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Ok so Bali has been visited 4 times now and has been the base for travel around Indonesia. The first part was covered in Gili Chillin. Second visit to Bali came after the Komodo and Kelimutu trip before making my way to oz. When changing the flights in Oz I had the choice to go to Singapore or come here, no contest really!! Plus it would give me the chance to go see Mt Bromo in Java.

I'm a kuta-n outta here

Gareth Penpraze
2007-04-20 23:59:12

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Ok so Bali has been visited 4 times now and has been the base for travel around Indonesia. The first part was covered in Gili Chillin. Second visit to Bali came after the Komodo and Kelimutu trip before making my way to oz. When changing the flights in Oz I had the choice to go to Singapore or come here, no contest really!! Plus it would give me the chance to go see Mt Bromo in Java.

A sweedish dude - Andreas who stayed in the same dorm in Freemantle has been here for a couple of weeks now so I join him for some surfing. Good craic but I can't stand up for the life of me! Kev lands in a few days after I arrive which gives my live a chance to recover after the constant punishment it received in W.A. By this time I think I'm a regular in the sports bar on Poppies 1. We manage to watch the Irish hump the Auzzies and I think I couldn't have been in a better place - except Oz - to rub it in!! Most of the week is spent talking rubbish to hawkers and sampling the local tipple - Bintang!! An Irish couple Markus and Sinead join us for a messy night started off by watching "The wind that shakes the barley," followed by a main course and afters of large Bintang. We head off to the big ship the Bounty around 2 and find ourselves at the helm (I'd need Kev's pics to explain), and also shaking our stuff on stage with Kev having a dance off with some French. We finish the night off with some tag team pool fighting with Sinead and Markus embarrasing us not before I smack my head off the bottom of the pool. Beer is becomnig a struggle so rums are on the cards - that is until the bill arrives (over a 1/2 million rupiah, still shotr of 30 quid but still dam expensive for here).

So I arrange to head on to Mt Bromo, a full 12 hours away by bus, boat and small van all to myself - which ends up much more expensive than it was worth. For the first time during my trip I was properly scared for my life. Most of you know I'm ...