Not sure what day 2008!

You know that you are on vacation and you don't even know what day it is and even more you don't even care! I thought that I should add a few words of my own just to recap what has been going on thus far. The trip over was really not that bad and we made it with no flight or luggage problems. China airlines is not the most luxurious, but it gets you where you need to be - air asia is actually quite nice for a discount carrier.
We spent the first night in a town named Legion and I had the great honor of being propositioned by a prostitute in the little lane/alley where we rented our scooters. That was a first for me!
The first day out of Legion/Kuta, we were making our way north to Ubud and I was frantically trying to keep up with Rob who was practically born on a moterbike and can tell yo how many cc's any type of machine has and I tried to pull out onto the roadway and a truck was coming. To make a long story short, I laid the scooter down on the blacktop and got a good sized raspberry about the size of the palm of my hand on my right calf. About 10 very nice Balanise folks immediately came to my rescue including the horrified truck driver who just about ran over me. I was so embarrased that I had the scooter back up and was readjusting my backpack in about 2.5 seconds. I think that the people were pretty amazed that I was able to get back up so fast and keep cruising. I have almost gone through my tube of neosporin trying to take care of it so no worries mom. Snorkling in the Bali Sea today helped it I think.
Ubud was amazing but I was pretty frustrated because we could not stay longer. You would not believe how much there is to see in one place. There was a cool festival taking place and it was a bummer that we had to leave so that we can get to more places on this amazing island. Coming from a design background, this is pure heaven! Balinese art and architecture is mind blowing. Its somewhat like Italy in that the art and the sculpture and design is a huge part of the culture.
I have to remember that we only have about a month to see so much and that most of the time I will not be ready to move on but will simply have to in order to cover the stuff that we want to cover.
Overall, I have been so incredibly pleased with this place. It is one of those places that you have to experience personally in order to understand how amazing that it is. There are so many dogs and roosters here - its challenging to dodge those buggers. Its challenging to dodge most things as you are cruising down the road following Mario Andretti, but I am doing quite well considering we are driving on the left side of the road and most people don't seem to follow the basic rules of vehicular passing.
We made it from Ubud up to Amed in about 3 hours on the scooters and have been able to enjoy some lounging and a couple of massages. Today after snorkling, I got a massage right on the beach from not only one woman but two! It was a mother/daughter combo - I think that the mom was teaching her girl the craft. They did an amazing job and I was JELLO by the time I was done. Well, thats it for now - I will check in later. All is well and we are having a great time in paradise.