The night before my second 10-day trip out of Shanghai

Alright, all packed and ready to go. This time, will take us to Jakarta for 4 1/2 days, Bali to 2 1/2 days and Singapore for 2 1/2 days. Bali is a station stop rather than flying back to Shanghai and then back to Singapore. At Bali, this is where we will be staying. Audrey used to work at this place for about 9 months in the last 90's. And no, we are not part of any China delegation to the UN's Climate Change meeting in Bali. I am bringing only a small suitcase. Traveling to a tropical place is so easy specially when you don't have to work in front of people; just the computer, Internet and youself. But I do have locks on all compartments; going to Indonesia, you have to be "careful". ;-)

Tonight, we went across the street to a restaurant we were so curious about. The name of the restaurant was/is "Onion Restaurant". It served Cantonese food; Yuck. The food was quite disgusting. I prefer instant noodle than eating there; now we know. Surprising that place was quite busy every night except when the typhoon hit this Summer. Food was not that cheap. Our regular Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant was cheaper and "cleaner"; "cleaner", two meanings... cleanliness and "feeling after you eat" - not the scrap off the MSG, grease, cooking smell from my body and clothes.