DEC 6-2009 TODAY WOKE UP AFTER THE NIGHT OF LOUD PARTIERS IN OUR HOTEL ROOM THEY SEEM TO PARTY EVERY NIGHT WITH
LOUD BANGING ON EACHOTHER DOORS AND LOUD AUSSY ACCENTS, JOSIE GETS FRUSTERED IN THE NIGHT WHEN HEARING THEM
PARTY SO SHE GETS UP AROUND 4 IN THE MORNING AND YELLS AT THEM AND THEN THEY SHUT UP LOL IT IS KINDA FUNNY,.
SHE SLEEPS WITH EAR PLUGS BUT STILL HEARS THEM, BUT I SLEEP LIKE A ROCK AND NEVER HEAR ANY THING! TODAY
WE WHERE ON A SEARCH FOR A CHEAP DRIVER TO TAKE US TO THE EAST OF BALI TO DO SOME SNORKELLING TOMORROW
AFTER OUR REGULAR BARDARING WE FOUND A DEAL WHICH WAS GOOD AS WE DID MEET 2 DENMARK GIRLS AT THE POOL AND
THEY WANTED TO COME WITH US SO THE COST WAS SPLIT BETWEEN FOUR WHICH WORKED OUT WELL. BUT TODAY WE RENTED
A SKOOTER IT COSTED 4$ TO RENT AND 4$ FOR FUEL, WE GOT OUR QUICK LESSON AND THEY MADE ME DO A TEST RIDE
BEFORE HANDING OVER THE KEY, YOU NEED SOME BALANCE WHEN GOING SLOW. JOSIE RODE ON THE BACK WELL I DROVE
RIDING WITH 2 PEOPLE WAS GOOD BUT YOU NEEDED AGAIN GOOD BALANCE, WE HOPPED ON THE BIKE AND JUST DROVE
ANY WHERE UNTELL I LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL WAS EMPTY WE NEEDED PETRO ASAP LOL, THE PETROL
STATIONS HERE ARE LITTLE PLACES ON THE SIDE ON THE ROAD THAT HAVE FUEL IN ABSOULUTE VODKA BOTTLES, WE NEEDED
4 OF THEM TO FUEL OUR HOT WHEELS! WE DID HAVE TO WEAR HELMETS THEY WHERE GREASY BLACK YAMAHA ONES LOL
THEY WHERE GROSS TO PUT ON OUR HEAD! IT WAS FUN CRUSING WE DROVE EVERY WHERE THE TOWNS IN BALI JUST SEEM
TO LINK TOGETHER SO IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE YOU ARE IN ONE TOWN STILL BUT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH 4,
ON OUR DRIVE WE SAW RICE FIELDS , ROOSTERS AND CHICKENS ON THE ROADS, BAMBOO HOUSES . WE HAD TO DRIVE ON THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD HERE BUT I JUST SEEM TO CATCH ON LIKE A NATURAL! TIME WENT REALLY QUICK ON THE BIKE
PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUN AND WE JUST FELT FUNNY RIDING IT LOL! IN KUTA WHERE WE ARE STAYING THERE ARE
ALOT OF YOUNG AUSSYS KIDS ON BIKES AND THE TRAFFIC IS INSANE, I WAS GETTING GOOD A WEAVING IN AND OUT OF
TRAFFIC JOE WAS PROUD OF ME AND DRIVING DOWN ALL THE ALLEY WAYS! THE BIKE/SKOOTER IS THE MAIN TRANSPORT
IN BALI AND EVERYONE IS ON A BIKE AND WHEN YOU NEED TRANSPORATION THE ONLY ENGLISH WORD THEY KNOW IS
TRANSPORT YES! SO YOU CONTINUISLY HEAR THAT BEING SAID THAT TO YOU! WE DID GET ANOTHER MASSAGE THAT NIGHT
FOR ONLY 8$ IT IS SUCH A GREAT DEAL AND TO HARD TO PASS UP AND A GREAT WAY TO WRAP UP A DAY OF SKOOTER!
