Gueststar in Australia

Halsningar fran Sydney och the visiting gueststar - Emma! Jag fick den stora äran att skriva ett inlagg har pa bloggen :)

Allting borjade med att Bettina och Julian skrev "kom och halsa pa!" i ett eller flera mail. Nar jag sedan insag att jag har tid och mojlighet att fara, sa gjorde jag ett litet impulsköp - en resa till Australien!

Jag anlande till Sydney en natt efter B & J, tidigt pa fredag morgon efter ungefar 25 timmars resande. Resan gick bra, jag sov mesta delen av flygtiden! Framme i Sydney tog jag tåg och tunnelbana till Kings Cross station, dar B & J motte mig

Forsta dagen var mulen - jag svettades och B & J tyckte det var kallt. Vi satsade pa att se oss omkring i centrum av Sydney under dagen. Vi besokte bland annat Sydney Tower,

Australian Maritime Museum och tog en tur med färjan runt udden med operahuset. Lite hann vi shoppa ocksa! Dagens basta var nog en paus med drink i solen vid hamnen. En liten corona smakar alltid godt :)

Efter mycket gående under dagen åkte vi tillbaka till vara hotell for att sova. B & J har ett fint rum pa ett hotell, och jag hade en sang i ett 8 personers rum pa ett backpacker hostel en bit ifran. Nar jag kom in till rummet var dar fullt med folk och jag insag att jag nog inte skulle fa sova riktigt annu :D Det var bara att joina mina festande room mates. Efter en timme gick de flesta ivag till någon bar, men några blev kvar pa rummet. Jag krop upp i min sang och låg dar och pratade med killarna och lyssnade pa deras chilliga musik tills jag somnade.

Idag har Betty varit lite däckad av dalig mage, sa hon blev och vilade pa rummet. Jag och Julian tog en tur till Bondai Beach. Det var helt ljuvligt - sol, sand, surfingtavlingar och megavågor att simma i! Och som den bleka finne jag for tillfallet annu ar, sa klarade jag faktiskt av flera timmar i solen utan att bränna mig! Nu har vi gjort oss fardiga for att kolla in Sydneys nattliv, och nu ar alla tre pa benen igen :)

Nu ska jag låta B & J ta over igen, tack for ordet! :)
Cheers mates!

Moderna skrapfria Singapore

Vi har nu varit i Singapore i tre dagar och vi kan inte saga annat an att vi diggar den har staden!! Singapore ar en modern och mycket ren stad dar det bor 4,8 miljoner manniskor. Man passar in pa ett annat satt an i asiens ovriga lander eftersom befolkningen ar mycket internationell och man ser mycket vasterlanningar da man ror sig pa stan. Dessutom ar allt mycket organiserat har, metronatet fungerar utmarkt och man behover inte hala tiden overtala taxichaufforerna att anvanda mataren och vara radd att man blir blast pa pengar - Sa skont!

Staden halls ren med hjalp av de stranga lagarna mot skrapande. Man far saftiga boter om man roker, ater eller dricker pa gatan eller pa anda allmanna platser. Jag vill inte ens tanka mej vad polisen skulle saga om man skulle kasta rosk pa marken ;) Det enda negativa med Singapore ar att det ar ganska mycket dyrare har i jamforelse med resten av Asien. Men man maste val sa smaningom borja vanja sig da det snart ar dags for Australien och Nya Zealand, hehe!

Vi tog metron fran flygfaltet (efter alla om och men!) for att vi hort att det ar det absolut basta och billigaste sattet. Sarah fungerade som var guide eftersom hon forr hade varit i Singapore. Vara vagar skiljdes anda efter en stund eftersom hon skulle till Chinatown medan vi skulle till Novena lite langre norrut. Novina visade sig vara en helt fin stad men runt vart hotell finns inte annat an lamp- och badrumsbutiker! :D Tur att det finns ett bra natcafe rakt over gatan och att metronatet gor det latt att rora sig overallt!

