I just left the beautiful island of Gili Trawangan off the coast of Lombok. Gili and Lombok were even more like the Indonesia I remember. Gili Island is very small and has no motorized vehicles....horse and buggy is the local means of transport. The beaches were beautiful, the snorkelling the best I've ever done and the fish is fresh as fresh can be. I shared a grilled barracuda with one of the local cats while overlooking the sea....yummm! I am back now in c...

Ahhh, Bali. It is hot, humid and crowded...and I love it! Eighteen years ago, Bali was my first step into the exotic and developing third world. Aside from the village of Ubud, it has changed very little in the past over those years! I started in the Mad beachside villages ot Kuta/legian for a few days before heading to Ubud. Ubud has changes some, it still has it's grubby central market, but all of the red toothed, beetle nut chewing women have disappeared (pr...