Well here we go again, after 2 wks in bali its time to fill ye in, We headed from Singapore to Bali on the Thursday, the flight was fine except men are incapable of doing anything and me and Hannah were sitting seperately, we arrived in bali after lots of thunder storms. I was expecting something really really exotic, ya not so much! it was the most run down airport i had ever seen, ever!! the toilets were so manky that one over flowed on a girl next to me and all you could hear was this really annoying sound of chimes drilling through your head, i wasnt very impressed with what i first say, we went for a taxi then and were haggled unbelievably, we got the taxi to the hostel, it was a scary experience, the drivers here have no concept of the rules of the road and there are like 3 lanes of traffic, its basically where u can fit u fit, id fit right in coz i like to make up my own lanes but its scary and all they do is beep their fecking hooters!! its headwrecking, anyway we arrived at our hostel it was really nice, had a bathroom acorss the hall it was nice and cheap so we were happy, We were woken the next morning by Kim, Hannahs friend arriving, so we had breakfast in the hostel, (chocolate muffins as a breakfast but anyway) and headed off to the beach which was about 5 mins walk from us, we were hassled alot by the locals and i was beginning to really hate the place, "oh beautiful white woman" " oh u so spicy" oh the sleaze was horrible, anyway arrived at the beach and first impressions again were disappointing, it was pretty dirty, anyway we found a spot at about 12 o clock and started sunbathing. Hannah haggled with a woman to get 2 bracelets that she liked and some of them were so rude, kim was known as the Boss and strong haha very funny, anyway equipped with factor 30 and factor 50 on my feet and face we lay under the sun and after about 2 hrs i was feeling a bit hot, i thought i just wasnt used to the sun but said it to hannah and hannah realised she was after been burned on the shoulder so we decided to go back to the hostel, by the time we got back i had turned into a strawberry! my legs were red raw i couldnt move my back or legs or stomach, we both went for a shower and Hannah was just as bad, my feet were the worst, although i did look in the mirror and wondered how the girls took me seriously, there i was with the print of my sunglasses i looked so stupid, Hannahs friend Louise arrived and we went for dinner, we were supposed to go out but i was in agony so we went for dinner and went back to the hostel thank god, woke up the next morning in absolute agony, me and Hannah were so burned so wudnt go outside the door, that was the way it was for the rest of Kuta, sometimes we made it to dinner other times we didnt, but E was our saviour. We ate in a place called chasers and hannah had the best fish pizza ever haha, the girls then ended up going out but i was in too much agony so went to bed, (yes i was in so much agony i stayed in!!! shocker!) On the last night we were relaxing as had to be up early when hannah went for a shower, all i could hear was this aussie woman saying "sorry sweetie" didnt think any more of it til hannah came back in shock, we had our own bathroom but it was across the hall and ours was number 5 and number 6 was across from it, she had been in the bathroom when a woman started shouting at her to get out of the shower, hannah was like what she was shouting at her saying hannah was in her shower and she ended up getting the receptionist and everything hannah was like WTF, anyway hannah got her towel and opened the door, half thinking she was in the wrong one but when she opened the door the woman nearly died she had thought the noise of the shower was coming from her room, ah hello try and open the bloody door? spent all night awake coz of some annoying chinease woman laughing constantly, want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? OMG!

