Today was our last day in South East Asia - tonight we move to Australia! We have had a wonderful two weeks in Bali, starting with a week in Ubud from where we last wrote. Saturday 22nd was spent travelling in a small van visiting all sorts of places in central Bali along with our driver/guide who had excellent English and made the day very interesting. First stop was a traditional Balinese house complete with a huge carved stone gateway and a number of small m...

First things first. We are not in Bali for the party scene as we can do that anywhere in the world. We are here for the culture and the landscape which is amazing. We left Singapore last Sunday and headed for Jakarta, Indonesia for the final leg of our South East Asian adventure. After being informed about the problems and pollution of Jakarta we arrived feeling quite uneasy, however, after obtaining our visa in 5 minutes and collecting our baggage almost imm...

First things first. We are not in Bali for the party scene as we can do that anywhere in the world. We are here for the culture and the landscape which is amazing. We left Singapore last Sunday and headed for Jakarta, Indonesia for the final leg of our South East Asian adventure. After being informed about the problems and pollution of Jakarta we arrived feeling quite uneasy, however, after obtaining our visa in 5 minutes and collecting our baggage almost imm...