Day 2 in Bali

Time to hit the legendary terraced paddie fields of Bali. Which according to the SatNav were 50km away, so I thought one good hour should be enough getting us there, as we set off at 12.45.

Could.Not.Have.Been.More.Wrong!

It took us a solid 2.5 hours to cover 50 km. The traffic here is factor 10 mad and factor 20 dense. God knows what will happen, when they all can afford cars. It is bad already now. It makes Brussels during the day look like a deserted city...

So we arrived at 15.30 at a lovely resort in the middle of the jungle (how can you stay there for a week or longer w/o car is beyond me) and I thought, let's have late lunch. Do you take AmEx ? No, only Mastercard or Visa, sir. Which card was back at basecamp ? Mastercard. What did I not have with me ? Enough cash for a 5* resort. So I dropped off Lourd and Max and headed back to Ubud. Realizing that I left the SatNav behind with Max. It is on the iPad. So not only did I not have enough funds, but I dropped off wife and kid at a Resort, which name I had not memorized, in the middle of nowhere with no SatNav. And neither of us had the phones with us either. Oh and petrol was running low too.

I did find them again and the food was excellent, but as it gets dark quick and early (try 18.20), it meant we had to head back. So if you are ever going to go to Bali and do a selfdrive - leave early, take cash and Mastercard.

So please appreciate the photos, as they took some effort in the making...