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Lovina, Bali

Got a ride here with two French girls, who appear to have mastered the art of battering with the locals. Managed to get a lift in a car for pretty much the same price as the awful bemo's, and didn't have to change in another city. Wish I could speak French though, it'd make working out deals much easier without the locals knowing how much we were actually willing to pay.

We're going to travel onwards together tomorrow as they are wanting to hike Gunung Bromo as well, and also go to Yogyakarta. It's made this part of the trip much more fun, having people to talk too.

Got a good hotel here, hot water again, beach front, place to watch the football later, for 100000rp, cheaper than the rubbish place in Ubud and Toya Bungkah. Arranged to do dolphin watching and snorkelling too, but it was a bit of a let down - too many tourist boats kept the dolphins away. Snorkelling was ok, not much colour to the reef, and just some small fishes, and I remembered how rubbish I am in the sea, ha.

Got a lift part of the way to the ATM last night on the back of this tourist info guy's scooter. Fun, but a little scary having 3 people piled on the back of this tiny thing.

Watched the football with a German guy called Mikel, who was cool. He's into punk, loves Cock Sparrer (I told him to check out the Down and Outs), plays in a band called the Frei Booters, and loves football. Good guy.