We wasted no time and as soon as we were finished with breakfast, we packed up Faith and hit the road again. Chris very kindly taking on all the driving as myself and Beth did not feel confident enough to tackle the busy, narrow, and moped infested roads.It was about an hour or so from Ubud to Canguu, a beach area on the south coast of Bali. We arrived at 'Matra guesthouse' much earlier than anticipated so the room was not ready for us to check in. Theref...

We ummed and ahhed for a while about the best way of getting to Ubud, from using the cheap but long winded local bemos (Indonesia's buses) to the slightly expensive taxis and private shuttle buses. It transpired that out best option was to hire a car. Between the three of us it came to 50,000 rupiah (less than £2.50) each a day. Other than hiring mopeds, which wasn't ideal with Beth's very limited riding experience, it was the cheapest method, plus i...

The nearly two hour boat trip back to Bali was pretty rough. Myself, Becci and Beth all felt sea sick for the whole journey. Chris very rarely feels sea sick but we both ended up sleeping for most of the journey. Once back at Padang Bai, we found our way onto a minibus which would take us as far as Kuta. There was a lot of faffing around with trying to squeeze too many people versus seats, as well as a surfboard! It basically wasn't going to happen, so one co...

From Gili T, Amelia, plus my two sisters and I were able to catch a local boat to Gili Air. Although called a ‘local boat’ we couldn’t actually see one local on it, in other words it was rammed full of backpackers!Gili Air is renowned for being a much more laid back place than its big brother ‘party’ island (Gili T). So after our not so wild time on Gili T, we were looking forward to having an even more chilled out time on Gili Air.W...

Knowing that alcohol and in particular spirits would be expensive in Bali, we had already planned to purchase some alcohol at duty free in KK. Chris and I picked up a bottle of vodka and rum, and Beth also bought a bottle of vodka. We double checked with the cashier that we could take 1 litre of alcohol each into Bali, and she continued to inform us that we were entitled to 2 litres each! Sensibly, we just grabbed one more bottle of vodka as we hoped that would b...