So the next morning we were up and ready to hit the Gilly islands, as u can probably guess i was very happy to be leaving Kuta, i kinda hated that place. Didnt know what to expect with the Gillys, they are islands off Lombok, so we were up at 6 o clock and collected by a bus that brought us to the harbour with a few others. We were getting a speed boat out to the island, it was 2 hrs and 80E but we said feck it, we were half way out the sea when the boat stopped, and we heard them say out of petrol, i nearly died, coz one thing iv figured out since i left home is that i actually cant swim, anyway think they just did it to scare us coz we started moving again, we arrived in Lombok and we had more people tryin to sell us stuff, he was in the window of the boat and regardless of the fact that his teeth were perfect we wernt in the mood so louise closed my window in his face haha he wasnt impressed but still came back for more, when we landed on the Gilly, we realised we had to jump outta the boat and i was wearing my runners, was a bit s***ing it but anyway i was so worried about taking off my shoes that i hadnt noticed a big black clowd coming over us, it started POURING rain, iv never seen anything like it, i had a big cardigan and my backpack on my back while trying to bend down in the middle of s***ty water to get my shoes on, it was actually like something outta a movie, there are no cars on Gilly just horse and carts so we had to hop into one of those, but before that i decided to hop into aload of s***ty water i was destroyed. the 4 of us and backpacks tried to fit into one, ya that wasnt happening! so we hopped into 2, nearly killed the poor horse, we raced back to the hotel at high speed holding on for dear life but laughing uncontrolably. We must have looked some sight checking in in the rain, we were staying at the Beach House resort, we got into our room, still lashing and all of us needed the toilet so we went in search of it and wait for it, the toilet was outside! we were like oh s***, so the girls braved the rain but i couldnt. There was only salt water aswel so we were basically dirty for 4 days and the showers were cold pretty minging but the rooms were nice. We sat in and watched a dvd then went for something to eat, the place we were staying was gorgeous, the pool was amazing, so we lay by the pool, me and hannah still in the shade out of agony but mainly pure fear of the sun!! We then went for dinner in our resort, there was a big BBQ with loads of fresh fish and stuff, it was cool, we had a few drinks and then moved onto the a bar called Tir no nog, (i know how random) The drinks were so cheap 14000Rh which is about 80c for a double, and it was local vodka so easy say they went down a bit too well and my memory is a little blurred.We were joined by a group of really hot aussie men that were staying in the villa in our hotel, the villa has its own pool and everything so jealous, On the island there is only allowed to be one late bar per night so that night was Blue Marlin, it was a cool club, good music, pretty much like any resort, when we came back we had a bright idea of goin in the poor, Hannah went in but i chickened out, she was in there for ages and nothing was said it was great. Next day we decided to nurse our hangovers, it was only me Hannah and Louise, KIm was a bit too sick, we had our breakfast by the pool, but the drink was pouring out through our bodies so i stayed in the shade again. there was a really annoying group of ozzies at the beach, a really full of s*** man who claimed to have been to every place on earth and his mother was irish, anyway we listened to his life story for the afternoon coz he was SOo loud. and how their poo was. To get away from that me and lousie went for a walk around and ended up getting icecream it was yummy, we went for dinner in Tir no nog, the food is gorgeous here but only thing is that there were cats everywhere, with the freakiest looking tails, they are rotten.None of us were in the mood for going out so we decided to go back to the hotel and go for a swim, the girls got in but i didnt bother, when suddenly i looked around as hannah had been way too quiet and they were up at the deep end looking as guilty, she was after breaking off the light in the pool it was so funny they actually spent a good 40 mins trying to fix the light, it wud be fixed then fall off again and they wud try and swim away but it wud just be floating haha they were not impressed, but eventually they fixed it. Hannah had spotted a jet ski lilo kinda thing and made me get it for them, it was hilarious it took them ages to get up on top of it and kept fallng off it, hannah nearly broke her back a few times but was great craic, throughout the night we had all used the pool toilet and well the conversation wud/shud have been a private one, anyway about an hr and half after we went to the pool we realised that there were two local guys sleeping in the hut beside the toilets we got into such a fit of laughing that they ended up leaving, how we didnt notice them there is beyond me but they def got more than they bargained for when they got there haha. the next day we just walked around the island a few of the girls wernt feeling well so we didnt strain ourselves, the island is amazing its like Inisoirr except with all cool bars and obv its a tropical island, it does rain alot though, and when it rains it rains but its def the closest to paradise iv ever been! We just chilled all day then went for dinner to the beach House again, the meal was lovely but all of a sudden it started raining and it didnt stop, it just pours down constantly for ages, so the girls stole some umbrellas and we walked up and down looking for a bar we eventually ended up in this place called Rudys, the staff there were all out of it, it was a funky little bar, we were laughin at the bar men, they are about 10 and sooo smooth such little charmers haha anyway they were selling magic mushroms, we all declined obv, it was such a random bar, we were going home when there was a street party on outside our hotel it was cool, dance offs and stuff, but i was tired and not feeling the best so the girls went out, went swimming again and i read my book, god i feel like a 90 year old woman. The next day we went to the pool, shockingly, again! and the annoying aussies were around again, uh so irritating, so i went off on the internet, the internet was dial up and sooo slow it was hilarious but then the electricity went on the island, panic station, the whole island went into a panic for 5 mins haha. so i went and bought post cards, the shops here are so strange its like u want to be served but the mother has to stop feeding her baby or changing their nappy before they serve you, and the kids sleep on the floor of the shop its pretty hard to watch. That night we went to Blue Marlin to eat, then had a drink by the sea front but had an early night,

