Part 1 Tenganan to Tirta Gangga It's been exactly a week since my last post. It's been a busy week and internet has been scarce. We're moving at a faster pace now, averaging three days per town. Which is amusing, given my recent 'proclamation' about us being slow travellers. But this speed also feels good... I guess we just like flexibility :) So before we left Candidasa, we did in fact pop in one more time into the Tenangan festival...and, after waiting one l...

Back in Bali now and we're settled in a charming little guesthouse in Candidasa. It's hands down our favourite bungalow to date - with antique furniture, a four-poster bed and a super comfy day bed with big cushions on the porch. We overlook a field of coconut palms beyond which we can see the crashing surf. Our experience of the fast boat back to Bali was tempered greatly by Gravol and calmer seas. Thus leaving us simultaneously horrified and secretly smug as w...

Ever since I was fifteen and learned there was such a thing as marine biology and that it was actually someone's job to swim with dolphins, I have been fascinated with undersea life. And then when I watched a program where divers explored the Great Barrier Reef, it became the first thing on -what later people would call- my bucket list. Item 1: Dive the Great Barrier Reef. Twenty Four years later and I still have not donned a wetsuit. Until yesterday. After two...

Did I mention you can walk right off the beach and lie down on any beachfront lounger (each restaurant has it's own) and someone brings you a menu? (We're still here.) (And I bought a hammock.) (Yup still here.) By the way... I just learned how to sign people up to receive notification if I update the site. Let me know if you would like this. Xo!

Well we've been on Gili Trawangan now for almost two weeks and we've decided it's just about time to move on. Well...maybe after a couple more days? :) To where, though, we haven't yet quite figured out. Life here has been quiet but full. A slow blend of beach and pool and bike riding, snorkelling, cafes and new friends. Our Indonesian is slowing growing. We can say hello, goodbye, good morning/afternoon/goodnight, nice to meet you, see you again soon. You get ...