To answer your question Liz, YES Bali! 
Anyways, me and two cousins went to Bali for five days from June 1, before heading over to Jakarta for another two days. We booked our tickets when Air Asia was giving away those 1 million free seats a long, long time ago so imagine how psyched we were by the last week of May!
We stayed at this quaint little inn at Kuta (where else?) at Poppies Lane, not where the bombing happened but withing walking distance. We were about a seven-minute walk away from the beach and from Miss Toh’s favourite place, Hard Rock Cafe/Hotel Bali.
Because we were so close to the beach, the inn was filled with shirtless surfer dudes and chicks with really skinny bikini bodies. Lucky us! Hehe. But not so lucky for me cause each time I had to walk next to a skinny woman, it kinda made me look like Goliath… Oh well. No one knew us Bali anyways so what the hell did I care?
Oh on our way to the inn from the airport, we passed by this: 
Surprise!
Okay, I know it kinda spoils the whole "Bali is rich in old cultures and traditions" thing, but hey we were on holiday, so we’re allowed to indulge in foolish things like cream-filled glazed doughnuts!
Krispy Kreme is located at the Discovery Mall, which also had the familiar signages of Roti Boy and BreadTalk, as well as British products Marks & Spencer, Dorothy Perkins and Topshop. Yes, it’s a Mat Salleh place, basically. In fact, when you stand outside the mall, this is what you see:
Ala, it’s a little dark. Never mind, I actually wanted to show the billboards — Krispy Kreme, Pizza Hut, Starbucks and KFC (not in the pic, but it’s there). On the left side of the mall, though, is a temple where shopkeepers, salesgirls and donut-gives make their offering each day. So, Bali isn’t like 100% corrupted by western cultures also lah. I’m guessing these fast food joints and clothing stores are there to cater to the growing number of foreigners who make their stay permanent in Bali. And for sakai tourists. hehe.
To cut a long and winding story short, here’s a photo essay. I’ve uploaded more pics on imagestation Bali pics
The Kecak dancers at Uluwatu sure got sexyback. Heh.
You want massage? Manicure? Umbrella? Towel? Pineapple? Mango? Ice-cream? Yes, we were hounded endlessly at the beach, but after a while you do sort of tune out and they’ll kind of leave you alone. Us being Asians, we were a little too nice and didn’t bark at them to go away, but there were these two British women who sat near me (when I went to the beach on the very last day alone to catch some rays and to oggle at surfer dudes) who just snapped at anyone who came by peddling their wares. Needless to say, people left the Britons alone. Earlier that week there was also a woman who took off her bikini top, baring her nippies for all to stare and drool over (the men lah). The locals left her alone too.
Ah, the bane of my dieting life, the babi guling! Why, oh, why can’t I get this in Malaysia?
If I had a proper house, I’d want my door to look like this. What place was this? Erm, the Ubud Palace, right next to Ibu Oka’s Babi Guling. Hehe.
Behind door number two is a car! Sorry I have no idea how to rotate the pic on friendster.
You would think that Babi Guling and Krispy Kreme don’t mix, but oh how wrong you would be!
Dear Lord, thank you for giving this guy such wonderful arms.
Sand between and ON my toes… bliss…
Okay, I can’t rival MsP and The Boy’s food pics, but hey I think I managed to make tempeh look good!
In a nutshell, Bali is a great holiday destination, especially if what you’re looking for are just simple things like the beach and a lot of sun, a bit of culture, a few specialty dishes (babi guling, baby!), great friends to hang with, cheap stuff to buy and hundreds of surfers and tourists with yummylicious bods!
