thirtysixth...more fili ouch/hello bali!

25.1.08.
8.00AM...ALARM.
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.05AM...PACKED.
9.30AM...WALKING TO TICKET OFFICE...WHER CHAPPIE TOLD US TO GO LAST NIGHT.
10.05AM...WE HAVE TWO TICKETS...24 QUID EACH...AMAZING!
10.15AM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...BACK AT TICKET OFFICE...JUMP IN A JEEPNEY...A MOTORBIKE WITH REAR SEATS.
11 10AM...CLARKE AIRPORT.
11.35AM...DOUGHNUT/PEPSI.
12.15PM...FLYING.
1.30PM...LANDED...CEBU HOW DO YOU DO!
1.45PM...BAGS COLLECTED.
2.00PM...TALKING AT INFO DESK...TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION TO HEAD.
2.20PM...IN TAXI HEADING FOR A HOTEL CALLED THE KIWI LODGE.
2.25PM...DRIVING THRU CENTRE OF CEBU[IT RHYMES WITH LOO!]...ITS A DIVE OF A PLACE.
2.50PM...KIWI LODGE...FULL OF AGEING MEN...BEER GUTS...HAPPY SOULS THOUGH.
2.55PM...NO ROOM AVAILABLE...BUT GIRL RECEPTIONIST PHONES A PLACE ROUND THE CORNER...THEY HAVE A ROOM AVAILABLE AT A REASONABLE PRICE.
3.05PM...BEER.
3.15PM...PLAYING POOL WITH A LONDONER...HE'S VERY CHATTY...BEEN HERE 8 YEARS.
4.10PM...GO TO OUR NEW ACCOMADATION...DROP BAGS OFF...SHORTS ON.
4.35PM...BACK AT KIWI LODGE...NEED SOME EATS.
4.55PM...PORK/MASH SPUD/MIXED VEG...NU HAD LAMB SHANK.
5.40PM...PLAYING POOL.
5.55PM...RUM AND COKES.
7.00PM...BACK AT OUR NEW RESTING PLACE...A SMALL ROOM IN A SMALL COURTYARD.
7.30PM...BED.


26.1.08.
5.30AM...ALARM.
5.50AM...SHOWER.
6.10AM...COFFEE.
6.35AM...ON STREET LOOKING FOR TAXI.
6.50AM...TAXI.
7.10AM...PORT.
7.40AM...DOUGHNUT/PEPSI...WAITING TO BOARD SEA CAT[BOAT].
7.55AM...BOARDING.
8.10AM...MOVING STEADILY ACROSS OCEON.
8.25AM...AMERICAN FILM PLAYING STARRING JACKIE CHAN...ITS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD BOTHER WITH USUALLY...BUT IT HELPS TO KILL THE BOREDOM.
9.55AM...ARRIVE AT THE ISLAND OF BOHOL.
10.10AM...TOURIST INFO CENTRE...WELL THATS WHAT IT SAYS ON THE DOOR...NO MAPS AND LITLE INFORMATION!...JUST ABOUT SUMS UP THE PHILIPINO ATTITUDE.
10.25AM...TAKE A TXI TO PANGLAO...A SMALL PLACE IN THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND.
11.05AM...ALONA BEACH HOTEL...NO ROOMS.
11.20AM...NEXT DOOR...BANANA RESORT...ROOM 1,500 PISO...80 TO POUND...NEWLY BUILT HUTS...VERY CLEAN...TWO NIGHTS...IT'LL DO!
12.30PM...BEACH SIDE RESTAURANT...BURNT PORK CHOPS...UNDERDONE CHIPS...SMALLISH SALAD...PAPAYA MILKSHAKE...OK?
1.40PM...NU SWIMMING...BUT NOT COMFORTABLE.
2.20PM...BEER.
3.00PM...NU STAYED IN HUT...I HITCHED A RIDE ON THE BACK OF A MOTORBIKE TO VILLAGE CENTRE.
3.15PM...CORNER SHOP...BRANDY...68 PISO!/BREAD/TUNA/TOMATO/COKE/WATER/BEER.
3.40PM...ON WAY BACK TO HUT...CHAPPIE AND BIKE WAITING FOR ME...GAVE HIM 20 PISO.
4.00PM...BACK WITH MY FAVOURITE GIRL.
4.15PM...HANDED IN LAUNDRY.
4.30PM...SITTING ON VARANDA OF OUR LITTLE HUT WITH READING BOOK/BRANDY AND COKE...THIS PLACE IS ACTUALLY QUITE IDYLIC...VERY QUIET...WE SAW A FEW WESTERNERS ON THE BEACH...BUT I THINK WE ARE THE ONLY TWO STAYING HERE.
7.30PM...THIS PLACE IS FULL OF MOSSIES...BEEN BITTEN TWICE...HAD ENOUGH...GOING INSIDE.


