We discovered the delights of Ziggys bar and Nick and I had a farewell beer or two before his departure and reflected upon our travels.

I managed to somehow lose my bank card which forced me into various phone calls home and a trip to the bank in Singaraja which was quite an experience. It took me an hour to get some money out on my credit card and they kept calling me Mario for some reason!

We went to Tulamben where we all dived the wreck of a US Cargo ship Liberty. This was sunk by the Japanese during the war, beached at Tulamben but pushed back into the sea by lava from the volcano eruption in 1963. We stayed at a nice friendly place and Davey entertained the locals with his Michael Flatley impression by the pool until he volleyed one of their china teapots into the swimming pool!

Next stop was Candidasa which was OK but a bit like a ghost town so we moved to Ubud which is the arts and crafts capital of Bali.

There's some great stuff here if you like wood carvings, jewellery and sarongs and the locals are always asking you if you need transport. We went to a Balinese dance which was very colourful and entertaining, paricularly when one of the dancers stopped and offered the audience transport at a special cheap price!

That's it so far for Bali. Dave and Laura have moved on to Thailand and I'm all alone here with a nasty dose of ' Bali Belly!' so you see, its not all Bagus after all!

Rich.