paradise...finally

hello friends,
for those of you who didn't know, we've made it to Bali all in one piece. We spent the first 2 nights in Kuta which is basically a ghetto. Its a super dirty tourist town filled with people harassing you to purchase who knows what. Definitely not what we imagined Bali to be. Yesterday we headed out from our hotel and got dropped off in a town we found in our guide book called Dreamland. Turns out it wasn't really even a town, but after about a two hour walk uphill with our 40lb backpacks we finally found the bali of our dreams. We're staying in a little beach town called Bingin in the South. We stumbled upon a villa, and are paying 200000 rupiah which is about 20 bucks a night totally for the room. Our balcony overlooks a lush garden and beautiful blue tiled pool. We've met quite a few interesting people in our 1 day there, including a very nice Australian girl our age who gave us the lowdown on the area. Oh and I forgot to mention that in the room next to ours are three extremely attractive surfers from Cape Cod who have also been very friendly and helpful. we're currently in a very cute little cafe that took us about 30 mins to walk to and we are all enjoying ice cold tea and air conditioning, which seems to be quite a luxury in these parts.

We'll be picking up Ali this afternoon from the airport which is about an hours drive from our villa. And lucky us, the Cape Cod boys offered to drop us off on their way to town. Note to parents: do not worry they are not sketchy , and we are smart. haha

well this is just a little glance into our lives so far here on the island
missing you all
xoxo charlies' angels (this is what the Balinese people have dubbed us)