11-5 (Sunday) Bali

We froze last night! We slept in this morning until 8:00 because we didn’t want to get out from under the covers. We had a long discussion about where to go next before we have to return to Bangkok. We seethe day aside to make travel arrangements. We fist bought a bus ticket to go to Tanah Lot tomorrow to see the sunset. We went to another agency and bought a ticket for 2 days and one night (on a boat)to go to the Komoda Islands to see the dragons. We leave Tuesday.

We found an international phone where you can make collect calls. Joyce had prepaid a LOT of money on her card so she wouldn’t have to worry about paying while she was out of the country. When we got ready to pay for our ticket to Bali they told her the card was reject6ed. She tried it at the hotel and it was the same thing. We decided the strip must have gotten messed up. She called them today only to find out that they had “flagged” her card deciding “they” didn’t want her to use it in Indonesia or Vietnam! I would have been livid. Wheat gives them the right to decide where she can spend her money? I used the phone to call my insurance co. They have a toll free # but the international calls have to be collect. I have been trying to find out what they are going to do about my car since September. I emailed them but they wrote back and said I need to call! Why do they invite you to email if they can’t answer? Go figure.

Tonight we went to dinner right on the beach – Jimaron Bay Beach. Lovely!

We still haven’t decided where we are going besides Komoto. Does anyone have an idea for us? HELP. We don’t want to miss anything while we are here. We would like to go to Kalimantan but we don’t know if we will be able to get there because of the fires. We thought about Puket but heard it is real expensive. We thought of Borobudur also but that isn’t looking possible. Okay, Brad, Dennis, Larry, Steve and you hard core travelers . . . put your thinking caps on.