After a bit of a dramatic weekend ( snorkeling trip that caused a bit of dissention among the ranks if you will) Aa most of you know trying to make plans with five people on different agendas and budgets can be really hard and this was none other then that. However, the night before we had a fun night out in Kuta with Dirk Jol and Danny Soerendjaya who were in town. Jon hates Kuta but we actually had a blast- yeah I mean its touristy and there is a plethora of drunken aussies and shirtless and sloppy 18 year olds but hey- that was us at one point! We managed to escape unscathed, however Tim and Danny had to be pulled away from a fight outside Bounty- some guy grabbed megs arm so Tim shoved him and he flew across the room into a pool table. Then his friend started to come at Tim and Danny ripped off his shirt and put the guy in a choke hold, mumbling something about how you mess with his friends and your dead….haha so then I was like. Er, this is no bueno so I went and got dirk and was like, um can you please control the incredible hulk over there? And so we leftJ Danny and Dirk and I ended up on the beach outsie Ku De Ta with some somewhat warm Bintangs watching the sun come up ( or was it already up?!)



Its definitely different here- not what I thought it would be in some ways I guess. But hey- only a week right? Im trying to figure out the job situation but I think it will be harder then I thought, so I kinda put it off until meg and tim leave and I get a bike. Even Kuta, the area where I feel the most comfortable ( as far as streets, ladmarks and directions go) is completely rebuilt and different. The last time I was here was December after the bombings. It was dejected and incredibly sad to see what had happened there, but they have rebuilt things up to what can only be described as Kuta 2.0! there are more 'swanky' places, three times the options and things are taller, brighter and cleaner! But still packed to the gills with people clamoring to get the 30.000 worth of arak in a giant fishbowl!