27.1.08.
8.30AM...WOKE...NOT HAD A VERY GOOD NIGHT...DON'T THINK THE PORK AGREED WITH ME...SWANKIEST RESTAURANT IN THE PLACE AND THEY CAN'T COOK PORK!
9.10AM...OUTA BED I GET...NU ALREADY UP.
9.20AM...COFFEE.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.10AM...BREAKFAST BAR...ASK FOR TWO SUNNY SIDE EGGS...GOT AN OMMELETTE!...THE GERMANY SAUSAGE WAS WELL PLASTIC...THE BROWN BREAD WAS SURPRISELY EATABLE!...THE TEA WAS SOME FORIEGN MIX.
11.00AM...WALKED INTO TOWN.
11.20AM...INTERNET CAFE...GOTTA FIND QUICKEST AND EASIEST ROUTE OUTA HERE!
2.00PM...ARMPITS SWEATING...COMPUTERS ARE A GREAT HELP...BUT ALSO VERY FRUSTRATING...ITS TAKEN ME 3 HOURS TO GET THE RIGHT PRICE/DEAL TO GET US TO INDONISIA...1ST TO CEBU VIA BOAT...2ND FLIGHT TO MANILLA...3RD FLIGHT TO JAKARTA...ABOUT 110 QUID FOR BOTH OF US...YOU REALLY HAVE TO DELVE DEEP...AND YOU HAVE TO GET TIMES TO MATCH.
3.15PM...SWEET/SOUR PORK...I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY I BOTHER.
4.00PM...I'VE BOOKED OUR ESCAPE FOR WEDNESDAY...SO GONNA BOOK SOME WHERE ELSE TO STAY...WHERE WE ARE NOW IS OVERPRICED.
4.40PM...WE'VE KNOCKED ON A FEW DOORS...FOUND THE PARAGAYA...900 PISO A NIGHT WITH FAN...NO AIR CON...HAD A LOOK...VERY CLEAN...IT'LL DO.
5.10PM...BEER.
6.00PM...SHOPPING...NEED INSECT REPELENT...BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF BRANDY.
7.00PM...BACK AT HUT.
7.30PM...CUPPA SOUP...MUSHROOM/CHICKEN.
7.45PM...BRANDY/COKE...READING.
9.00PM...THINKING ABOUT WHEN I EVENTUALLY GET MY BLOG PUBLISHED AND IT BECOMES THE BIGGEST SELLING BLOG OF ALL TIME AND I MAKE MILLION QUID AND BUY AVFC AND MAKE IT THE BIGGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD...AND I BETTER HAVE ANOTHER BRANDY...AND I BOUGHT THESE MONKEY NUTS THAT ARE STILL IN THERE SHELLS...YET THEY'RE SALTED...FUNNY...AND THE BREAD HERE IS SUGARED...TASTES AWFUL...THE BRANDY IS ALRIGHT THOUGH...68 PISO A BOTTLE[80 TO THE QUID]...MY HAIR IS A MESS...HAD IT CUT IN THAI...BUT ITS GROWN AGAIN...THE THAI'S CAN'T CUT HAIR...IN FACT THEY CAN'T COOK EITHER...OR DRIVE PROPERLY...I FIND IT HARD TO FIND ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT A THAI...YOU MUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT A THAI...ALSO THEY CAN'T PLAY POOL...THE RUSSIANS WERE ALSO A BIT OF A FUNNY BUNCH...I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM BEING GOOD AT ANYTHING...THEY CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE MILKSHAKES...THEY WERE VERY LIKE ITALIANS...THOUGH ITS THE ASIANS YOU FEEL SORRY FOR THE MOST...THEY ARE AN UGLY LOT...I'M NOT SAYING I'M THE PRETTIEST...BUT I'D BE SUICIDAL IF I LOOKED LIKE THEM!


