Back to Ubud again for a quick visit to show Lois. Ended up a major shopping spree as we realised we hadn't any presents to take home for anyone! Nothing much more to tell about here. We both really liked Ubud and thought it had some of the most stunning scenery in Bali. Poor Lois didn't have the same appreciation - mainly due to the flee pit we checked her into. It also didn't help she had spiders living above her bed and dirt falling of the ceiling onto her in ...

Back to Bali to pick up a very tired Lois from the airport. Only just made it in time as we couldn't find anywhere for us to stay in Kuta for the night. We search high and low and found somewhere tucked down a little alley. Next to a building site admittidly, but was brand new, cheap and clean.Opted for the fast boat this time as we had Lois with us. Ended up in fits of histerics as it became a mission to even stay on yur seat it was bumpy - 10 bonus points to wh...

On the way back to Bali, we caught an even slower ferry because it was less money - but really not worth the hassle. We took a boat over to lombok, a bus to the port, a public ferry to Bali (which was full of cockroaches, 'looky looky' men, and had the odd tendency to dock in the middle of the sea for an hour or so). From there we took another bus to Ubud, and a taxi to a guest house. In all, a 13 hour round trip. Again, guest house was ok. A few ants and the...

Being on a budget, we opted for the 9 hour boat journey across to there. Which wasn't actually that bad. We were given dinner - supernoodles and rice, and watched Robbie Williams live at Knebworth. Only draw back were the 12ft waves that tipped the boat on its side the whole way there. When we arrived in the Gilis it was pitch black, and because of the tide and current, we had to anchor out at sea and wait for a long boat to come and pick us up. Bit of a missio...

For one night we had luxury accommodation in KL before we caught a flight to Bali. Was heaven after spending 2 weeks in a straw hut in Tioman, followed by a trip to the hospital in Borneo. Landed in Bali and took a taxi into Kuta - they weren't lying when they called it Benidorm for the Aussies. It took us an hour to walk to the street where all the guest houses were because the streets were littered with guys carrying surf boards and mopeds driving at you. Eve...