Up early the next day as we were hitting Ubud, we were gutted leaving the Gillys coz it really is the most amazing place in the world but we had to move on, we had breakfast and got our horse and cart back to the harbour haha it was great craic. Hopped on the boat and off we went and left the Gillys, We got a transfer bus to Ubud which is about an hr away from Kuta, we were stuck on the bus with these russians, i am not joking when i say one of them didnt actually stop talking at high speed til we got there, like it went as far as he sneezed and i thought oh relief he will shut up for 30 seconds but mid sneeze he continued talking, it was freaky, anyway Ubud is pretty cool, all along the road is rice fields and alot of poverty but Ubud its self is amazing! we were staying in Sri Bungolows, they were nice, in the middle of the forest though so we were eaten alive. Louise got a lovely welcome present when she was talking photos and our freaky neighbour decided to jump infront of her and pose, he was fat and really hairy and had a big beard,. actually he showed his private bits to them before they left as a going away present, nice guy haha. Anyway it rained there too so we decided to go for a massage in this place that was really nice. I was in a room with Kim and it was a guy who was massaging me, i was a bit freaked at the start but then he couldnt open my bra strap so i guessed he must have been gay so that put me at ease, till he pulled down my bikini bottoms and started massaging my ass, i was so freaked out but the rest was really nice, it was so good an hr of relaxation, well not exactly an hr but it was lovely, had tea and biscuits aswel yummy, We walked around for ages looking for someplace nice to eat we found this place and it was soooo nice and so cheap, they were like begging us to go back the next day but we didnt bother as we were only staying 2 days. we had a drink there and then went looking for a bar but its a really quiet place so we didnt find one, we went back and played cards, We got up early for breakfast and hit off to a monkey forest, yes, a monkey forest, its Ubuds main attraction, now after our experience in Batu caves we were a bit apprehensive esp Louise seeing as she got an apple thrown at her ass haha, We went and there were monkeys everywhere, we had read reports to not bring anything coz they wud be grabbed so i didnt even bring my camera, they were so cute though, big ones and then little baby ones, that had little mohawk hairstyles and stuff, they are so human like its freaky, anyway we saw one man being attacked but he had food, there were temples and stuff there, then we saw another woman being attacked, it was freaky coz they wud just appear in trees over our heads, we had a few screams, haha so much for dont show fear, they can sense it oops. After that we decided we were stressed and needed another massage haha, its the hard life, so i went to this random place and got a acupressure one, i was looking forward to a nice relaxing massage and first of all the woman hopped up on my back and started walking on it, i nearly died and she was like "i go stronger?" ah hello NO! but after half an hr of torture i started enjoying it and it was gorg. went back and got ready and were looking for a place to eat when we saw this dressed up monkey dancing around the place we were intrigued and got photos with him and then went to eat there, mid meal though music started up all for chinese new year and those horrible chimes form the airport came back to haunt us, we eventually had to leave coza the piercing noise, so we went and got dessert someplace else, had another early night,

We got a taxi back from Ubud to the airport with the girls, the taxi driver was delighted we were irish and english and was wondering if i knew roy keane, they are soccer mad over here, I was in the front and no word of a lie i thought we were goin to die about ten times, the driving was mental. the little mopheads that are EVERYWHERE are the scariest things ever. We said bye to the girls and got a taxi back to Kuta, i said id go with an open mind this time, our hostel is lovely and the pool is amazing, we sat out to get a bit of much neded sun and what did it do? lashed rain!! Hannah went and got her hair cut, actually got about 6 inches off it, its so different, i walked around and bought yet another dress and sunglasses i got so lost though, shocking! but its not as bad as i thought it wud be, we got ready and went back to chasers for a romantice valentines dinner, that was where hannah had gotten her pizza, she wasnt as impressed with it this time, but vodka was only 10000RH so we were delighted we had lots of drinks, and were drinking lots of strawberry daiqueries, see im becoming very posh, (even though i cant spell it) it was buy one get one free, but we managed to buy one and get 3 free, oops then we went to a club that had drinks for free for girls before 12, so we went in and ordered and they were like its upstairs, next floor asked for drink, again upstairs, about 5 floors later we fianlly got our free drinks , i got 2 and hannah got one, we went to bed then, have to admit i think i was a little tipsy and the air con in our room doesnt work so its pretty torture, never been so hot in my life,

Anyway off to bangkok tomorrow so will have more stories in a few days miss ye all but wud rather ye be here with me than me be at home. talk soon xxx