Soooooo this is it....... My final blog of this 'BIG Adventure' I've been on for the past several months. I didn't manage to get much of a sleep at the hostel in Patong as one of my roommates wouldn't stop talking. Lights went out after midnight so I only got a few hours in before my alarm woke me up at 4am. I gathered my belongings, checked out the hostel and waited for my pre-booked taxi at 4.30am which arrived early.. the main thing being it arrived!! It ...

After a 3 hour flight from Darwin I arrived in Bali at the Denpasar Airport 6am local time feeling tired and unsure of what to expect. I exited the airport where I was hounded by a host of taxi drivers asking where I wanted to go. Being tired I wasn't ready for this barrage nor in the mood but I decided to take them on anyway. Obviously I needed to get to my hotel in Ubud and I'd read it should cost around 200,000RP so when they started at 800,000RP I laughed a...