Monday 9th March
On Monday morning Jamie gave James and I a lift to Dunedin airport. It was really sad to say goodbye to him, although hopefully we will see him this summer in Scotland. We flew an hour and a half to Auckland and then on to Bali, which took another eight and a half hours. Then we had a two hour car journey from Denpasar airport to our hotel near Ubud. This all added up to a rather long day and by the time we arrived at the Padma Hotel I was absolutely exhausted. It was about 10 pm by this time in Bali but it was three in the morning in New Zealand time. Our “butler” Pande (I’m not kidding, that’s what it says on his card!) checked us into our luxurious room and gave us lots of information about the hotel, which I was too dazed to take in. Our room is huge, with an equally large bathroom. The shower is so big that James could run around inside it in circles, an image that will stay with me for some time! The balcony overlooks the jungle with volcanoes in the distance, and has a couch on it and a jacuzzi. But James soon homed in on the amazingly exotic fruit bowl! He loves a bit of fruit, and the more unusual the better. So he ate durian, mangosteen and rambutan among others. I tried some too but James went for the lot! We quickly unpacked our cases - a nice change to properly unpack for a week instead of living out of our suitcases and having to delve around to find what we need - and fell unconscious as soon as our heads hit our delightfully soft pillows.
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