Forsta dagen har besokte vi Marina Bay som de flesta andra turister ocksa gor da de besoker Singapore. Vi sag bl.a. Singapore flyer (varldens hogsta pariserhjul, ca 165 m), casinot (tre skyskrapor med en bat pa toppen), artsience museum, Raffles Hotel (kant lyxhotell i Singapore), smakade pa drinken Singapore Sling och njot av den vackra vyerna over staden fran Swiss Hotel Singapore. Det var tufft att fa se Marina Bay bade dagstid och efter solnedgangen, det sag helt annorlunda ut. Singapore flyer ar definitivt ett maste om man besoker Singapore! Vyerna ar fantastiska och det var inte ens overdrivet dyrt, najs najs!

Igar traffade vi Sarah i Chinatown for att checka ut den stadsdelen ocksa. Som namnet sager bor det mest kineser i stadsdelen och det ar faktiskt som om man skulle komma till Kina da man kommer ut fran metron. Den kinesiska stilen syns i arkitekturen och bland alla de sma standen som saljer allt vad man kan tanka sig. Chinatown ar ett utmarkt stalle om man ar pa jakt efter suvenirer. Vi fick vara namn skrivna pa kinesiska och Julian fyndade en hogtalare till sin Ipod som vi kommer att ha mycket gladje av i Aussina nar vi har var campervan.

Vi hann ocksa till Bugis fore Sarah skulle aka mot flygfaltet. I Bugis skulle man ha kunnat spendera timmar pa shopping i det enorma kopcentret och pa den narliggande gatumarknaden. Vi kunde an en gang konstatera att det skulle ha varit bra med lite extra plats i rinkan, hehe! Sarah fick de sista suvenirerna kopta infor hemresan, Julian hittade sportklader som han lange sokt och Betty nojde sig med nagra armband och glass.

Idag var vi pa Singapore Zoo som ar kant for sitt "oppna koncept". Med detta menas att man i stallet for burar och stangsel anvander sig av vallgravar som skiljer at djuren fran sina askadare. Pa detta satt far man en kansla av att man faktist skulle vara i djungeln bland djuren. I djurparken finns 2500 olika djurarter sa det finns definitivt mycket att se pa det enorma regnskogsomradet. Vi sag vita tigrar, giraffer, kangurun, krokodiler, apor etc. Dessutom fick vi rida pa en elefant, se bade en rainforest show och en elefant working and play show. Det var roligt nar apor klattrade ovanfor vara huvuden, faglar flog genom publiken och elefanterna sprutade vatten pa oss ;) Vi tog sjukt mycket foton som ni far ta del av kanske redan i morgon! Mycket bilder har vi redan laddat upp fran Singapore, det ar bara att kolla in dem :)

I morgon skall vi troligtvis besoka Sentosa Island (om bara vadret tillater) och catcha lite bruna. I overmorgon bar det av mot kangurulandet dar nya aventyr och Emma vantar pa oss! Hall i hatten!

Leaving Bali

Remember what we wrote about the 4th and 5th of mars on the last post?? That they party and make so much noise on the 4 that the evil spirits leave and that the 5th its a silent day and that nothing is working what so ever..... Well, turns out that they turn off the banking system for the ATM's across the hole country as well as everything else. :) Go figure...

So this is where our trouble started. First of all for Sarah, the girl from somewhere in England that we met.

Non of us knew that the ATM would not work, so we didn't care to lift money since we where to be inside all day and where leaving the country in the morning. We woke up around 06:45 and had breakfast together when we realized that the ATM's weren't open yet. Shit Shit Shit I recon Sarah's thoughts where... :) What shall I do? Cause Sarah had like 30 000 Rp (around 2 euros) and the hotel room where about 400 000 (28 euro). A small different isn't??? So we asked several times when the ATM would open again and they all said 08:00 pm, and our flight where scheduled to leave for Singapore 09:10. Meaning that 08:00 is the latest we need to leave to the airport. Well, we had to leave earlier since we also needed cash and we thought that it where a better chance that the ATM would work at the airport. It has to, right?? So around 07:10 we left Sarah at the hotel agreed that we should do whatever we can to make them wait a little bit at the gate and at the airport for her. :)We even paid the asshole taxi driver a little bit more so that he would go back to the hotel and wait for her so that he could drive her directly to the airport. But guess what??? He just simply lied and took the extra money and took off. So no taxi was waiting for her.... Just sums up how much u can trust some people here........ :(

