Had a good walk along to the shops, absolutely sweated up so wandered in to the Matahari department store where the ground floor is given over entirely to selling stuff to tourists & the aircon soon had us back to normal, so we did a load of shopping. Stuff was a lot cheaper than in England, but I had a hard time converting the currency as 14,500.00 Rupiats = £1.00. I just cannot work out all those noughts!! We returned to the Hotel via the beach, walking a...

Didn't rush out of bed this morning although we both slept well after sorting the aircon. It was set for 18 degrees which in this heat by contrast is b.....y freezing. We set it at 25 which is less shock to the system and helps you to acclimatise quicker. Went for a walk along the beach in the other direction to yesterday which turned out to be Legian, the posh end of Kuta Bay. Watched the surfers and continued with the sun/wind tan. Not that we will be showing ...