Ubud to Nasa Lombongen

So amanda organized some transport for us to pick us up at our hotel in ubud and take us to Sanur first thing in the morning so we coould get the fast boat to lombongen.. They rocked up in a lowered car blasting reggae a good ride couple of funny dudes and they shared some matches mind benders to us while we waited for the boat. Jono told us about the boat but no one else here seemed to know about it but he was 100% correct and we got the scoot boat over to the island which only took 30 mins over the 2 hour trip on the other more know boat!

There we stayed at a little place called Bungalow No7 ...and the relaxing began
finished one book " the time travelers wife" good book but sorry michelle i didn't cry. you can see me in one of the chairs there.. this is where we would retreat from the sun... amanda took the pic at our door and the tables in the background is the resturant bar..so you can see we had a lot of commuting while we were there. More news on my reading adventures i have now started "froth on a daydream" and "the little prince" which should be done in about 10mins next time i sit down to read.

didn't really do much on the island but rest and read and walk on the beach..and watch the cultivation of seaweed.

got to know the bartender at our place and we hung out with him and some locals one night and drank arak all night .. some local spirit that is made of rice.

one the second to last day we decided to rent a scooter and check out another beach on the island called dream beach .. and it was just that.. we have the whole beach to our selves.. Watched some hermit crabs and took a little dip. there were a couple of grass umbrellas on the beach so as the sun got angry wedug ourselves some chairs in the sand and read and napped while we waited till we were hungry. this relaxing stuff is really tough. i took the pic from the roof of where we ate lunch

after that we booted around on the bike a little and just got in one little minor collision with a dust pile... no injures just a couple scrapes on the bike... opps.. some ladies on the side of the road thought it was quite funny after they knew we were alright..and they were so sweet and helpful lovely people "welcome to my island"

i started sewing... well its not so much sewing as it is doodling with thread.. but it keeps me busy when i get tired of reading.

Here is the sunset on our last night there from the resturant we ate at

so we spent a total of 4 nights on the island and today we got te early boat back to sanur and have made it to kuta for one night before we go and meet some friends from sydney in seminyak tomorrow.

Dream Hotel room - Ubud

so we got a sweet pad in Ubud to stay at ...this whole building is it...downstairs we have our own outdoor living room all raised up with cushions. just behind that through the main entrance is the outdoor bathroom ..love those! then upstairs we had a double bed and a single... ( jer was staying with us at this place) and then on the upstairs deck there are two loungers and the whole place is over looking a rice feild ( picture will follow later )

The pool was the perfect temperature for me so for those who do not know me... that means as warm as bath water and it also had a raised platform for chillin on as you can see amanda here taking full advantage off



















So we took a walk through Monkey Forest one afternoon and you certainly do not need to look for them.. they are everywhere.. mostly looking like this dude ..balls out, pretty happy to scratch
them all day.


One day we organized a car to drive us around Ubud more to see some temples and terraced rice paddies and here you can see one of them.. May of the rice terraces were protected by the local wooly mamoths...they are like geckos here constantly knocking over tables... it gets to be a little much

Bali - Ubud

So we got to the airport and the hotel where were first staying picked us up.. jeremy mesana also met us there to join us as well..

we went straight to the hotel (name to be added at a later date when i remember it) but it was amazing.. we have our own private bungalow and on the ground level we have a wicked outdoor living room over looking a rice field.. and the outdoor bathroom is the icing on the cake first day took it easy went for a walk into town for some lunch and then hit the hay early as i had not slept in about two days.. so i was bagged..zzzzzz......

Brisbane for a couple days

so to easy my way into the holidays i went to brisbane for a few days to see Claus and Michelle. Seeing the two of them was great, very relaxing and Claus cooked us fabulous dinners each and every night.. he even made his own pizza dough when we had pizza!!





As for brisbane its extremely clean, smells like sweet flowers and is completely empty. I wanlked around where Claus and michelle lived the first day and got completely lost.. but found some cool graffiti.

Michelle took me out on bicycles on the weekend... can't remember the last time i was on a bike only almost fell off once.. pretty good! but its cool cause the whole city has these wide floating boardwalks along the river so it's a really nice ride around the city.. we raod to a place to have the best french toast in australia and i will have to say it was mighty fine.

Went to church with Michelle on Sunday which was intersting... i think the last time i went to church was in elemntary school when i slept over at tanyas i would have to go to sunday school with her.. but i enjoyed it... to quote the reverand "i wanted to see how australians do god"i think i need to check out some more religions and their services to compare but all in all educational.

Shane was in town as well and Amanda rolled into town to meet up with me as well as see her sister who was in town too with her boyfriend so we all hooked up for drinks later that night and of course in shane style we close one place down.. moved to another and then proceeded to close that place down as well.. good night got to meet his friends ( spelling will be wrong ... sorry ) rengi and elise. We went to a place called the alibi.. and there were paintings from a guy called simon de groot ... saw his work around the city .. check out his site.. i quite like his work (www.simondegroot.com) or you can see some of it behind amanda.

Last day walked around with amanda.. had fish and chips with claus and michelle before heading off to the airport for our 11:45pm flight to singapore on our way to Balil.

The flights were the average.. i watched a bunch of movies and did not get to sleep a wink.. got a quick cat nap at singapore while we waited for our flight to denpensar - singapore has a pretty cool airport.. next to come bali..

The Adventure Begins

Well its been a long time since the princess of power went on the road so she and i are going to start a little social butterfly visiting trip for the next couple months and get reaquainted.

Only one more night here in Sydney on then on my way to Brisbane for a couple nights to see Claus and Michelle.

Sad to say goodbye to Sydney ..and my little hood of Paddington but i'm sure i'll be back at some point. Not sure how good i'm going to be at keeping this up to date either but here goes...keep in touch.