At the airport the trouble started for us :( When we came to the airport we started to think about the airport tax fee that we need to pay. 150 000 pr head and we had about 100 000 all together so we where in deep shit as well. And the ATM's still weren't working. So I (Julian) went inside to see if there where any place where we could get some money but nope, no help from nobody. :( So we found some money from Cambodia & Thailand that we could change but still it weren't enough for the both of us to travel. This is wen the funny part started, a security guard that saw our problem came and said that he would give us the money if we had something of interest for him.
We started thinking about what we could sell to him. I (Julian) offered him my electronic razor and my fake watch witch instantly fell in his attention. And Betty offered him a fake purse but he didn't pay attention to that. It where the watch he wanted.... :)

hehehehe so he asked how much and I told him the money so that we could leave the country. He thought long and hard and asked me all these questions of if the watch where water proof and how much I paid for it. :) Of cause I couldn't lie to him so I told him that it where a fake that I bought in Kuta and he called over several of his friends to get some opinion on the case. :) Betty where little bit afraid but they where friendly and not dangerous so it where fine. In the end this other guy told me to come with him and that he knew a place where I could get money. hmmm, little bit sketchy but I went along with him. Well inside the airport there where this guy how sold newspapers and some other souvenir stuff that told me that I could pay with card and get some money out. Awesome I thought.. :) Off cause I had to buy something and he also took 20 % for himself. Expensive but I mean what could we do........ So we got the money and where on our way to check in for the flight. We explained the situation to the guy at the counter for check in but he didn't seem to care that much but he would stay for 10 more minute... We started to get worried for Sarah cause she didn't answer her cell and no word at all from her at all. :(

Alright stay with me on this one. Back to 07:45 and to the hotel where we left Sarah. She where anxious and the clock seemed to go so slow. Like one minute where one hour, and by the time the clock got to 08:00 (witch where the time they said that the ATM would open) Sarah just told them that she needed to leave right away and that one of them simply had to come with her cause she is leaving. So one of the receptionist said that he would drive her to an ATM. So they went searching for a ATM and around 08:15 they found one. With the money on her she paid the guy and even got him to drive her to the airport. He did a Michael Shcumacher on her, the normal 15 min drive into a 7 minute drive so she actually made it just on time for the flight. :) Awesome felling and we where so happy the tree of us that we all made it :)

Well arrived in Singapore we had to go to customs. :) Random check up, witch where fine for us since we didn't have anything illegal with us, at least that's what we thought...... :( Cause what I (Julian) totally had forgotten about was the sling knife that I bought in Cambodia. So I was asked to open my backpack and show them the content of my backpack. Then the knife came to sight. :( Custom police told me to pick it up, lay it on the table and to keep my hands so that they could see them. After looking for 1 sec on the knife she told me to take my bag and follow her. :( Not so nice feeling when u hear them calling a 9-5 and asking for the police to join them.... Seriously I really believed I was headed for jail for a sec there and both Betty and Sarah looked surprised and a little bit worried as I where guided into the interviewing chamber. Bye Bye Betty, see u in a couple of years........

So there I was sitting in their office being interviewed 4 times by different police officers witch all asked the same question in a different way. They where really interested in where I bought it and for witch purpose. So in the end after explaining them how and where I bought the knife they let me go with only a warning. :) :) :) :) Managed to talk my way out of getting a 500 dollar fine. Hell yeah, but if that happens again they will bring me to court in Singapore and give me 130 community service hours and maybe some time to kill in the jail. :( So next time I travel in Singapore I will for sure check my backpack.....

