We stayed in Kuta just the one night and moved on to Legian the following morning. Legian is the next resort along the coast and sort of merges into one with Kuta. Legian was quieter but still had plenty going on. We walked into a couple of hotels to see what was available, before settling on one which was cheap enough and in a good location. We spent the first day down the beach and had a look around the town. The following day we jumped on a minibus which drove us a couple of hours inland to a town called Ubud. Ubud has a small forest which is home to approximately 50 monkeys! The monkeys were very tame and jumped up onto us as we fed them bananas! One cheeky monkey even jumped onto Jenna's shoulder and pulled her ear ring out of her ear and swallowed it!
We'd been travelling for over two months, so I was overdue a hair cut. I decided to try one of the Legian hairdressers and tried my best to explain what I wanted. I wasn't quite sure how it was going to turn out! But the very camp hairdresser did an excellent job and told me that I looked 'very handsome' when he was finished. So I needn't have worried!
Jenna and I decided that it was about time we had a massage. You can't walk down a street in Indonesia without being offered a massage by several different girls. For about 3 pounds each, we had a 1 hour full body massage! It was very good, but I refused to wear the paper y-fronts which were provided. I preferred to stay in my cotton boxers!
The next destination for us in Bali was a small beach resort called Candi Dasa, about two hours by minibus. We found a relatively cheap bungalow by the sea and stayed for a couple of nights. Although we were traveling out of season, it was really quiet. There was no real beach to relax by, so we decided to rent a moped for the day. The traffic in Bali was nowhere near as chaotic as Java so we thought it would be safe enough. I had a moped for 4 years when I was younger, so I loved getting back on one. It was 125cc so it had a bit of power as well! I gave it a test run up to the petrol station and back before letting Jenna jump on the back! We rode a few miles up hill to a Balinese village where you could watch the villagers making traditional local crafts. We then rode further along the coast to White Sand beach. We spent the afternoon on the beach and went snorkeling. The beach was pretty amazing and we had it pretty much to ourselves. We then headed back to the hotel and decided to take a detour through some random villages. We ended up by a small fishing hut. We got chatting to the family who lived there and bought a couple of coco nuts from them, which one of the men climbed up a tree to fetch for us! The head of the family told us that his daughter wanted to get on Facebook but didn't know how. He went inside his little hut and produced a laptop! So we spent the next hour setting her up with an email account and a Facebook account!
The next day we caught a taxi a few miles down the coast to a town called Padang Bai. This is where you can catch the ferry to Lombok. The best beach in the area was called Blue Lagoon, which was a little off the beaten track. It was an amazing beach, but spoilt by the amount of litter on the sand and in the sea. Indonesia is a beautiful country, but many of the locals do their best to spoil it. They just throw litter wherever they fancy. They don't have bins or rubbish collections, so litter just builds up and it's pretty disgusting in places.
We went snorkeling at Blue Lagoon and the fish were pretty special. After about half an hour though, I felt a fish bite me twice on the sole of my foot! It hurt a little and I told Jenna but I think she thought I was making a mountain out of a mole hill. Ten minutes later though, I saw a fish with blue lips come darting towards me. This was unusual as most fish usually do their best to get out of the way! The fish bit me on my hand! This time it drew blood! I got out of the water and showed Jenna again! I got a little more sympathy! Jenna went back into the water and then started splashing around. Turns out the same little fish with blue lips started darting towards her! I'd been worrying about sharks, I hadn't even thought about possible attacks from tropical fish!
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