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well i finally got here at 8pm sat night, it was a long day getting here but oh my goodness was it worth it. i arrived in a little place near kuta and thought id gone to heaven it looked like a five star hotel compared to the hostels iv been staying in it was gorgeous and thankfully it had air conditioning as the weather here is disgusting- im constantly sweating and showering - and i definately wouldnt be able to sleep without the air con on. on sunday i went for a walk down the beach and got totally harrased to buy things and kept being asked if i wanted a balinese boyfriend - its gonna take a while to get used to not being in a western country again i have to say, i walked for about 2hrs and by the 5th person harrasing me i was almost ready to punch someone, because the tourist industry has slacked since the bombings they are ready to pounce on anyone they see to try get money, much as i feel sorry for them i dont want rip off rolexes although some of the stuff they were offering was pretty good, think i might get a pedicure or something done now im slowly working out the price of things, its 17,436 rupiah to the pound and as you can imagine its pretty confusing! apparently its cheaper here than thailand and theres good deals on cds and dvds, less than 50p some of them! i met up with the tour group sunday evening and there is only 6 of us so its a nice cosy group, we have been to some great restaurants and i can definately recommend balinese food to anyone it is gorgeous, lucky for me the tour leaders a vegetarian too so iv been taking tips on what to order and its all been great. we came to ubud today, again staying in a nice hotel (even has a bath) and though its only 4pm iv already had 3showers in the heat! went for a 2hr walk along the rice paddies which was pretty cool, then went to monkey temple forest, which is a forest full of wild monkeys, they are so cheeky and thankfully non jumped on me though they do apparently have a habit of doing that to women and one woman was covered in them. finally found an internet cafe but there isnt many about in bali at all so dont worry if you dont hear much from me, my mobile phone also isnt working so dont bother texting. its not great for communication at all here but so far it seems to be a lovely country and places like this are the reason i came travelling, i wanted to see other cultures and places. going to watch some traditional balinese dancing tonight and heading towards lovina tommorrow. keep in touch everyone and il be in touch as often as i can! xxxx
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