Back to Bali and the town of Sanur

Sanur is supposed to have nice beaches and hopefully someplace where we can get our hair cut, our laundry done properly and some decent wi-fi. We zoomed back on the fast boat from Nusa Lembagen and were met by a hotel driver and taken to our room which as usual was awful so they showed us another room which was less awful and we settled in.

  BTW: this is typical, we have learned that they usually show you the worst room first and if you take it, fine, problem solved.  We know better and always ask to see another room which is alway better. If we don't like the hotel, the next day we find another and move to that one. That is why we have been to 19 hotels so far.

The beaches were nice except when the tide is out which is all this week from 9am until 4pm. and then they are rocky sand pits with seaweed and no way to swim. Oh well. However Sanur has a wonderful boardwalk that goes for a few miles from one end of town to the other all along the beach with only pedestrians and bicyclists allowed. Great idea, maybe other Balinese towns on the beach will consider it.

The first night we located a really nice air-conditioned salon, made an appointment for the next day. We went back and both of us got what we needed, but interestingly it cost about the same as in the states. Probably because Sanur has a bunch of $300+ per night hotels.

  Other than hair care and laundry and some decent restaurants (I secretly went off to the McDonald's and had a cheeseburger for $2.30, yummy.) there is not much for hippy travelers like ourselves so we arranged to get to Ubud to pick up our extended visas and head off to Lovina on the north coast.