Ubud is located near the heart of Bali amidst jungle and is the cultural capital. It's full of artists and is a mecca for yoga enthusiasts. Wonderful vegan restaurants around every corner and shops full of silver jewellery and tourist trinkets. Being in the jungle it rained and it rained for four solid days off and on. It was literally like somebody throwing a bucket of water over your head but at least it was warm! We visited Gallery Neka and the Museum which...

The fast ferry to the Gili Islands was a tad bumpy and hot but it was great to get to Gili Air the smallest of the three Gili Islands which just lie off the coast of Lombok. Gili Air (water) was a pretty laid back island with loads of diving and as we found out, not so great snorkelling. Most of the locals are from Lombok so the religion is predominantly Muslim. That felt quite weird as it felt like being back in the middle east with the call to prayers five tim...

Agung took us to Lovina Beach which is a much more chilled out version of the south and on the way we stopped at the rice fields of Jatiluwih. The integrated rice-field irrigation system of Bali, Indonesia, called Subak has been awarded World Heritage Cultural Landscape status by UNESCO. It is more than a traditional, organic and efficient way of growing rice. It is deeply ingrained since the 11th century in the Balinese culture and it includes social, water man...

Bali wow so lush and beautiful! Last night touched down in Denpasar after a really pleasant nine hour flight on good ole Air NZ. After arriving in our hotel we headed out for a stroll in Kuta. Complete mayhem! Bikes and cars everywhere with permanent traffic jams on even tiny lanes "gangs" with the constant threat of being run over. Not the most of relaxing walks that's for sure! The incredibly friendly and always smiling Balinese don't get phased at all and gra...

Apparently we are brave, or so quite a few people have said. I certainly don't feel that way. Maybe a tad crazy and irresponsible? I am (Sarah) 46 years old and my husband, Josh is 49 and we have sold our home and quit our jobs to go travelling for the next six months. We are off to find ourselves after raising our two 19 year olds, Emma and Connor. So here we come, 23 flights, five continents, 16 countries over 30 weeks! We packed up our house into a 20 foot c...