It was a sad day. Our last day in Bali. We got a cab down to Seminyak beach for a quick look as we had been in Seminyak then entire time and hadn't been down there. It was nice to stand on the sand and look out into the horizon and smell the clear, free air, for what I feel will be the last time in a fair while. We then headed off into Kuta to do a bit of last minute shopping, I had seen this nice purple top I wanted and wasnt going home with out it. We stayed i...

I organized today, and it was one of the best days on the trip. I organized for us to have a private driver for the day, who turned up to take us around to the final things we hadn't seen. Our first stop was a place called Kertagosa, or Justice Hall in Indonesian. This is a temple surrounded by a moat, with huge, colourful waterlillies in it. The ceiling of the temple has depictions of punishments in hell for certain sins painted on it. One of the punishments, f...

Today was testament to the fact that anything can happen to you while you are on the road.One minute I was in bed at my nice hotel and the next I was cuddling a bear!More about that later. We got up this morning and were picked up for our elephant ride.We drove for about an hour to the safari park and got on an elephant named Efi.We got to ride her for about half an hour and then I fed her.Slightly less aggressive about being fed than an African Elephant, then t...

We had a free day today, so after spending the morning laying by the pool in the sun, we decided to go to Kuta. We arrived and had lunch at the Hard Rock Café and then went down to have a look at the beach. We did some tat shopping and then got accosted by this man named Norman who made us follow him around until we got into a taxi to escape him and then went back to the hotel…and well that was it for Kuta. We spent some more time lounging around. Before goi...

Today was mine and Mums first day in Bali, we arrived last night after a horrendous Jet Star flight of 6 hours with some brat who wouldn't stop screaming the whole way!Other than that the Jet Star was ok. We got up early as we had booked an island tour. First we went to a small village to see the Barong Dance. Not sure I quite got what it was about, but it was all very colourful, especially at the beginning when two men came out wearing a dragon costume. After ...