The never ending bus ride and my arrival in Bali

View of Bali from the ferry.

Laghawa Beach Inn, Sanur, Bali

Offering near the cafe of the Laghawa

My bungalow at Laghawa Beach Inn

So we get on this bus that we are told has air conditioning and is full. We are the first to get in and Inge and I secure three seats for the two of us...one in the middle for our purses and so we have more room! Air-con again is practically non-existent. Inge and I chat it up between naps and decide we will go surfing the in a couple of days together. She is going to Kuta beach and I will be going to Sanur which doesn't look far on the map. My periplus guide helps her, Max and Russel find accomodations in Kuta since it is a highly touristed area and all the lonely planet places are booked up. We stop at another roadside spot to eat and find two monkeys tied up and hanging out by the bathrooms. They were so sad looking. People here keep monkeys as pets and you see them for sale on the side of the highway frequently. They also eat the brains as a delicacy. We get some grubs and back on the bus. We are on the bus forever it seems before we get to the ferry. On the ferry there are two boys who ask us for money to see them jump off the ferry (very large ferry that fits entire charter buses on it). I go into teacher mode "have you done your homework" and inge tells them they should pay her to jump off. Gila girls! Finally we get to Bali. Back on the bus! Another 4 more hours before we get to Denpassar. We go our seperate ways, but not for long. We will prove to be good partners in the coming days.
I get to my little hotel in Sanur, Laghawa Beach Inn, which is super comfortable and cute with lovely gardens, ponds, dieties, a pool and a manicured trail to the beach. Tomorrow....diving Bali!