Kuta, Bali

Megan and I had a full day today. This morning at 0900 a driver came pick us up so we could go parasailing. So far every thing in Bali has been very inexpensive. For us to go parasailing, including pick and drop off from our hotel and a half hour transport, was $15 total. Once we arrived we went out on the boat with a few other groups of tourists. There was us, some other Indonesians, and some Japanese. It was interesting to hear one of the employees of the parasailing place speak with all the different tourists in their native language. He would seamlessly switch from English to Japanese to Bahasa (Indonesian) to Balinese. His English was far from perfect but he could definitely communicate very well. Para sailing itself was fun. I thought it would be a little scary but you ascend and descend very slowly so its actually very peaceful.

There were a lot of boats on the water that day...


In the afternoon we each rented a motor scooter and went to find a temple. Riding a motor scooter in Bali is a very interesting experience. First of all Balinese drivers drive on the left side of the road. This is not a problem most of the time however because there are many one way streets and also most of the streets are very busy so you can just be a cow and follow the herd. The problem starts when you are on a rural road. There were several times when I turned right from the left lane then went into the right lane. One time I did this there was oncoming traffic we each went the right (from my perspective) until I went into the gutter. Oh well, it's only a rental!

After an hour or so of motoring we did find the temple. It was busy place...


and there was a beautiful sunset...


Here we are on our hogs...


Random pic: Here we are in from of surfing Santa!