That is my new old moped, it does the job for now.
I found a place to hang out at the beach which is literally a 3 minute walk down the beach, although I found it by bike yesterday, down the dirt road you see above.
Within minutes of me finding it I put a review (as I do everywhere I go now) on google maps and places to visit.
Within 10 minutes there was a German man with his wife from Poland who reside in Barcelona Spain, we talked for 2 hours and had many laughs, I almost cried of laughter at me and them.
With my new found place came a new friend, the lady that owns (leases) this bit of paradise on the beach gave me free spring rolls, 4 of them, I do not like spring rolls but these were simply put special, tasty, fresh and what she is famous for, cooking.
I invited my cleaner there, and her husband.
As I have stated before, they have been so caring about me it humbles me, so I took them for a meal and it shocked me, they had never been to dine somewhere other than home ever before. They had never seen from a tourist view people snorkelling on the reef 20 metres from the beach, the whoops of delight were like pure treasure, to me at least.
What I am used to is something new to them, so yes, maybe we are over entitled tossers at times, although it is nice to be able to pay something back for the beyond belief kindness these wonderful people of Bali show to total strangers like me.
In the photo above, the lady that runs the place is in the middle.
Merry C who takes care where I reside had pizza and her husband had spring rolls. And a few beers.
The portions are small here, as are most people and their appetite.
French fries are less than £1.60, pizza £3, fish and chips £4.
The lady tells me she has a lobster that weighs 1.5 kilo, but she must wait for a customer to order it to eat it, I have never tried lobster before, so to help her today that customer will be me.
I am writing this in the AM and at 7 ish as I go to bed early and rise early here, as I like to swim and keep fit.
If you want to find this place, refer to my older articles this week and you will know where to find it and me.
I am off for breakfast to my new found place in paradise, after a coffee of course, and with the g20 taking place here, there are secret service all over this island, CIA the lot, I can smell them from a mile away, they are not friendly neither.
Shame really, they could learn a lot from these people, about being a nice human in the being. But not from a 5 star hotel.
She sleeps on the beach too, and why not, saves the price for aircon, and as she says, the waves put her to sleep.
I have to ride for 17 miles today to see if the ATM works at a bank called BCA, if it does not, well then I have to go back to Denpasar to get some cash, and that is 3 hours each way, not a fun idea, but needs must.
Have a superb day, enjoy and make a stranger smile, costs nothing does a smile, wear one with pride.