Sleep derived, worn out, but damn glad i did it! I know it is cliched, but I've been to Bali too!!!

OK just had the final girly thing. Pedicure, foot massage and hand massage. Now....eat, shower, clear the safety deposit box, pack, write down the final instructions for the layover in Manilla and wait for the driver at 10.00pm!! Flight leaves from Denpasar at 0100 (yeppers that is one AM!). Land in Manila at about 0500. 16 hour layover. Flight leaves Manila at 2055 to finally arrive in Brisbane (via Darwin) at 0715 Sunday 14 July. You may get an update fr...

OK, so I skipped another day yesterday, for OBVIOUS reasons!! But I had a great day regardless. My Ketut (real name Made) took me to some amazing places. AND I drank cat poo coffee!!! Visited a batik factory, a silversmith, a woodcarver, a beautiful restaurant, a cat poo coffee house, the monkeys in Ubud, the palace in Ubud...............

So I skipped day two, and here is day three raining yet again. This is supposed to be the dry season!! Just my luck huh? Still no surfing - I think that i am chickening out!! Have managed to walk quite a bit though. I hope that the rain eases up today (it did yesterday for a few hours) so that I can head to Seminyak. The tour guide from the airport turned out to be not so bad!! I did not hear back from the company I had contacted. So Muddy (tour guide) ha...

OK, so I made it in one piece (more or less). I think that my brain is somewhere above 30 000 feet. Got here, checked in, had a shower (mega important) and slept. No one warned me about the vultures at the airport!! 3 guys to carry one rolling duffel weighing in at 11.7kgs!!! 10k rupiah later I was on my way. The guy who met me was not my driver, and has decided that he is my tour guide for this trip. Anyway, I managed to put him off until really late this...