Well here we are in Singapore at least and in a couple of days Betty will write a post about the city and our activities for u to read. But have to run... Our bus is arriving soon so take care and see you soon.
Cheers

Last days on Gili Trawangan & Bali

When u look back on time u tend to think about the things that u should have done and the things that u did do, witch u shouldn't have done. When we look back on our stay at Gili Trawangan we tend to think about that we should have done the advanced open water course and that we shouldn't have done the advanced night dive. Since there is nothing u can do about it let bygone be bygone and focus on the memories instead. Memories like snorkeling with turtles, meeting Luke and Bryony, partying and the island in it self, witch gave us so much :). Its been like a vacation away from the vacation, if u know what I mean. No cars, no hassle and just the relaxed life has done us good, specially since we soon are on our way to Singapore and Sydney. In its own way Gili Trawangan has been the paradise that we missed out on and that we needed before hitting the road again.

The last couple of days has gone fast and has been funny & interesting. We have celebrated Bryony's birthday, gone snorkeling a couple of times, been to the movies and done a night dive. Of cause the normal activities like, relaxing on the beach and eating good local food has been a part of the days as well.

On Bryony's birthday we celebrated her in a open bungalow on the beach with local food and music. It was an amazing night and we ended up having a couple of drinks as well. They are a naice couple and just might end up seeing them in Auckland as well. :) yeahy. Anyway for dinner we had king prawns, snapper and one more fish witch name is missing in our memory. The fish where grilled on the BBQ with as much accessories (potatoes, onions, salad, and souse) as u possible could eat. Awesome meal witch where quite cheap as well. Only 20 euro for like the meal itself, 2 orange juices and 4 drinks. The rest of the evening went by laughing and giving compliments to the chef for the food. And learning some local words. hehe :) Terima kasih ( thanks), Berapa (how much?). But since we had scheduled the night dive the next day we couldn't take it all the way, witch non of us where able to do cause of snorkeling the entire day. :)

The night dive we thought was a waste of money.... Too bad but yeah, we didn't find it awesome like we did diving on Koh Tao. First of all the instructors treated everyone has complete strangers, the instruction where short and some just weird since we saw half of what she said. She went like, I tell u about the diving sight on the boat since we might change it, but no info at all on the boat. Just that there where a current so we need to stay together as a group. We didn't really see anything at all. A couple of fishes, baby octopus and some snakes that where hunting on the ground. But don't get me wrong, I am glad that we did it cause now we know how its like and we are certified to do night dives on our own. And we don't need to do it when we do our advanced open water so some beneficially reasons came from it.

And by that our friends we are weaving goodbye to Gili Trawangan and continue our journey towards Australia. We recommend visiting the Gili Islands and we are thankful for the 8 days we got to spend there. 8 days with relaxing, fun and joy is over for this time. Thank u Gili. :) hehe



From Gili Trawangan we went back to Kuta beach (Bali) just because of our flight leaving 10 min from there. :) Forgot to tell u this but on the 5th of mars there is some sort of secret day in Bali.

Hari Raya Nyepi witch its called is a holy day and its starts on the evening on the 4th of mars. Then they celebrate, party and make a lot of noise so that the evil spirits that are among us leave Bali for someplace else. And the next day (the 5th) everything is closed and everyone is to be inside doing nothing but praying. I mean the lights cant even be on, and u should not make any noise at all. Because when the evil spirits returns, Bali seems to be abandoned, witch will make the spirits go to another place. :) So right now as we speak we are trapped inside our hotel, with nothing to do except chill in our room and pray. Of course that's all that we do :)In here is a lot Swedish people and some Norwegians, that like to party so they were already drunk at lunch. :( hehe Its like being in Big Brother competition where u cant leave the place, all u do is drink and the winner gets some money. :)But thank god its only one night so we will survive. :)

Tomorrow morning we will be on our way to the amazing Singapore. We are leaving the hotel around 7 in the morning and we met this girl from London that we will share a taxi with to the airport tomorrow. Funny thing is that we happen to meet her in a van towards Kuta Beach and she where on her way for the exact same reasons that we are so that's pretty cool. :) And it also means that the taxi is cheaper and better for all of us. :) sweet :)

