Wow! Talk about the trip of a lifetime! Most people would dare going to Thai food in El Cajon; but you two are really fire walking the adventure. Hats off!-Dig the Aqua Scooters!

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Ceremonial procession Nusa Lembongan
Elle with Balinese dancer
Fire dance at Uluwatu Temple
Justin and Elle south Lombok secret spot
Some of the signs in asia are funny

Retro Pictures

Another setup in south Lombok rainy season winds would hook this place up.
This is our adopted family in our Uluwatu rented house Elle is behind the lense.
Fish bbq for twenty.
Shacked at Ulu. Not me.
Elle and Jayne
We had some tech problems so these are some of the pictures we tried to put on earlier.

Hello everyone!

We are about to put any suspicions to rest. I really am on this trip! Elle.

That's me in front of the tallest twin towers in the world Kuala Lumpur.

Justin and I rode this aqua bike from Singapore to Malaysia and rescued two small children along the way.

The cabin like building is where we "roughed it" in Teman Negara rainforest.

The Latest and more

After staying in Kuala Lumpur for a few days and getting skunked at the wave pool twice we decided to head on. If you don't know Kuala Lumpur has a water park which boasts an 8ft wave which you can surf on during certain hours. The park was a short five block walk followed by a monorail ride followed by a train ride followed by a bus from our hotel. Surfing is only available on sat/sun so we went there on sat and the pool was being rented for private party. Sunday we tried again after calling to confirm surfing was available but when we arrived they told us they were booked for the day. We almost pulled a Chevy Chase wolly world but decided against it. On a side note the majority of the women at the pool wear pants and head coverings in the pool. We understand the reasoning but it's pretty funny to see at the waterpark.

So after reading on the internet that there is some real surf on the east coast we packed up rented a car and went over. We arrived yesterday and the waves were what you would expect 1 ft.
After some deliberation we searched the guide book for something we couldn't miss in Malaysia and discovered the world's oldest rain forest is here so that's where we arrived today. The rain forest has wild elephant, tigers, leopard and just about everything else you could imagine. Except beer. Even though the beer on sale all over Malaysia is Singapore's Tiger beer which has a picture of a tiger on the can. Seems to me it fits the theme of the park. This must to be a religious area. Elle has been suffering from an allergic reaction so we decided to hold off on the night safari action until she is feeling better. Tomorrow we do hope to do some day hiking through the jungle with a qualified guide of course.

Well, Elle didn't get better until after we left the rainforest that's why these shots are just of me. The rope latter thing is the longest of it's type in the world 500m it makes you remember if you are afraid of heights and forgot. I am and did. The other one Elle took near the entrance to the park it's hard to show pictures of the forest because it's so big and there is no good perspective but huge tree pictures are easy. I did not see any tigers but I don't think you really want to. I saw a bunch of wild boar and was sufficiently scared. They sound meaner than they are I think.

There are quite a lot of tourists at the park but once you start hiking you never see anybody it's pretty cool. I hiked for 4 hours one day and only saw one person in the first five minutes and then was alone. The jungle is really dark even on sunny days becuase of the canopy. Even though tigers are hardly ever spotted and if they are it's usually at night they creep into the back of your mind when you're alone for a long period of time. They are kind of like land sharks.

Tomorrow we are heading to Thailand can't wait.

Lembongan

This is the view from our place in Nusa Lembongan. Seaweed farming is the main industry here which they mostly sell to the cosmetic industry. At high tide this bay looks completely different. Crystal clear blue water and there are four surf spots on the outer reefs. Unfortunately for us the waves are a little fickle and some of the more shallow waves have wooden spikes in which are part of the seaweed farms! Very relaxed atmosphere here though and a fun place to hang even without the surf.

Happy anniversary Mike and Jayne
White sand beach south Lombok.
Thanks Dondi and Todd for our Home away from home before we left.
Hong Kong more sky scrapers than Boise or the Burgh

Uluwatu this is about as small as it ever was.

A hearty thanks to Dawson for really getting the ball rolling this time. We have proven without a doubt that we are both computer illiterate. This time it's for real though some serious blogging is about to go down. First a short recap of where and what we have done so far.

Our place in Nusa Lembongan

First stop was Bali, Indonesia home of many great waves and great people. And Bintang a beer that lives up to it's claim of international quality. Not quite as bold as Carlsberg's "Possibly the world's greatest beer." Thank you Jake and Meagan Neal for setting us up with the Lumbung Sari a (really nice hotel) in Legian, Bali north of the madness that is Kuta. Elle and I were there for a few days before Mike and Jayne arrived so we thought we should probably risk our lives on a scooter and drive to UIuwatu for a day. After that we used a local driver with a van for our transport. Scary drivers!

After the Legian we all went out to Uluwatu which is out on the peninsula more near the surf breaks and rented a house where we stayed for a week. Mike and I had large crowded waves all week it was fun. Our house came fully furnished with a family of 30 which we didn't know were included in the package. We had a great BBQ with the family with fish and traditional indonesian treats. The real special night was watching one of the family members, Duru, dance at the famous Uluwatu temple that overlooked the Indian Ocean. What a view!

After we said good-bye to Uluwatu, the four of us headed to Nusa Lembongan. It's a small island off Bali that was a short hour and a half ferry ride away. A little piece of paradise! We scored a really sweet Bungalow that overlooked the water. Really cool village with lots of hiking and unfortunately teeny tiny overcrowded surf! We stayed there for a week and headed out.

On Justin's birthday we took what we thought was a 5 hours ferry to the island of Lombok. What a day that was! 12 hours later,waterlogged and tired, we arrived in Lombok. Because of my two left feet, I barley made it out of the boat!