Today we went to the Monkey Forest.  It was a park you had to pay to get in, but it had some temples and lots of monkeys.  Then in the afternoon we went to Jungle Fish.  This was a little outside of where we were staying so I had to drive the POS.  It was a resort in the jungle with a wonderful pool  and restaurant.  You have to pay 150,000 rupiah ($12) in food and drink and you get to hang out at the pool as long as you want.  Deal.  This evening we got massages and facials.  The people working at the spa were wonderful.  They kept trying to fix me up with one of the guys at the spa.  They were laughing and joking with each other.  It’s so delightful to see people loving each other’s company and the work they do.  I have found most Bali people to be genuine and when they smile it’s real.  In Thailand, the smile is not always real.  This is a nice change in that respect.  We were going to see a traditional dance show, but got there too late.

I finally found out when I have to be back at school.  I have two more weeks instead of one.  I decided to extend my stay in Bali by four days instead of sitting on a beach in Thailand or trying to go to another country.  Then I’m going to go to Singapore for a few days and back to Thailand.  I’ll probably go back to Chaing Mai in Thailand since it’s easy to get to by plane and fairly easy to get to Sam Ngao from there.  A 8-12 hour bus ride from Bangkok again sounds horrible.

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