As you may have noticed, I updated the pictures. It took me about 3 hours non-stop, that’s not so bad especially considering that Ubud is the cheapest place I have found so far for Internet (9000RP/h). I was so tired after that I decided to have a Balinese massage nearby at the Milano salon 8).
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I took a Perama bus this morning from Sanur at 10:30AM to go to Ubud. I’m staying at Dana Sari, 43 Hanoman St. which is the first place I found. It is very nice and won’t complain about the price (40000RP bargained and of course breakfast included). There is no swimming pool (what ??
!) here though it seems strangely kind of a standard in a lots of place in Ubud, but I really don’t care much for now.
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The United States delayed the visa procedure to October 26, 2004.
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I offered myself a birthday present. I had the idea for a couple of weeks now and this is all set today. I will leave on Oct. 4 for a 11-day liveaboard starting from Manado (North Sulawesi) with Murex, probably onboard of the MV Serenade as we are 12 divers.
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Took the bus this morning back to Sanur for 25000RP. I went through Ubud and was astonished by all the hawkers that jump on the tourists leaving the bus to stay in Ubud. This place looks insane, it must probably be a Kuta bis
. I have asked the people in my bus if it was always like this in Ubud as they stayed there before and they told me that painfully, it was. In their opinion it was much better staying in Padang Bai and do all the daily circuits from there rather than staying in Ubud, even though it involved some additional driving
. I understand now why some people told me they basically stayed there less than 2 hours before leaving somewhere else…
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