Amelia and I returned back down south to continue with the next stage of our visa extension. Our drive from Amed was relatively straight forward apart from a very near miss – a completely oblivious local lady decided to pick something off the road without the slightest regard for traffic. My heart was in my mouth as we passed at what must’ve been literally millimetres from her head! Sanur is only half an hour down the road from the immigration office...

After much deliberation we decided that rather than hang around in Uluwatu for the next four days, we would head north-east to a 10km coastal area known as Amed. Having started the process of extending our visa, the second stage was to return in four days to pay and have our photo and finger prints taken. So we couldn’t travel too far afield, but knew that a few days in Amed would be apt, having heard it’s all about the beach life. Understanding that ...

We decided to head back to Uluwatu for a number of reasons. Our main reason being, to get our trusty little orange 'shoe', Faith, returned to the rental garage. But also, Beth's journey with us was sadly coming to an end, so Uluwatu, with its easy and cheap enough connections to the airport, was a great place to be for the last couple of days.With our thirty day VOA (visa on arrival) nearing its limit, we needed to head to the immigration office. Ther...

We wasted no time and as soon as we were finished with breakfast, we packed up Faith and hit the road again. Chris very kindly taking on all the driving as myself and Beth did not feel confident enough to tackle the busy, narrow, and moped infested roads.It was about an hour or so from Ubud to Canguu, a beach area on the south coast of Bali. We arrived at 'Matra guesthouse' much earlier than anticipated so the room was not ready for us to check in. Theref...

We ummed and ahhed for a while about the best way of getting to Ubud, from using the cheap but long winded local bemos (Indonesia's buses) to the slightly expensive taxis and private shuttle buses. It transpired that out best option was to hire a car. Between the three of us it came to 50,000 rupiah (less than £2.50) each a day. Other than hiring mopeds, which wasn't ideal with Beth's very limited riding experience, it was the cheapest method, plus i...