DEC 7-2009 WE WHERE OFF TO DO SOME SNORKELLING TODAY WE WOKE UP AND LEFT BY 8:00AM FOR A 3HOUR DRIVE TO AMED,
THE ROADS WHERE WINEDY UP THE HILLS AND AGAIN STARTING TO FEEL NAUSEA GOING AROUND THEM WE DID GET
TO SEE A ACTIVE VOLCANO ON THE DRIVE THERE IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A BIG HILL TO ME! WHEN WE GOT TO AMUD WE
WHERE WELCOMED TO A BLACK SEA I WAS THINKING OH KNOW THE SNORKELLING IS GOING TO SUCK, WHEN WE WALKED UP TO
THE BEACH THERE WAS WHITE BOATS ALONG THE BLACK ROCK SAND BEACH AND A DEAD DOG THAT WAS FULL BODY SKULL
AND ALL EWW, THIS WAS NOT A GOOD WELCOMING TO THE SNORKEL, I PUT ON MY NEW SNORKEL GEAR THAT I RECENTLY
PURCHASED BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE , USED SNORKEL GEAR AND I PLAN ON DOING IT ALOT ON THIS
TRIP SO IT WOULD COME IN HANDY. AFTER GETTING MY GEAR ON IT WAS OFF TO THE WATER I WENT, I GOT IN AND I
IMMEDIATELY SAW BRIGHT FISH EVERYWHERE I WAS ALREADY EXCITED THEN I STARTED TO SEE THE CORAL AND IT WAS LIKE
OUT OF THE MOVIES IT WAS A UNDER WATER GARDEN WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT SHAPED CORAL IN SHAPES OF LETTUCE CABBAGE
AND EVERY THING YOU COULD IMAGINE EVEN ONE CORAL LOOKED LIKE A BRAIN LOL
. THIS WAS THE BEST SNORKEL EVER AND I WISHED WE WOULD HAVE BOOKED TO STAY
IN AMED FOR MULTIPLE NIGHTS I WOULD LIKE TO WAKE UP AND SNORKEL EVERYDAY BUT WE WHERE LEAVING BALI SOON SO
THIS COULD ONLY BE A DAY ADVENTURE. THE FISH WHERE SO COLOURFUL AND NOT ONE ALIKE, THERE WAS ONE THAT I THOUGHT
MAY HAVE BEEN A EEL IT WAS LONG AND REALLY SKINNY AND WHITE/SILVER IN COLOUR. THERE WAS STAR FISH THAT
WHERE BLUE IN COLOUR AND WHERE EVERYWHERE AND EVEN A FEW JELLY FISH THAT I SWAM AWAY FROM AS I WAS SCARED
OF THEM. THIS IS THE PROBABLY THE BEST SIGHT I HAVE EVER SEEN AND COULD STAY IN THE WATER FOREVER! BUT IN
THE WATER IT FELT LIKE NEEDLES PINCHY YOU I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS BUT IT POKED WHEN EVER AND YOU DIDNT KNOW
WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. THE CORAL SEEMED TO GO FOREVER AND YOU COULD SNORKEL AND TO CONTINUE TO SEE NEW
SIGHTS EVERY FLIP AWAY. THE FISH WHERE ALL SO DIFFERNT AND I AM SURE TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT
KIND OF FISH I SAW, SOME WHERE BRIGHT BLUE , ORANGE, NEON GREEN, MULTIPLE COLOURS AND ALL DIFFERENT SIZES
FROM BIG TO REALLY SMALL. I DID HAVE MY NEW DIGITAL CAMERA AND GOT MANY DIFFERENT SHOTS OF THE FISH I COULD!
AFTER THE WONDERFUL SIGHT OF AMED WE WHERE OFF TO TULIMBENA IT WAS 20MINUTES AWAY AND THERE WAS A SHIPWRECK
THERE , WE GOT ON OUR SNORKEL GEAR AGAIN AND OFF WE WENT WE SAW THE SHIP WRECK BUT IT WAS NOT THAT AMAZING
IT WAS MORE FOR DIVERS FOR THEY COULD GO IN AND OUT OF THE SHIP BUT AS WE WHER JUST SNORKELLING WE JUST SAW
THE TOP BUT THERE WAS BIG FISH THE SAME BESIDE YOU AND WHERE THE SIZE OF YOUR HEAD AND BLACK IN COLOUR THEY
WHERE COOL TO SEE AND SWIM WITH, IT WAS A GREAT DAY OF SNORKEL AND I HOPE WHEN I COME BACK TO BALI ONE DAY THAT
IT WILL STILL BE THERE IN AMED AS I HEAR THE CORAL IS DIEING QUICKLY AND AT AMED THE CORAL IS SO CLOSE TO SHORE
PROABBLY ABOUT 20FEET AND THE BOATS CONTINUE TO GO OVER IT, IT WAS THE BEST SIGHT AND I HOPE THEY PROTECT IT
FOR I CAN SEE IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN UNDERWATER GARDEN OUT OF THE MOVIES!! SPECTUALAR!
