Having watched the film and read the book "Life of Pi" and gained some insight into the Hindu religion it was good to see it close up here on Bali where 90% of the population are believers. There were a number of interesting facets which made me think of the implications of widespread adoption in Britain: · Offerings: As part of their daily routine Hindus have to make an offering to the gods. This usually consists of a small plate made of palm leaf con...

Bali has been lovely. To be honest the beach at Sanur is not the best but the hotel is great and the people are friendly, polite and very gentle which probably comes from the fact that the country is 90% Hindu. It is mid-season and there do not seem to be too many tourists around and those that are have to dodge the odd rain shower (often very heavy) as it is also the rainy period. The hip youngsters refer to Sanur as "Snore" which probably suits us wrinklies ...

Welcome to the first instalment of Roger and Lindsay's travel blog! The flight from Heathrow to Singapore was challenging! Apart from the fact that there was a significant amount of turbulence I was sitting next to an excessively large lady who must have been at least 20 stone and spilled over into my space both above and below the arm rest. The situation was made even worse by the fact that the bloke in front of me seemed to be able to recline his seat a go...