28.1.08.
8.30AM...FEEL DRY...NEEDA A CUPPA.
8.45AM...OFF FOR HOT WATER.
9.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.30AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.55AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/CORNFLAKES.
10.25AM...PACKING...EVERYTHING STREWN...NOT IN THE MOOD FOR THIS.
10.55AM...PACKED...I TAKE OUR TWO RUCKSACKS TO OUR NEW ABODE.
11.10AM...DRIPPING WITH SWEAT I DROP THE BAGS IN THE RECEPTION OF THE PANGLAO AND TURN AROUND AND WALK BACK.
11.30AM...BACK WITH NU...OFF WE SET WITH OUR OTHER BAGS.
11.55AM...BOOKED INTO NEW ACCOMADATION.
12.25PM...READING/BEERING.
3.10PM...HUNGRY...POWDER KEG[PIZZA PLACE].
3.40PM...SALAMI/MUSHROOM PIZZA/STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE.
3.55PM...PIZZA WELL SALTY/SHAKE OK.
4.20PM...SITTING ON CHAIRS ALLOCATED TO US OUTSIDE OUR ROOM...READING UP ON INDONISIA.
6.00PM...BRANDY AND COKE...WONDERFUL PINKY RED SKY ABOVE.
7.00PM...CHATTING WITH THE HOTEL WORKERS...THEY ONLY EARN 30 QUID A MONTH...PLUS FOOD AND LODGING...BUT THEY'VE ALL GOT MOBILE PHONES!


29.1.08.
8.00AM...HARDLY SLEPT...FAN MAKES AN AWFUL RACKET.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.00AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
10.00AM...FEELING LOW...THINK I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF GOING FROM ROOM TO ROOM WITH RUCKSACK ON MY BACK...AM I LOOKING FORWARD TO INDONISIA?...BALI IS THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE DECIDED TO VISIT...THEN ITS ON TO SINGAPORE...BUY CAMERA/LAPTOP...THEN GET ON THE NEXT PLANE TO OZLAND...I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE COME BACK TO ENGLAND AT XMAS...ME AND NU NEED A BREAK...ITS GREAT SEEING ALL THESE COUNTRIES...BUT THEY ALL TEND TO BLEND INTO ONE...WE CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE...BUT WE BOTH NEED A REST...AFTER WE HAVE DONE A WEEK IN BALI...IT'LL BE 23 WEEKS!...AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I CAN'T SEE NU AND I DOING 9 MONTHS IN OZ...MAYBE 3...AND MAYBE 3 MONTHS IN ZEALAND.
11.30AM...DRINKING BEER...WISH IT WAS WHISKEY...WE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT NOT BOTHERING WITH INDONISIA...INSTEAD HEADING STRAIGHT FOR OZ...BALI SOUNDS OVER RATED AND IS PROBABLY JUST LIKE HERE...WE CAN'T DECIDE WHATS BEST TO DO...WE HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT OUR AIR TICKETS FOR INDONESIA...SHOULD WE BIN THEM AND JUST HEAD FOR OZ?...VIA MANILLA...GOTTA FIND SOME PRICES...GOTTA GET ON THE INTERNET...BUT I HATE THE INTERNET...IT MAKES ME ANGRY...MAYBE ITS THE HEAT...LACK OF SLEEP...THAT GOD DAMN NOISEY FAN!...MAYBE I JUST NEED SOME DECENT FOOD...CHEESE PLEASE!...OK WE WANTED TO GO TO SINGAPORE FOR CHEAP ELECTRICAL GOODS...BUT WHAT THE HELL...YOU TRY TO SAVE HERE...BUT YOU WASTE ELSEWHERES...WHO CARES...I DO!
2.00PM...HEAT GETTING TO ME...HEAD FOR CAFE AND SHADE...PORK BURGER/CHIPS/STRAWB SHAKE.
3.00PM...LYING ON BED...HALF DOZING.
5.00PM...NEED THE LOO...UP I GET.
5.45PM...BRANDY AND COKE...STILL CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON WHATS BEST TO DO...NEARLY FINISHED READING BOOK...IT'LL HAVE AN HAPPY ENDING...KEN FOLLETT BOOKS ALWAYS DO.
9.00PM...WALK TO BEACH.
9.20PM...WAITING FOR SPAG BOL...DECIDED TO HEAD FOR BALI.


