Getting here was a little fraught - the signage in Bali Airport is not the greatest in the world and the transfer dropped me about as far away from where I needed to be as possible - which was distinctly unhelpful!! Anyway, finally got myself to the right place, got stung for a "Departure tax" I knew nothing about (right up there with my "Visa on Arrival" which cost me US$25!!) which was 40 Rupiah and all the signs said, "Must be paid in Rupiah" which was an issu...

What to say about Bali - it isn't easy as I never put a toe outside my hotel, so it will probably be unfair, but I have to say I don't think I would come here again. Well, not to this bit of Seminyak anyway.... What I was hoping for was some quiet tropical paradise to chill out in for 4 days and I didn't really feel like I got it. The hotel was nice, don't get me wrong, but the location was awful - it was right on the main drag, which was noisy, dirty & smel...

So, flight to Bali was fine & transfer was okay. It's very humid here, but actually I seem to be fairly acclimatised after SA and Singapore, so not really roasting the way I thought I would - still being careful though, burning is not fun! Got given a garland of flowers on arrival, which was nice, but they started to make my neck itch after about 5 mins, so had to take it off - thankfully the transfer guy gave me a "refreshing towel", so used that to wipe al...

A lie in on the last day, after a good nights' sleep, which I really needed. Been struggling to adjust to the new timezone. Caught up on my blog in the morning, after actually making it to breakfast!! Then had my City Discovery Tour at 1.30pm. Found out that this half tour is incredibly popular, the coach was completely full (which was a bit of a shocker after half full buses for the last 2 tours) and I have to say I was a bit disappointed. Not with Singapore, b...

The Round the Island tour is pretty interesting, if you are interested in military history, as it covers some of the WW2 stuff. You basically do a circuit of the island, in a roundabout kind of way.... We started off heading toward the Haw Par Villa, and we went via the ports - one or two of the six on the island, all built on reclaimed land and we could see where they are currently reclaiming even more. What they do, is use the earth displaced by digging out fo...