THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BALI ACCORDING TO JIM AND DONNA PART 2 Bali is well known for its art and culture. In the 1930s, Balinese art was the latest craze that swept the world. While most countries were sinking into fascist dictatorships, great depressions and global warfare, Bali's economy was booming. Those heady days may be gone but artistic Bali is still alive and strong. It can be seen along every street, town and village whenever you take a car journey or...

Dear Our Dads Today is 11th December, better known as "Bike For Dad" day, so to celebrate this momentous day in the way that it should be celebrated, we decided to ride a bike in your honours. What is Bike for Dad day you may ask? Well it is a sort of like Father's Day but rather than buying him a card and taking him out to an overpriced restaurant, you get on a bike and wear a special t-shirt and cycle around showing your respect and love for your father. So,...

THE BESTEST THING WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY BY JIM AND DONNA Aged thirty something This summer Donna and me went to Bali for our holiday and we went to Waterbom which is a big waterpark with lots of slides and things. It is meant to be the best waterpark in the whole of Asia but only the third best waterpark in the whole wide world which isn't really good enough. Donna and me had lots of fun going on all the rides and in the lazy river where you sit on a rub...

Dear Leslie, Paul, Will, Pat, Anuar, Amy, Raj, Claire, Emma, Carlos, Victor, Clare and Chris (CAD) Thank you very much for buying us the cookery class. We have just completed it here in Ubud in Bali and it was very enjoyable, thank you very much. We got to cook all the delicious food we have been eating since we got to Bali, which we previously had no idea what it all was. It was run by a lovely couple called Wayan and Puspa from their home just outside Ub...

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BALI (ACCORDING TO JIM AND DONNA) Welcome to Bali. It is a island. It is part of Indonesia. It is a hot place and very humid. It is full of locals and Australians. It is a very small island about half the size of the Isle of Wight* yet 4.2 million Balinese live here which makes it very busy. There are literally people everywhere you look. And if there isn't then they are probably just around the corner. Unlike on the Isle of Wight, Balin...