More bored posting...

Was cleaning up stuff from my laptop and found some photos I took from my Bali trip back in April. It was really just a weekend away but I met up with my friend Rohit and wife by coincidence.

Bali is a nice place if you're looking for peace and quiet. Pity it's so commercialised now though. I can't walk down the beach without getting a peddler pushing things in my face, I can't walk in the temples without a monkey trying to steal things off me (ask Rohit!) and I can't find a cheap-ish seafood restaurant. The restaurant in Jimbaran was charging me more for food than it costs in Singapore!

Anyway...some photos of the place I found on Wotif (Swissbel). It's really funny - I wanted a nice place next to the beach near where Rohit and Usa were staying and for some reason I thought they were in Nusa Dua. I made damn sure that I got everything right and of course at the very moment I clicked the "Pay" button, I realised they were staying in Kuta, 30 mins drive away. DOHHH! Then when I got to the hotel, I realised it was on the top of a hill far, far inland and far, far away from the beach. DOUBLE DOHHH!!! Anyway...it wasn't too bad a place, definitely bigger than my own apartment in Singapore. It's probably two or three times the size but the place is really for honeymooning couples although I didn't really see anyone. Either it's not the peak period or they were busy with their honeymoon duties.

Some photos...

Dining area - this is really like one big services apartment, my other photos didn't come out right so you only get to see the dining area and kitchen and the bedroom :-)

The bedroom (after I used the bed of course)

The dresser plus TV with 30+ channels!

Weird image of a bathtub

Breakfast on the rooftop with great views - I suggest having breakfast early or you'll bake in the hot morning sun!

The views from the rooftop

My own private pool - accessories (girls in bikinis) required!

My own table (what-cha-ma-call this?) and chairs next to my own private pool

Loads of greenery here...

The big pool (also empty!)

Enjoying an A&W Root Beer in frozen mug with Rohit (the one with the hairy arm)

Dinner with Rohit (without his glasses which were taken off his face by a monkey in the temples) and Usa at a local Western seafood restaurant with Dorado steaks - yummy!

This was taken before I left for the trip. This is Kim, my ex-housemate in Melbourne (whose brother is my housemate now) and his half Japanese daughter Mira. Cute huh? Don't let that fool you! She has the largest set of lungs and voice in the world!

Kim and Mira

Hey P&J, how on earth do you stack your photos horizontally in blogger? I can't seem to do it so my postings are always very long!

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