Spent the next few days in somewhat of a relaxed Coma, swimming, eating, drinking, repeat. I met a few finish people that were very inviting. So much so that they offered me mushrooms and weed over a few beers. i didn't spend much time with them after that. I had a great discussion with a few locasl from Gili air. they were very thoughtful and nice. I asked what they thought about the guest that stay there. He told me that every was was great except most Russians. I actually got that a lot through out this trip.
1/17/10
I got up at about 630am to catch the small boat to Lombok so I could catch the ferry back to Bali so I could reach Ubud tonight. I made it to the ferry that took about 5 hours to get to Bali. Then for some reason we were stuck anchored 500 yards from the dock. I survived on cup-o-noodle and water for 8 hours. absolutely miserable. Once we all made it off the ferry, all the westerners were treated like cattle, all moving to there safe buses. Everyone was being pointed to the buses that went to differing city's. But for some reason I was pointed to the back of a scooter. So i did like a scared little westerner should. I jumped on the back of the scooter, holding tight to the mans shoulders remembering the whole family that fell of the scooter on the first day I was in Indonesia. I just figured he was taking me the hour it took to get to Ubud. But instead he drove me a few blocks to another bus that was already full of cattle. I introduced myself to a response of silence. It was a bunch of "adventurous" 30 somethings. The driver tried to lighten everyones mood by playing some terrible Balinese music. Some Douchbag yelled to the front of the mini bus "The music is beautiful But I cant here the conversation I'm having". This American Guy continued on with his "amazing" conversation about his job as a book critic. I felt like I was about to explode with frustration, exhaustion and anger............It was a long Day. after an hour I jumped on the back of another scooter for a short ride to the Hotel. Once again way over priced but I had to get some rest.
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