1 Week in a little island called Bali

Transport? Lady? Man? Mushroom? Charlie? Massage? Marijuana?
You name it, you can get it in Bali. Every ten feet or so somebody will offer transport, and if you don't need that you will be updated with a serious of other products and services that can be purchased for a price. The Bali people are all very friendly, kind, and entrepreneurial. Everybody is willing to offer driving service and it seems that everybody has a side business or a friend who can get you "anything you need". That said, everybody is also very relaxed and easy going.

I've been here for almost a week now. Our trip has taken us from Kuta (think California surf town that was carried to Asia on a giant wave), Ubud (think some time where it's still the 1960's and everybody enjoys producing and selling their crafts (wood carvings, paintings, stone carvings, glass, etc.) on streets nested amongst rice paddies in the mountains) to Lovina beach (think quiet beach where the water is extremely calm and the people even more calm) and back to Kuta.

So far it's been great. I'm surprised by the number of people in Bali. There's 3 million people on the island and they seem to have about 3 million different restaurants - most of them with the same menu (oh and good news, I can eat the food because Balinese oil = coconut oil). The traffic is horrible on the South side of the island, but as you come north the mountains are amazing (although nothing like the rockies) and there's several lakes in amongst the rice terraces.

So, to be brief a few highlights:

Ubud - Amazing bungalows for rent where you get your own room, a loft, a balcony, and a view of the rice terraces all for C$5 per person.
Snorkling - We went for a snorkeling trip to Deer island (I forget the Indonesian name) that's on the North tip of Bali between it and Java. The reef is awesome. I could be easily impressed buy I've never seen tropical fish besides in an aquarium. The coral spreads out over about 50 meters and then drops off in a huge cliff to an unknown depth that looks exactly like something out of finding nemo. There were thousands of fish of all sizes and colors. Apparently, they get black and white tipped sharks and whale-sharks in that area, but we didn't see either of them.
Dolphins - We were up at 5:30 this morning and out in the Java sea to try and catch a glimpse of some dolphins. We saw a few and chased them around until around 9:00am. All in all, it was not that wonderful, the boat ride was better ( this super narrow boat - just wide enough for your hips) that's supported with wooded pontoons).
Kuta - Waves. The waves in Kuta are huge right now. The beach lifesaving squad said they are particularly high right now and nobody can go surfing because of it. It was fun to do a little body surfing but you really see how strong the Ocean is. I hope I will be able to take some pictures because they are impressive.

Anyhow, that's all for now.

Pictures may be coming.