But have to run guys so have a god one and please comment and keep looking at our blog :) That's why we have it and that's the reason we wright this once every no and then. Qitha we miss u :) hehe
Anyway take care and have some fun.
Cheers

Skoldpaddor, tusenfotingar och magic mushrooms

Guess who's back, back again?? Betty's back, tell a friend! Jepulis, har e jag antligen fri fran bedbug betten! Det var helt grymt kan jag beratta och kliade gjorde det sa tusan i TRE hela dagar! Jag hade bett overallt men mest pa bakre laren och pa armarna. Nar jag steg upp ur sangan sag jag tre kryp (den minsta nagra mm lang och den storsta narmare en cm!!) kila ivag, najs! Nu har man testat pa det ocksa och det ar inte att rekommendera!

Idag bytte vi hotell har pa Gili Trawangan on, budgeten skulle inte riktigt ha hallit att bo hela vistelsen pa poolhotellet.. Julian hittade en riktigt trevlig bungalow pa samma stalle var hans gym ligger, helt vid stranden och halften billigare an det forra. Roligt ar det aldrig att byta fran ett bra stalle till ett samre (vi blev valkomnade av en tusenfoting som satt och tryckte i vart badrum) men kanske man overlever tva natter! :)

Annars sa trivs vi jatte bra har, det ar verkligen en paradiso dar tiden star stilla vattnet ar kristallklart och manniskorna ar ljuvliga! Vi har cyklat runt on, hittat nya kaverin (Luke och Bryony fran Jersey / England), snorklat och chillat. Snorkla gjorde vi idag pa morgonen, det var helt fantastiskt! Jag sag tre stora vattenskoldpaddor och Julian sag fem! Det var helt fantastiskt! Man kunde dyka ner och titta pa dem pa en meters avstand, wow! Vi sag en som shagga i sig koraller och en annan som simmade upp till ytan efter luft och darefter forsvann ner i djupet. I vattnet fanns ocksa massor med farggranna fiskar och koraller, det ar som en helt ny varld!

Imorgon skall vi gora ett nattdyk som gar ut pa att man far och dyka efter att det blivit morkt. Vi har hort att man skall se helt andra fiskarter nar det ar morkt och att manga fiskar jagar just da sa det blir sakert tufft. Det later ganska sa skrammande men alla har egna ficklampor och skubagruppen ar relativt liten, sa man borde inte tappa bort sig ;)

Julian blir fragad i alla fall 10 ganger varje dag om han vill kopa magic mushrooms, gras etc. Han fragade mej har om dagen om han ser ut som nan drugdealer dar han stod med haret fixat upp i en mohikan och den stora tatueringen blottad. Jag maste bara svara att nu gor han lite det :D Jag tankte sjalv bli lurad att testa pa svampar idag nar vi at lunch. Jag bestallde en baguette med sallad, skinka och ost och servitoren fragade om jag ocksa vill ha svamp i min baguett. Jag tankte inte destu mer pa vad det var for svamp utan svarade bara "Yes pleace" och tankte att det blir gott med svamp ocksa. Efter att servitoren gatt fragade Julian mej vad jag riktigt bestallde!? Jag var snabbt upp pa benen pa vag efter servitrisen :D Inga svampar har inte, speciellt inte klockan 13 pa dagen hehe!

Pa kvallen blir det lite fest for var del, Bernie fyller ar sa vi skall ut och ata och testa pa det lokala risvinet som var bartender skall fixa at oss. Vi uppdaterar er med bilder och annat skoj och nagra dagar!

Gili Trawangan

Hello guys. :)
Whats up with u guys ?

