The Adventures of Bali and Gili Islands

I am so sorry I have not been able to update everyone in a while, things have been quite hectic with school and traveling, but I am beyond excited to share this next experience with you. For fall/Easter break here, a few friends and I decided to travel to south-east Asia, where we would begin our adventure in Kuta, the main city in Bali. When we first arrived in Kuta, it was quite the interesting experience; loose and very scary looking dogs everyone, as well as the black market! I do admit that as interesting as Kuta was, it was not one of my favourite places within this experience. However, in Kuta we did one of the most amazing things I have ever done; white water rafting in the forbidden forest! The pictures of the forbidden forest are just above! Throughout the forbidden forest, our white water rafting instructor took us to some of the waterfalls and lookout points, once again just breathtaking!

For the next part of our trip, we headed of to Ubud, a smaller area within Bali. In Ubud, we rented motorbikes and decided to scooter over to each of the temples. Here are some of the pictures of the temple, and the villa that we each stayed in. 

For the last three days of our trip, we headed off to Gili Islands, one of 3 islands just off the coast. This was one of the prettiest places I have ever seen. We rented a house for 3 days, which was absolutely beautiful. The island was very small, and was one of the only places in the world where absolutely no motor transport can be found on the island, everything is carried by horses. The first night we were in Gili, we went to a local bar to celebrate the royal wedding by participating in a royal wedding drinking game which was great fun with great company. Other than exploring the island, we rented a boat for the day and decided to go diving in the coral reefs - just beautiful! 

In just 3 weeks I will be done with exams, hopefully...and off to New Zealand to carry out one last adventure before heading home. I cannot wait to see everyone, and look forward to catching up with you! miss you all so much.