July 4 was not the most exciting day of the trip, but still offered some interesting activities. Most of my day was spent online catching up on e-mail's, reading & exploring the shops in the city. I had wanted to rent a bike & see the country side, but it was pouring rain all afternoon, so I had to make alternate plans. I had gotten up early to catch this tour but there was not enough people so that didn’t go either. I had even went out & bought a sarong to use for the temples, but it was not to be used on this day. The markets is where I spent part of my morning & they were an interesting experience. I bought 3 different types of fruit, but nothing else. The market is 3 different levels in what looks to be an old parking lot. The bottom one makes you almost gag because the smell is so bad. The middle one (where I got my fruit) is somewhat better, but not roses. There is also everyone else selling about anything you can imagine, but mostly art, things made from wood, T-shirts, sarongs, hats & sunglasses. I also tried to arrange transport for the next day to go to Denpasar, but that ended up being difficult. There are no buses that run to there & it is the capital city! I was told later that is because it is not a tourist destination, but you would think someone would be going there. I asked tons of people & finally got a guy who was to pick me up from my hotel at 8 the next morning for $5 USD. That sounds ok, but it was probably still more than I should have paid in Bali. But sometimes you just get sick of looking & take something a little more expensive to be done.

By the time it was night, the water in the streets near my hostel was calf high from all the rain! I went out one more time to go to the Internet Cafe. After that I stopped at the Nomad Restaurant (Web Site - www.nomadbali.com) to have supper. I had been by there the day before & promised the guy out front who talked to me for a while that I would come back. He had not been pushy, a lot of places you go in Bali they will practically drag you into the restaurants, here it was not the case, he was just friendly & helpful so I made a note in my mind to go back for supper. The food was great, the best I had in Bali, it did cost $5 for everything but that included a nice dessert & soft drink with my main meal. The service was incredible, they take really good care of you & are very quick, you feel like you are in such an expensive restaurant. I did some reading while eating & watched the rain outside as it is an open front establishment. After that I went back to my hostel. I did stop at a street vendor to buy some food for the next morning's ride to Denpasar. I ended up talking to him for a while as he was an interesting guy. After that I went back to my room to shower & air out my very wet clothes. Then I read more about Thailand & other parts of Asia before calling it a night.