On Saturday we left Kuta beach for Gili Trawangan. We had to get up around 06:00 witch kind off sucked but when u have to u have to. It where a 5 hour trip (Van and speedboat) witch we paid 500 000 Rp pr person for. During the travel we hear people saying they had been riped off and some had even paid as much as 800 000 Rp for the tickets. So for a first time we did a bargan :) It feels good :) hehe

Well arived to Gili Trawangan around 12:00, we found our self on a hotel chase along side with 20 other human beeings who desperatly needed acomadation for their stay on Gili. Felt we where in one of them amayzing raze competition :). U know went there is one goal and u have to get to that point by solve clues that comes your way. And btw I belived we hit the jacpot with our hotel/hostel/bungalow (not sure what to call it). so I belive we won the race :) hmm, a little bit of track here now but anyway....

Gili Trawangan is one of the 3 islandgroups located outside Lombok. The population is about 800 and the island consiste of a main streeth alongside the beach and there are several activities offers around. Like vulcano hiking, canooing, diving, different kind of water sports and I rekond ever thing u need. For us this way the ultimate paradise to arrive to after Kuta beach. White sand, sunny, crystal clear water, friendly locals and no motorbikes.

Did u get that, NO MOTORBIKES!!! :) :) big smiles..... As mentioned there are no motorized vehicles on the 3 islands witch made the impression priceless for us. I mean its so nice to see a place that is clean, fresh and where they take care of the environment like they do here. The two transports options u have here is a cidomo and a bike. The bike u can rent from wherever and the cidomo u get on the main road. :) And in the age of 24 I think i am starting to like horses a bit. How about that?? hehe. The people on the island are amayzing. Friendly, helpful and funny. Like I asked around for a gym and Andy ( a guy that works in a bar) said he would take me to a local gym tomorrow. And at the same time u get invited to play football with them. :) just simply awsome :) The life here works cause of the turists who set their feet on the beach each day and every place is influenced by that. I have heard from Andy that during the high season it can be crazy here and he doesnt really like it that much when there is to many tourists. But now its low season so now its perfect he says. :) just right for us as well. And the people we have met so far has been great :) Best of luck Bjorn and Tobias.

So back to the bungalow. We found Rumah Saga hidden away a little bit away from the hot spots. And that my friends means that its cheaper :) and that we like. So we met this two guys who looked abit like P.Diddy and Dr.Dre who runned the place. And since its the low season we got the bungalow down from 380 000 to 300 000 Rp. (300 Rp = 23 euro). And its awsome, pool, breakfast included, huge ass room, two beds (I have my own now, yeahy hehe) tv with dvd player and 15 movies. The kind of movies that are on in the cinamas in Helsinki right now. :) brand new once. Off caurse fake but who cares :) we like it spes since it rained yesterday and Betty had to recover from the bed bugs biting the shit out of her. :( not so nice of them.... Did we tell u about that btw?? The two last nights on Kuta we had a serious bed bug problem and Betty (she got sensitiv skin) reacted pretty bad so her ties kind off swelled and she looked like this girl.

We have stayed here now for 2 days and we simply just love it (I think you would too Adrian and Cara). We havent done much cause the wether as been eighter bad or really good. So the first day we chilled in the bungalow watching a couple of movies since it was pissing down outside. :( and today its been amayzing so we have chilled by the pool and breathing sun for a couple of hours. Greath, except for the fact that I (Julian) had a hangover from last night. Football night with the guys. :) good times and the best side won so I quess thats fare. :) Later today we will go and eat and then we are watching a movie at 21:00. Salt with Angelina Joilie.

Tomorrow we are set to go for a bike ride around the island if the weather alows it. And then maby do some fishing or shopping a new bikini for Betty. And we would def do a fun dive and maby also a night dive wile we are here. Hear its alot of sharks here Adrian. :) so I know we would have fun and I can only hope you are doing the same.

Thats it for today guys. But more will come from the amayzing gili Trawangen island. :)
Take care.

