog in a long time! We're now back in Bali after spending 8 days on the Gili Islands. We stayed on Gili Trawangan, a small island that you can get round in about 2 hours. We arrived in Gili via fast boat from Bali, this took about an hour and a half. When the island came into view we thought, wow this is paradise! We pulled up to a tiny little harbour, jumped off the boat and waded through the water, bags in hand, to be met by horse and carts and so many ...

We're now in our second lot of accommodation in Ubud, Ubud Permai Bungalows. They are on Monkey Forest Road, right next door to the Monkey Forest. Now we thought the monkeys would stay in their forest but nope they love dropping in by for a visit! I got the scare of my life yesterday afternoon when two appeared on our balcony! They look through everyones bins for food - when they don't find any they turf the bin to the side! Their on our roofs, beside the po...

Ah sitting on our balcony in Suly Resort, Ubud eating noodles and drinking beer! Got the mosi coils burning just in case anything decides to eat me! Had a gorgeous breakfast this morning of fresh juice, toast, poached eggs, fruit & yoghurt. Actually the yoghurt wasn't so gorgeous - a wee bit sour for my liking. It's now 6:30pm here and pitch black! One minute it's light then the next it's like someone has switched the lights off! Had a chilled out day ...

Onto our next stop in Bali - Ubud! Arrived here this afternoon and are now living in a amazing hotel/resort for the next two nights! Room and balcony is huge, and got a four poster bed! :oD The resort has a boarding school kind of thing next to it. Two of the kids carried our backpacks to our rooms - I have no idea how they managed to carry them so easily! Our room looks onto gorgeous gardens, the wildlife is amazing! We're just chilling out in our room an...

Onto our next stop in Bali - Ubud! Arrived here this afternoon and are now living in a amazing hotel/resort for the next two nights! Room and balcony is huge, and got a four poster bed! :oD The resort has a boarding school kind of thing next to it. Two of the kids carried our backpacks to our rooms - I have no idea how they managed to carry them so easily! Our room looks onto gorgeous gardens, the wildlife is amazing! We're just chilling out in our room an...