Well we spent four hours at a spa today! If I didn’t feel like a spoiled brat already I do now. Four hours for $45 and the best spa experience ever. It’s been almost a week in Indonesia now…we are currently in Ubud, hanging out in our hotel with our friend July that works here (who’s current favorite song is Katie Perry’s “Fireworks”….he was also born on the 4th of July), drinking something called Arak; it’s awful.
Just hanging out in a bathtub full of flowers!
We spent three days on Gili Meno, one of the 3 small islands off the coast of Lombok. It was interesting getting here. Someone we met in Australia said it was nice, so we showed up at the airport in Denpasar, bought a round trip ticket to Lombok for $50, caught a taxi from the airport to the harbor, took a “slow boat” to Gili Meno…we arrived after dark, and the boat dropped us off on the beach without a word and left. We grabbed one of the first hotels we came across, and I think it was probably one of the best (and still cheap) ones there. And in case you were wondering, that’s pretty much the extent of our “planning” on this trip.
Unfortunately Nicole and I were both a little sick with colds (still getting over it) most of the time there, but we got to relax on the beach.
Our friends at the hotel on Gili Meno.
Also, monkeys!
Back to Bali, and more monkeys.
In our friend July’s village.
Rice plantation.
Elephant caves.
July!
Tried Kopi Luwak!
Holy water.
Bike tour! Which I highly recommend if you are ever here. Being part of the organized chaos that is Bali traffic is a neat experience.
Well that’s all for now on my Bali report…tomorrow we head to west Bali, and will eventually take the ferry to Java. No major plans yet, but I’m sure that it will all work out just fine.
(Hi mom!)