Balmy Bali Beaches

So Thailand (the land of backpackers) would not let us stay anylonger. So despite wanting to volunteer at the Zoo for 3 weeks, we had to leave after two. The only way to get another Thai visa was to fly back into the country from somewhere, so we have flown to Bali. But since we thought we would like to actually see Bali now that we are here, we are not returning to Thailand.

We have now also booked flights to go on to Singapore and then to fly into Cambodia. When we left Thailand they seemed to be disagreeing (with some guns) with the Cambodians about the borders around an old temple, so traffic to Cambodia and back was limited, thus flights were deemed necessary. I hasten to add that this disagreement is far away from where we are going and has already calmed down.

So now we are in somewhere unexpected. This is a nice change as our route has been set for so long, and now we simply changed it. Bali seems lovely, there are numerous structures around which look like they have been made out of terracotta Lego bricks, and everyone speaks English (well apart from all the Australians - I am sure they are making up words!) We haven't done much yet as lots of sleeping and bodily cleaning has been required since the Zoo work. But today we are off to explore.