Arrival in Bali

We arrived at Darwin airport for our trip to Bali along with a squad of men uniformly dressed in black singlets, black shorts, thongs and covered in tattoos - they were going for a week end works outing to the fleshpots. One of the group stood out as he was younger than the rest, had hardly any tats and was the son of a friend of ours from Humpty Doo - this was Billy, Vicki's wee laddie. When I somewhat tongue in cheek suggested that he stayed sober one of the more severely tattooed older men said there was no chance of that and Billy would soon be downing tequilas whilst getting his tattoos extended - this was Billy's boss. Gill / Vicki you'll have to let us know how he got on.

After an uneventful flight we arrived in Denpasar which was heaving with traffic and flashing blue lights - the president if Indonesia was in town and the police were taking no chances.

The Watergarden in Candidasa is very pleasant and we are now ensconced in our water bungalow which is very private and, as the name suggests, surrounded by water and an amazing amount of tropical greenery. Needless to say Sandra has discovered the Spa and, before we have even started to explore the local area, she has disappeared for a massage leaving me to be entertained by our neighbours who live a few feet away i.e. hundreds of koi carp (I think - very big goldfish at least) mind you I can't complain too much about the massage as for about $10 (about £5.50) I am getting an hour's worth of peace and she says it will relax her.