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Our travel itinerary from Australia to Indonesia looked like this: Wake up 4am, 2 hour train from Katoomba to Sydney, 30 minute bus from train station to airport, 2 hour wait at airport, 4.5 hour flight from Sydney to Perth, 6 hour wait in Perth airport, 3.5 hour flight from Perth to Denpasar (Bali), make our way through customs and immigration, hour long taxi ride from Denpasar to Ubud, locate place to stay, pass out. The whole thing took us 22 hours, so we were notably exhausted when we finally completed the last step.
Since we arrived in Ubud well after the sun went down, it was a nice surprise to wake up in our guest house and see the above view from our private terrace. We sipped tea and enjoyed the morning breeze, laced with the smell of incense. It didn’t take long for us to figure out we would love Bali.
The next step was finding a suitable place to live for the month. After two and a half days of internet searching, emails, phone calls and house visits, we finally found the perfect place to settle. After five weeks of feeling homeless, we finally have a space to call our own again. Photos soon.
Unfortunately, pretty much as soon as we settled into our new space John’s body gave way to the cold he had been fighting (you mean 22 straight hours of travel and three days of frantic house hunting in a new environment is bad for your health?) Not long after, I got sick, too. So while we’ve been here over a week now, it’s taking us a while to get into the swing of things. I’m sure we’ll be out and about soon enough, though, with stories to follow. Stay tuned.
