First up is a man by the name of Greg Skipper. We (Jerry, then Julia and I) met him in the pool at the Matahari. We started out jsut with general chatting about Australia and Canada and about the bartering experience and different things about Kuta, places to eat, things to watch out for. I have him to thank for not getting screwed out of about $40. He told us to be very careful when exchanging money because he was taken advantage of. So a couple days later I go to exchange some money with what he had said in mind and sure enough the guy tried to scam me EXACTLY how he described it, and the 3 of us were watching him and he still managed to do it without us noticing. The only way I knew is because before I gave him my money I counted it all up, after he counted it out in front me and it was short 360,000IR, which is about $40 - $45 AUD. Anyways, then he mentioned that he was a stunt man, can't remember where it came up but we continued to talk about it for close to 4 hours. He had the most entertaining stories to tell and I never got bored of it. He was super 
animated in his stories too which was funny as hell. He be dive bombing all over the place and I got a face full of water when he was recounting his Mission Impossible experience where he blew up a boat. He told us of a BIG M Milkl commercial he did here in the 80s and we found it later on youtube. He was telling us about all the actors he's worked with (Pierce Brosnan, Russel Crowe, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan etc etc etc). The man was an inspiration for us and gave us a plethora of material to go on for the rest of the trip, from how he incessantly rubbed and squeezed his teets, to a moment where his foot somehow ended up in and around Jubee's face, and all the splashing and animated story telling. The man will forever be a major part of our Bali experience. Super nice guy.
animated in his stories too which was funny as hell. He be dive bombing all over the place and I got a face full of water when he was recounting his Mission Impossible experience where he blew up a boat. He told us of a BIG M Milkl commercial he did here in the 80s and we found it later on youtube. He was telling us about all the actors he's worked with (Pierce Brosnan, Russel Crowe, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan etc etc etc). The man was an inspiration for us and gave us a plethora of material to go on for the rest of the trip, from how he incessantly rubbed and squeezed his teets, to a moment where his foot somehow ended up in and around Jubee's face, and all the splashing and animated story telling. The man will forever be a major part of our Bali experience. Super nice guy. Motor Bikes. So we got to Bali and saw that EVERYONE drives these motor bikes. It just seemed like chaos and I was relieved that I didn't have to drive everywhere. It's crazy, there are like no road rules, cars follow the lanes (for the most part) but you have these motorbikes flying up and down the roads weaving through traffic like mad. It's not terrible fast traffic anywhere, which makes it a LITTLE bit safer, but it just seemed OUTTA CONTROL! We did a ton of walking the first few days then went up to Ubud and did some more. When we got back to Kuta we were thinking about how faster it'd be if we could get a bike, just to get around town, down to the beach and maybe see a little more of the area. We enquired and it was DIRT CHEAP. For a motor, with insurance and 2L of gas it was $8 per day. We got two bikes for 2 days each. It was a BLAST. Jared and I cruised around for a while, as Jubers wa
s a little tired and light headed so she was resting in the AC bedroom. Then Julia came out with us, despite being a little apprehensive. We all had a BLAST and it was a lot safer than we had expected, and we went alllll over. Through the SUPER busy downtown street and a little outta town on major roads, we cruised forever and saw a ton. We went out for dinner at a place down by the water and didn't have to sweat by walking the whole way there! We'd go and park wherever we wanted and only had to pay the equivalent of .20 once for parking. WE GOT PULLED OVER BY THE COPS! Haha, this was a little unnerving and makes you realize how corrupt it is over there. They pull over ALLLLL the white tourists and just harras you and try to take your money. They were telling us that because we didn't have our Canadian driver's license on us we would be charged $250,000 rupiah and maybe have to go down to the jail. We were terrified but managed to talk our way out of it after a while. Other than that the things were one of the best things about our trip. It was SOOO much fun to just jump on the HOOOGS and kick it.
s a little tired and light headed so she was resting in the AC bedroom. Then Julia came out with us, despite being a little apprehensive. We all had a BLAST and it was a lot safer than we had expected, and we went alllll over. Through the SUPER busy downtown street and a little outta town on major roads, we cruised forever and saw a ton. We went out for dinner at a place down by the water and didn't have to sweat by walking the whole way there! We'd go and park wherever we wanted and only had to pay the equivalent of .20 once for parking. WE GOT PULLED OVER BY THE COPS! Haha, this was a little unnerving and makes you realize how corrupt it is over there. They pull over ALLLLL the white tourists and just harras you and try to take your money. They were telling us that because we didn't have our Canadian driver's license on us we would be charged $250,000 rupiah and maybe have to go down to the jail. We were terrified but managed to talk our way out of it after a while. Other than that the things were one of the best things about our trip. It was SOOO much fun to just jump on the HOOOGS and kick it. 
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