30.1.08.
8.00AM...NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO TO DAY...BUT I'D BETTER MOVE...PACKING TO DO.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.05AM...PACKING.
9.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
10.20AM...WAITING FOR TAXI TO PORT[400 PISO].
10.50AM...FERRY PORT.
11.00AM...CHECK IN...THEY WANT ANOTHER 123 PISO!
11.15AM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE/CAN OF COKE.
11.50AM...ON BOARD...OFF WE SAIL.
1.45PM...AT CEBU DOCKS.
2.00PM...TAXI TO AIRPORT[300 PISO].
2.40PM...CHECK IN...VERY SLOW.
3.00PM...CHICKEN SANDWICH...ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!
3.15PM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE...HAD TO PAY ANOTHER 400 PISO TO COME THRU!
3.35PM...BOARDING.
3.50PM...FLYING.
4.10PM...ASLEEP.
5.05PM...LANDED AT MANILLA...SHAKEN AWAKE.
5.20PM...BAG COLLECTION.
5.55PM...SHIFFLED ONTO A SHUTTLE BUS TO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
6.30PM...CHECK IN.
7.10PM...HUNGRY...CHEESE SANDWICH/BEER.
8.15PM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE.
8.40PM...BOARDING.
8.55PM...FLYING.
9.20PM...ASLEEP.
11.45PM...LANDED AT JAKARTA.



31.1.08.
12.20AM...GOING THRU IMMAGRATION...10 DOLLARS EACH FOR VISA.
12.30AM...STOPPED AT IMMAGRATION...CAN'T GO THRU UNLESS WE HAVE A VALID TICKET FOR NEXT DESTINATION...GIVE US A BREAK MATE WE HAVE ONLY JUST ARRIVED IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY?!
12.35AM...STANDING AT TICKET COUNTER.
12.40AM 3 CHAPS SEND US TO ANOTHER COUNTER...WHICH IS CLOSED...AND WHATS MORE THEY CAN SEE ITS CLOSED...DICKHEADS!
12.55AM...STILL WAITING AT DESK/COUNTER...HOPING IT MIGHT OPEN ANY TIME SOON...WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED OUR BAGS...PRESUME THEY ARE STILL GOING ROUND ON CAROUSEL.
1.10AM...MAN APPROACHES...LOOKS AT OUR PASSPORTS...STAMPS THEM AND LETS US THRU...WHY THEY COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE...I DON'T KNOW.
1.20AM...COLLECTED BAGS.
1.30AM...WALKING OUTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...GOTTA TAKE A TAXI TO DOMESTIC.
1.40AM...ABOUT 20 TAXI DRIVERS APPROACH US.
1.50AM...TAXI CHOSEN...AGREE A PRICE...50,000 RUPIAH[18,000 TO POUND].
2.05AM...DOMESTIC AIRPORT...OUT THE TAXI WE GET...I HAND THE INDONISIAN DICKHEAD 100,000 NOTE...HE GIVES ME 40,000 BACK AND SMILES...ARE ALL INDO DICKS THIEVES?...TOSSER!
3.00AM...A SWEDISH COUPLE HAVE JOINED AS WE WE SIT WAITING FOR THE AIRPORT TO OPEN.
4.00AM...AIRPORT OPENS...BUT WE CAN'T GO IN WITHOUT A TICKET.
4.15AM...ENQUIRE ABOUT PRICES TO FLY TO BALI...60 QUID EACH!
4.45AM...AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION WE PAY UP.
4.55AM INTO THE AIRPORT WE GO.
6.00AM...THERES A LUXURY? LOUNGE...PAY 50,000[18,000 TO POUND]...AND YOU CAN DRINK AS MUCH COFFEE/TEA AS YOU LIKE...ALSO THERES SOME SORT OF FOOD ON OFFER.
6.10AM...SOME NOODLE/RICE DISH...WEAK SOUP...DON'T OVER DO THE CHOICES WILL YOU!...COFFEE OK.
6.25AM...BUSY ON INTERNET...TRYING TO GET ENGLISH PREM SITE ON...SLOWEST NET I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS.
7.00AM...FINALLY GETTING SOMEWHERE...OFF I GO TO LOO.
7.05AM...COME BACK AND SOME INDO DICK IS ON 'MY' COMPUTER AND AS RUBBISHED MY SITE!
7.30AM...OFF I GO AGAIN...PERHAPS THIS COMPUTER AS WARMED UP NOW AND WON'T TAKE SO LONG...COFFEE STILL GOOD...SIXTH CUP.
8.00AM...AT LAST...GOT THE INFO I WANTED...ONE LAST CUP OF COFFEE...THEN WE'LL GO FOR CHECK IN.
8.30AM...CHECK IN...SOME INDO DICK IS STANDING ABOUT SIX INCHES BEHIND ME AS I TRY TO CHECK IN...I ASK HIM TO MOVE BACK...HE JUST STARES...YOU ARE MEANT TO BE BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE DICK HEAD!...HE JUST STARED...TOLD HIM HE WAS AN IDIOT...HE JUST STARED.
8.40AM...COMPLETED CHECK IN...TURNED AND TOLD HIM YET AGAIN WHAT AN ARSEHOLE HE IS...HE JUST STARED.
9.00AM...IN DEPARTURE LOUNGE.
9.35AM...FLYING.
9.50AM...ASLEEP.
12.05PM...LANDED AT BALI.
1.00PM...TAXI TO A HOTEL CALLED FLASHBACKS.
1.50PM...STEAK/CHIPS/BEERS.
3.00PM...EATING AUSTRALIAN CHEDDAR CHEESE SANDWICH WITH SALAD.
4.00PM...BED...SHATTERED...ALTHOUGH HAD SLEPT ON PLANES...WE BOTH JUST WANTED TO CRASH!


