Indonesian dream

Bali-Kuta

We arrived in Bali around 3pm but were unfortunately delayed at customs for a few hours due to the lack of staff. We eventually made it to Kuta about twenty minutes from the airport and had a lovely meal before finding some great accommodation at Kuta Town Houses. The best of the trip so far- an ultra modern two bedroom apartment complete with kitchen, massive flat screen TV, two swimming pools, gym, restaurant and bar. Don’t you just love it when the family comes to visit!

Kuta was pulsating. The bars and clubs were jammed and we were offered drugs every few minutes on our wander around; we were hoping mum wasn’t regretting our choice of destinations! Thankfully the hotel was in a quite alleyway away from the buzz.

The next morning mum and I hit the shops and walked along the beach but had to call a halt to our roving before midday as it was sweltering hot and zapping our energy! Besides we wanted to keep some life in us as Demelza was arriving in a few hours. Yes we really are nice people to holiday with- Demelza is visiting us again!

Demelza was impressed with our up grade in accommodation since India where the best we hoped for was a concrete room! We spent the next three days in Kuta relaxing, enjoying the pool, restaurants, beach, amazing sun sets and especially the ultra cheap massages! Bali is bliss.

Ubud

After hedonistic Kuta it was time to move on to the cultural heart of Bali- Ubud.

We found some beautiful accommodation at the Sagittarius Inn favouring a Balinese/Hindu flavour in contrast to our previous modern surroundings. Ubud is a lovely town, with a chilled hippy vibe, lots of great restaurants, a monkey forest where we got up close and personal with the monkeys,

great spas, scenic walks and a range of Gamelan musical shows. We tried to do as much as we could (between spa treatments) but you’d need weeks to even attempt all the courses on offer, our four days fell far short- thus we will definitely be back some day.