Kuta, Bali

I arrived in denpasar midday and grabbed a cab into town. I hadn't booked anywhere to stay but had heard of some good places. I got into the cab and told the driver to take me there. he asked if I had reservations and I said no. Mistake number 1!! He ended up taking me to his friends place so I could see the rooms. They were nice enough and I talked him down to $24 which seemed reasonable It turned out that this was twicw as much as I should have paid and pretty far from the main part of town. I decided to go explore the city and find somewhere else to stay for the next night. The streets were filled with people trying to sell you something. They would hassle you like crazy, promising a good price. I walked down towards the beach and up and down two of the main streets, poppies 1 and poppies 2. I eventually found one of the hotels I was looking for and it was a third of the price of the other one. I booked a room for the next night and wandered back towards my hotel. I spent the night trying to figure out what I would do for the next couple of days and ended up passing out pretty early at like 7. Lol. The next morning I relaxed and got some breakfast. It was delivered to the patio outside my room. Sweet!! For the rest of the morning I walked around a little more, checking out the mall and the beach.I also wanted to check out the local temple. In bali all of the people set out offerings in baskets made of plants. In each of them is a small offering of flowers and incense. As a result the whole city smells of incense, it seems to give a relaxed hippy feeling, despite the constant hassling. The temple is absolutely beautiful! It really is the epitome of southeast asian culture. I checked it out a bit and watched.a couple local women place their offerings at the temple. After that I headed back to my room to grab my stuff. Luckily I was getting the hang of ignoring the hassling and the correct answers to the constant questions. If I wore a hat, sunglasses and didn't smile I got bugged way less. (A pretty hard feat seeing as I usually smile 100% of the time). "Is this your first time in bali". Correct answer: No I've been here 6 times. "Are you travelling alone: No my boyfriend is at the hotel taking a nap" haha. And of course "Are you married: YES". Lol. Anyway, I successfull grabbed my stuff and a taxi and switched rooms. This room was just as nice as the other one had been. Grabbed a burger for lunch which was only like $2 or 25,000 rupiahs. Bartered for some sweet gifts for my mom and heather, went for a swim, hung out on the beach, and shower up for a night out. On the way out I attempt to plug in my camera and drop my converter on the floor!! I try to piece ot back together with pretty much no luck. I try to plug it in and then it immediately sparks and the room goes dark!! I clearly blew a fuse. Haha. Turns out no one goes out until at least 1am in bali. I decided to take a nap until then. Of course I couldn't get my butt out of bed when my alarm went off at 1 so I just slept til the am. I had arranged a car to take me around for the day wherever I wanted. The plan was to end in ubud and stay there for the night.