Day 182

Day 182

We arrive to Denpasar quite late at night and we still have to cross the passport control (luckily we don’t need visa) and customs. What usually it’s a quick process it becomes an endless wait. We arrived at the same time than some Chinese airplanes and everything get’s crazy. After more than 2 hours waiting we are free to go with our luggage.

Then, the wild harrasment starts… we really never missed that. The taxi drivers start following us trying to get us into their cars. The thing is that we are sleeping in a hotel just 10 minutes walking away, so we don’t need a drive. We start walking through the streets of Kuta, not the best place to stay in Bali. We had been warned not to go there because it’s not a good neighbourhood (lots of alcohol, drugs, silly tourists and people who wants to take advantage of it).

In the morning we decide to give it a chance and we go to visit the beach and surroundings.

During the day it’s not that bad, but the harrassment continues… one guy even tries to sell me a crossbow!?

After getting an Indonesian sim card and tickets to Gili T (an island where we plan to dive while we wait for Maria) we head to our friends Mario’s house. We met him the first time having breakfast in a hotel in front of the Passu cones in Pakistan. After that day we kept in touch and we even met in Georgetown (Malaysia) some time ago. He is living in Indonesia for around 30 years and he kindly invited us to stay with him.

Guess what, I fall instantly in love with Bulo, his dog.

We have a lovely and delicious dinner with Mario (as a good Italian he owns a Pizzeria). We hope to see him again when we come back from Gili T.