1.2.08.
7.00AM...NU ALREADY UP...WAKES ME WITH A CUPPA.
7.50AM...SHOWER.
8.20AM...EGG ON TOAST/TOAST AND JAM/COFFEE.
10.15AM...GOTTA FIND INTERNET CAFE...GOTTA LEAVE BALI BY 6TH FEB...ONLY GOT 7 DAY VISA...GONNA GET A FLIGHT TO PERTH,OZLAND...NOT BOTHERING WITH SINGAPORE.
11.00AM...INTERNET CAFE.
11.30AM...FRUSTRATION SETTING IN...IT KEEPS GOING OFF LINE...DECIDE TO GO TO QUANTAS OFFICE...IT MIGHT COST A BIT MORE...BUT WE DON'T CARE ANYMORE!
12.35PM...QUANTAS OFFICE...450 QUID FOR BOTH...IT'LL DO...FLY 12.20AM WED 6TH FEB.
1.30PM...ENJOYING A BEER...RAINING...I WANT IT TO RAIN FOREVER...I WANNA SEE SNOW...I WANNA HEAR THE WIND...I MISS ENGLAND...I REALLY DO!
3.00PM...SUPERMARKET...CHEESE/CRACKERS/COKE.
4.00PM...AUSSIE RESTAURANT...PORK SNITZEL...VERY SALTY...AUSSIE GUYS BEING VERY LOUD...AUSSIE CRICKET ON BIG SCREEN...VERY LOUD...I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I'M GONNA ENJOY OZ?
6.30PM...CHATTING WITH OTHER TRAVELLERS...ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING AN ENJOYABLE DAY/EVENING.


2.2.08.
9.00AM...COFFEE.
10.00AM...SHOWER...ANOTHER SLOW DAY AHEAD.
11.00AM...BREAKFAST.
12.05PM...CHATTING POOLSIDE WITH COUPLE FROM SUNDERLAND.
1.30PM...SWEDISH RESTAURANT?...INDIAN CURRY?...CHICKEN IN A CURRY SAUCE ON A BED OF PASTA AND SALAD?...DIFFERENT...THATS FOR SURE!
3.20PM...BACK AT POOLSIDE.
7.00PM...CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH.
9.00PM...SUNDERLAND CHAP AND ME GO OFF TO BAR TO WATCH FOOTIE.
3.00AM...THREE GAMES LATER BACK IN NU'S ARMS!


ASIA-ED OUT!

BYE FOR NOWZ.