Still on the road

Day 3 of our awesome car trip :)

As Betty mentioned in the last post we are set to go and look at the monkey forest this weary morning. The monkey forest is in the middle of Ubud and actually the city has been build around it. The two main streets end up at the monkey forest and as we found at yesterday is one way driven. Not that nice when u are the asshole that is cruising on the wrong side now is it ?? Specially when everybody is laughing at u! People just pointing and yelling stuff to u as we drove down the road. But we managed. :) Not our fault but but. And have to say that I (Julian) kind of lost it yesterday, got really pissed off cause the rain, bad driving, and stupid motor bikers. hehe Anyway, the hotel that we had where awesome with tv, huge ass double bed and I bath tub that u actually could see where white. :) First time for us on this journey. hehe Wish I could say that this where the place where Julia Roberts stayed but sorry... We only saw Eva Longoria. :) Not really but it made u little bit more interested didn't it ???

So we got this great breakfast consisting of french toast and egg :) mhmhmh And when we asked the receptionist, we found out that the monkey forest where a 2 min walk to the right of the door. Beautiful we thought and walked happily ever after. So we arrived to the sight, and realized that there where nobody there, but the sight was open. So no entrance fee :)(hahahaha) but this lady ripped us of when we both bananas. 4000 rp for 3 bananas. Damn :( that's a stiff prize. Inside we where walking around when I realized that Bettina was commando under her shirt (meaning no bra). One of the monkeys that where eager for her bracelet jumped all over her and made her shirt fell down so she where standing there with a monkey, topless. :) Priceless sight...... (They teach the monkeys good nowadays)

hehe. Other then that the monkey forest was okey, pretty much half of the sight in there (main building, pray area) where closed but we saw the idea from outside so that was fine. First time we have ever seen a monkey graveyard though. Anyone seen that ?? After about 1 hour walk around we went back to the hotel, just to get the stuff and jump in the car again. Our awesome car. :)

The first stage of today's car driving where a short one and easy to navigate. We drove about 50 min and then we arrived at the next site witch was the Goa Gajah (elephant cave). There where also no people so our timing lately have been right on the spot. (avoid all the heavy tourist loads that arrives in buses). And only some of the local stands had opened, and of course came to the car trying to sell something to us. Bracelet, hand made statues of random things and so on. At first we where wondering why the 4 other guys at the sight where wearing skirts, but u actually need to hide your knees at the sight. Its crazy I know but true. But I didn't need one, cause I still where baggy shorts. So mom, grandma and all of u baggy haters, there is now one place on earth u really need it. :) We where for about 10 min wondering about why they call it the elephant cave since it definitely don't fit a elephant in the cave. But non there less, we explored the cave and the sight and found it nice. Specially since we got to do some hiking, there where this track that went into the jungle and we just followed the road. (Without a guide) hehe. But after about 15 min we stopped and walked back to the elephant cave again, since we didn't know where this path might lead us. So when we came back to the entrance area we saw that there where this tattooed guys walking around with a huge snake. (BTW I (Julian) really don't like snakes) But of cause Betty wanted to hold it and pet with it for a wile so I had to stay around and take pictures.

Alright the snake looked kind of harmless chilling around Betty's neck and she looked like she where enjoining it. Feel it, its like a plastic bag. U should hold it after me. And she even convinced some of the older ladies that had gathered as a group around her. :) nice pics I have to admit.

So from the Elephant cave the trip went towards the high way and the east coast of Bali. :) We had a quick stop at some surf place but there where noting there at the moment accept some people just hanging around. Locals who eat and lived their life. So we decided to head for Nosa Dua, witch is in the the south cost. We where set to stay there but we only found hotels/ hostels that where so god dame expansive. Like four seasons where one room (cheapest one) where sold for 680 USD. hmm, We where little bit embarrased to be there but we simply just said no thank u and asked where the whey for the beach where. So we ended up driving back to Kuta and our AP Inn hotel that we know are a good money hotel even though the staff is a bit off. :) (nice way of saying stupid wasn't?)

So now we are here in Kuta again and today we will just relax and go out to see a movie and have some good food. :) Maby today we will have a couple of drinks and go over to Legian to party a bit. But lets see, know for sure that I am not driving again for a while. :) hehe

Hope u all are having some fun cause now we are. And now we are off to see a movie. Maybe a new one with Adam Sandler. hehe
If any questions about the trip, just ask us.
Lets talk some more later. Adios.
Take care guys :)