Ahhhhh!Nusa Lembongan - what a nice place Brian and I headed off on Good Friday for a trip to Nusa Lembongan, a small island off the coast of Bali.Lembongan is very quiet and a nice chance to really see Indonesian village life as the island's main income comes from the growing and gathering of seaweed, not tourism!I must admit, due to the fact it was Easter, it would have been nice if they had had a chocolate farm there too but alas! … it was not to be. We to...

Hi Everyone We arrived back in Legian today after a great weekend away in Ubud.Ubud is a lush inland town in Bali, bursting with rice paddies, art studios, and restaurants.It's a nice quiet scene in Ubud and temperatures although stifling during the day, become cooler at night which is a relief from Legian's constant 24 hour heat. We spent much of our time there sitting on our second floor veranda overlooking the town with its coconut palms, banana trees an...

Hi All Well we've had a change of address since I last blogged.We went searching for a villa on the weekend and it turns out it's a good season to be renting long term here.It's way nicer than the little hotel room we had and its also cheaper so here we are - living in Bali! Our place is in a small gang (lane way) one street back from the beach on the border of Legian and Seminyak.For those of you who know this area it is just off Double 6 Street. It's a much ...

Hello from Bali :0) Well we finally arrived in Bali after a really long trip from Tauranga to Auckland to Brisbane to Bali. In all it took us 18 hours and we arrived sleep deprived into the tropical heat of Bali. On arriving at the hotel we headed straight for the pool to cool off and talk about how tired we were. After about an hour of discussing who was the most tired we decided the only thing for it was a Nana nap mid afternoon. Luckily we woke up in time fo...