Friday 15 July 2011

Back at the hotel tonight found a show in progress. Colourful outfits. Musicians with hammers. Confusing story. Nice!

Friday 15 July 2011

Dinner at Naughty Nuri's Warung. Still cooking on the pavement, and luckily no pictures of me eating this year! wink

Friday 15 July 2011

The Monkey Forest at Ubud. Nice place with mostly well behaved residents, but watch out for those that aren't! wink

Friday 15 July 2011

2 girls & 1 duck: lunch at Bebek Tepi Sawah. Think I prefer Bebek Bengil but the view makes this place worth a look.

Friday 15 July 2011

Just are 5 bananas as part of breakfast. Burp... I wink

Friday 15 July 2011

Macro shots taken while waiting for some kind of rehearsal to happen. Lots of cool bugs in Bali smile

Friday 15 July 2011

Morning scenes from the villa garden, looking out onto rice terraces. Incense burning. Morning Dew. Very relaxing smile

Thursday 14 July 2011

Enjoying Babi Guling (roast pork) at Ibu Oka, Ubud. Like a lot of local warung, basic but soooo gooooood! tongue

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Dinner on Jimbaran beach with 3 chicks. Now taking 'em back to hotel in cab. Well... It is tradition to make the most of this week, eh? ! wink

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Dinner with the girls at Menega Cafe, Jimbaran beach. Nom, nom, nom, nom! tongue

Wednesday 13 July 2011

The sunset wasn't so bad, either! We left the photographers sipping beer in the bar by this beach - lucky buggers! wink

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Here's that spot I spoke of earlier. So peaceful. Falling asleep but timeto head to the beach to take some pictures.

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Some pre-wedding pictures, just to get acquainted with the photographer. Taken not far from Seminyak. Canggu I think?

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Gusde busy taking official 'pre-wedding' shots this afternoon. Nice work if you can get it wink

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Fantasic stage 10 highlights, via MythTV, DownThemAll & hotel WiFi. Phew! ESPN & StarSports not following #tdf so no live viewing tonight sad

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Pratiwi seeing what it's like to be pampered. Strange as it might seem, in readiness for a trip to the beach!

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Broken clippers at home meant this barbershop visit had to be squeezed in. $1 with real cut throat clean up. Bargain!

Wednesday 13 July 2011

A brief respite from the crazy schedule of the day: Lunch at Made's Warung, Seminyak. Very nice!

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Villa Seminyak Estate. Free upgrade to a private villa with pool. Niiiice smile

Tuesday 12 July 2011

So lucky! Relaxing on the porch of huge upgraded villa. Admiring the private pool, listening to the birds sing & wind through the palms smile

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Through Bali immigration in 5 minutes. No 'express' fee either. Drove out in a cab 30 mins after touching down. Nice! PS: feel the warmth smile

Tuesday 12 July 2011

About to step onto a plane. See some of you soon? One thing for sure... Looking forward to the heat! smile

Tuesday 12 July 2011

The obligatory 'just killing time at the airport' shots...

Tuesday 12 July 2011

@thejensie Cycling legend Jens Voigt now on Twitter. Almost 10,000 followers in the first hour. Way to go Jens!

Monday 11 July 2011

Johnny Hoogerland: _THE_ TdF hardman. How can you even get up from that, let alone finish and don 2 jerseys? Huge respect due! #hoogerland

Saturday 9 July 2011

Someone excited talking about a 'big day': "This time next week..." Me: "I wonder if Cadel will have the Yellow jersey?" #priorities wink

Saturday 9 July 2011

Someone is watching 'Sex & the City'. Carrie is using a public phone. WTF! Plus side of this encounter: Someone WAS eating apple pie. Yum wink

Saturday 9 July 2011

@bradwiggins We're all gutted to see you out Wiggo - come back stronger next year!

Thursday 7 July 2011

Hmmmm... Celebratory cupcakes in this week's team meeting. Thanks guys smile Note a bit slow with the camera wink

Sunday 3 July 2011

Monopoly money? No idea what we're doing with this!

Saturday 2 July 2011

Pratiwi's noodle soup is the best ever. Here with sausages, but bacon or other pork bits are options. Nom, nom, nom!

Saturday 2 July 2011

Fluids experiment just for fun: 90min on trainer (30 out of saddle). 2.2L water in - 100g weight gain = 2.1L sweat out. At a chilly 17C wink

Saturday 2 July 2011

@danny_macaskill Your appearance on the Atherton Project was awesome & looked a blast! When you almost chewed that wall though... ouch! wink

Saturday 2 July 2011

Loving updates from #tdf pros. Am dual citizen so Go @CadelOfficial Go @bradwiggins Only 1 more sleep in Aus: the nap I'll need this arvo wink

Friday 1 July 2011

Lessons: How to Dismantle a Nuclear Power Plant. Though I'm guessing not much will be learnt by the powers that be sad http://t.co/SbaJLIe

Friday 1 July 2011

State the obvious award to the treasury secretary please: Aus can't rely on the mining boom & incomes could take a dive. http://t.co/yoNB6X4

Saturday 25 June 2011

Somebody wasn't happy with their haircut today, but nothing wrong here. Cantik banget smile

Saturday 25 June 2011

Sun sparkling on Berowra Waters half way through lazy 40km trundle. At last, Sydney winter has come good smile

Friday 24 June 2011

Friday 24 June 2011

Nice to catch up with @caminocuentos & @toniharris1970 last night. A bit delicate today but will struggle through wink Enjoy the trip home!

Tuesday 21 June 2011

SGS has died. Am Tweeting from 2009. Slow & cramped here, but I have a better tan & my neck doesn't hurt wink

Monday 20 June 2011

She's a keeper when: you move bikes from guest room & it's suggested they stay in the dining room as decoration smile

Saturday 18 June 2011

Sitting in the local drinking pints of Stella & eating pub grub. Ah... This is the life smile

Saturday 18 June 2011

@aglogan expected no less, soft lad! wink More tomorrow?

Saturday 18 June 2011

@Dan_Atherton @rachelatherton @gee_atherton ... Mental! wink However, it's time for breakie here in Sydney. Blue skies too - day for riding smile

Friday 17 June 2011

Too much sausage in tonight's pasta? No such thing! Am joking but... some would say it looks better before the mix wink

Friday 17 June 2011

Bank complaints: To call centre = no joy. To FoS = in 2 days $211 refund plus admission "happens a lot". So why not fix the issue? Crooks!

Monday 13 June 2011

Just spent 1h22 on the trainer re-living stage 9 of last year's Vuelta. Beautiful warm day, great views, cracking race. Thx @CyclingCentral

Saturday 11 June 2011

Half way through Saturday morning spin session. Lapse in concentration sees control of remote lost. Now 30 mins of Sex & The City. Aggh!

Saturday 11 June 2011

http://vividsydney.com/ from the South Side. Couple of Customs House are playing with lens/perspective correction.