We're back! Safe and sound, slightly tanned from the Bali sun.

I have so much to record down....let's try to put it in some logical order.

Chronicles :
Day 1,10/6, Mon : Touched down on Bali soil at about 8:45pm. Spotted our tour leader, Pande, holding a piece of paper with his name on it. We were whisked to Legian Paradiso Hotel and settled into our room. Was a little disappointed that the room's specifications were not as promised but we were assured of a change the next day. We proceeded to explore our surroundings and took a walk to a 24-hr German restaurant tht served fabulous sausages and beer.

There were many peddlers along the way to the restaurant. There was even a woman with her sleeping child and she was (or looked) homeless and hungry. She was begging. I was rather appalled that she chose to sit on the road, between the curb and the wheel of the parked van there. It was unhygenic and dirty, if not for her, for her child! Was she trying to create a pathetic image so as to successfully beg for a few thousand rupiahs? This night, I saw for myself, for the first time, what extremes poverty can drive a person to.