Much to the girls delight, Komang the nanny returned for a few hours again this morning, so I could venture out and find a Mechanic to fix the broken wing mirror on my hired car! Doah! (refer to yesterdays Blog). Yes the looks, laughter and stares from the locals when I speed down Monkey Forest Road, with my wing mirror flapping in the wind against the side of the car! Makes their day, to see the Orang Asing with a smashed wing mirror - “Welcome to Bali ...

Today the girls did a special visit day at their soon be new school - Greenschool. Check it out www.Greenschoolbali.org - mind-blowing private American school in the middle of jungle made out of bamboo! As I couldn’t remember how to find my way there from the back streets of Ubud, I stopped and hired a driver for the day ($20 and that is tourist prices, I was running late, so haggling with the Driver - before my morning coffee was out of the question!). Aft...

Day 2 of my new Mindset. We’ve met an amazing friend. The longest friend I’ve had in Bali ….the friendship, all of 2 weeks old is proving ……rather intriguing. Funnily, as the Universe delivers it…… I have met my “Ex” ….. he is the “Ex” in his marriage. He lives near the Gold Coast, is going through a divorce currently and has moved to Bali to start a new life. A very honest guy who is seeing a “young” girl. To make...

What a day! After what was a very difficult day yesterday, I have to say, the Universe gave me a great reprieve today! (firstly my apologies, this diary website platform does not allow me a SpellCheck facility - and after numerous attempts to update yesterday's DRAFT blog (as you know was full of errors) it would not upload the changes …sorry!). I have to admit I woke to a not so welcome email - an email from the Ex that symbolises the finale to our 16 year...

Salamat to a Saturday in Ubud!The Yeats Girls started their day bright a early and off we went to run errands, like finding the Post Office to get some funds - whilst in a rabbit warren of Ubudian SINGLE lined one way streets - yep it's Saturday morning folks, where everyone is carting bricks into the alley way to re-build their front fences … alongside a few rubbish trucks, a Hummer or two (Note: the Hummer is wider than the Ubud Streets themselves - so you ...