Karri and I spent our honeymoon in Bali, a backpacker island destination in Indonesia, in the fall of 2000.  After having traveled together in Nepal and elsewhere, it was a bit of a letdown.  It mostly seemed like a Mexico for Australians.  Great party scene, lots of bars and beaches, but it didn't seem like there was a whole lot else to do.  We did manage to get ourselves off the beaten path and make some good memories, however. Most of the photos posted here are from the Gili Islands, a little chain of the neighboring island of Lombok.  We spent about five days here laying on the beach, drinking beer, and checking out the sunsets. 

The highlight of the trip was a three day stay at the Aman resorts on Bali, courtesy of Rich and Ralls' wedding gift.  This was definately the nicest place we've ever stayed, and we felt totally outclassed.  We even managed to make a nuisance of ourselves in the surf.  One day on the beach, we noticed the resort had a two person sit-on-top kayak, so we decided to take it for a spin.  There was some little shorebreak we started playing around in, and before we knew it, a nice size wave rolled in.  Karri in front and me in back, we started stroking this fifteen foot beheamoth boat onto this little wave.  As the wave started to break on the shore, the nose of the boat drove right into the sand, sending Karri into an ostrich maneuver and flinging me a good ten feet over the top, onto the shore.  We were laughing so hard we almost let the boat wash away.  In the meantime, the poor little Indonesian guy in charge of lifegaurding the beach was freaking out, thinking two of his customers were about to drown.  "You no boat in waves, OK!?"
All in all it was a great trip, and we still have a few nice pictures left over to remember it by.