BALI BALI BALI!!!!

We moored up in Bali late on sunday night-eg. stranded in the ferry port by out 'joyous' (HURRENDOUS) tour operators who were suppost to take us around bromo and then drop us in Bali......turned out to be a completely unsafe minibus with me and jen in the front seats next to the driver with only one seat belt and one of the seats just wood! Then one thing after another (expences they didnt tell us about, a 14hr drive instead of 9hrs etc etc) led to being dropped off at a random tourist info place in java then put onto a public bus with no AC or seats free and having a 6hr drive in this (and i get a lot of horrid attention from disgusting indonesian men who have NO problem staring at me for hours and licking their lips!) and then having to navigate our way to were we needed to be in bali and pay a driver (which should all have been incluided!). So a complete hellish 2 days with that tour company! Thankfully my cold/flu is clearing up, just left with a headache. Weve been in Pamuteran for 2 days on the North coast of Bali-close to ferry area- but it was too quiet and expensive....so we ook a little Bemo (minibuses that go everywhere and stop for anything with money!) and are now in lovely lovina just a bit further east along the northern coast of Bali. Its nice, has got a good backpacking community and the men seem to be less inclined to be aggressively open in their attitude to me!!ALL good news. Were in a hotel with a pool and a really nice garden, for 35000 each a night which is about 2quid.....real bargain. ANYWAY love to all , off snorkelling in shark (nd everything that could every injure-kill me) infested waters. Am here at least til Saturday as its jens 19th on friday......gotta try and locate a carot cake in indonesia...mmm tricky!
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