Q: Did I like Bali? A: No...I LOVED it!!

Trying to be responsible adults we planned to arrive at the airport three hours before our departure. So, we would have enough time to eat, check in, and get in some quality people watching time before our flight to Bali. Little did we know that people were seriously meaning business about screwing this plan up. It all started when our taxi driver dropped us off at the wrong airport. Mind you we repeatedly told him the right that we needed to go to the other terminal. So, we had to take a shuttle to the other airport only to find that this terminal was under construction and there was mad chaos everywhere. We finally found the right check-in line, and discovered a long line FULL of people who thought it was their god given right to go to the front. Don’t worry though they at least got a taste of the wrath of Shan. She decided this kind of behavior was not going to fly and cut off a few people herself. No one was going to stand in the way of our week in paradise!! Well, I guess one more guy tried too. Right as we were putting our bags through security a greasy haired guy with leopard print glasses came and cut us off. Usually not a problem except for that he tried to bring through cans of soda, and every aerosol product known to mankind. After security we realized our names were being called over the loud speaker saying we needed to board immediately. Three hours later we safely arrived in Bali J

Turns out that Shannon goes crazy in Bali and made it a direct point that we will be going out our first night in Kuta even if it is already MIDNIGHT! We walked around where all the main clubs are in Kuta, Bali and found a great restaurant that served the best western food we have had in quite some time. Following dinner we went to burn off some calories dancing at Club Bounty, which was followed by a cool down swim. This left us going to bed at 6 am as the sun was rising! On Sunday after waking up a little later than we should have we spent our afternoon at the breathtaking Kuta Beach and working on our bargaining skills. We closed the day by once again going to Club Bounty where we met two really cool people from Austria, who helped us with our surfing skills on Monday. On Tuesday we toured around the local shops and went Bungee Jumping. Needless to say we were both scared out of our minds but it was AMAZING. We went at sunset and we were overlooking the entire beach that goes on forever.

Turns out that it is really nice on the bank account only spending $5 a night on a hostel but not so nice on our bodies. We had a transition night that we had to stay in something that was lets just say it is from paradise. We both work up with red welts all over our bodies. This gives a very literal meaning to “don’t let the bed bugs bite.” Sadly this night of sleep was not very restful and we spent the next day lying on the beach trying to recover. On Friday we took a sail boat to Lembongan Island which was absolutely beautiful! We spend the day snorkeling in crystal blue water, kayaking, and swimming in an infinity pool. Not too shabby huh? Now we are finishing our amazing week by trying to stuff everything into our backpacks and not being very successful! Michelle you may be right about the devil bag after all! We leave tomorrow afternoon so we are planning on getting up early to go to Dream Land to cram in a few more hours of sightseeing!