Aidan was a very lucky boy. For his birthday I decided to treat him to a stay in a very nice resort on the island of Nusa Lembongan. We stayed at the Coconut Beach Resort which was absolutely amazing. Our pool was probably the best bit. It was an infinity pool with spectacular views across the sea to Bali (we could even see the volcano we'd climbed). We stayed in a little bungalow which had a four poster bed and yet more fantastic views. On Aidan's birthday ...

We felt like treating ourselves during our last few days in Asia before we had to slum it in Australia. So when we were given a choice of 4 rooms in our poolside hotel, we chose the most expensive at 7 pounds. It had loads of things we didn't need like 2 double beds, an extra large bathroom, a porch with a table and chairs, and a balcony with another table and chairs. We found a very large spider on the side of our wardrobe. We didn't know whether or not it was ...

Mount Batur is a weird, weird place and I'm not quite sure how to describe it. It is supposed to be a top attraction in Bali due to the fact that you can climb a live volcano to watch the sunrise. Our trip to Mount Batur was typical Balinese i.e. it took hours to get there and we stopped at many places. We stopped at a place called Pina Colada, which was a farm, arts centre, dance studio and gift shop all rolled into one! We were given tea, coffee and fried ban...

The journey to Ubud should only have taken us 1 hour but we hired a little man to take us on an exploratory tour of Bali! Our first stop was Batun where we watched a Barong Dance, which was quite entertaining. Then he took us on a shopping marathon for silver, paintings and woodwork. Aidan was tempted by a huge monkey wood carving then he learnt it cost £2000. Ubud has loads of ultra cool restaurants, which were completely empty! We had some excellent Ital...

We arrived in Bali at the end of the wet season but that didn't stop it from raining every day for the first 8 days. We didn't see the sun at all until our 10th day in Bali. Our first hotel in Bali was incredible. It had really big rooms, king size bed, nice pool, good food, and cheap beer. There were no tourists in Sanur. The only tourists that we did see were old people anyway. They were very nice in our hotel. On the first day we were an hour and a half la...