What's in a blog?

I've been receiving comments, both on the blog & off about the content & style of my writing (and it's frequency). I'm trying to achieve a delicate balance between reporting the personal - e.g. what I have for breakfast or how many times I go to the loo - and the profound - e.g. the different cultural mores of south eastern Asia. Obviously these are exaggerated extremes, but some people are requesting more personal stuff, others more profound... As this is my penultimate night in Bali I'm afraid those of you looking for the profound should probably skip this post.

As I say, I depart for Flores on Saturday. Over the past couple of weeks I've been talking to lots of people about what to expect, but everyone has a different view. On the plus side, most seem to agree that the climate of Reutang is very favorable (although they can't agree on how often it rains) and the people very friendly. On the negative (and I'm afraid this list is a little longer, perhaps giving some insight into my current frame of mind) hardly anyone speaks English, the people can be quite aggressive, there is no transport infastructre (i.e. no taxi from the airport to the hotel), but there are giant rats, and lizards with giant suckers that fall on you and can't be removed!

Guess I'm back to the question of am I ready? Physically yes - I've had the last of my jabs and my bags are packed. On most other levels, no - my bahasa Indonesian is poor and Bali has not really prepared me for living in a developing country. Guess I just need to get on with it and see... It's driving me crazy trying to guess what it'll be like!

In the meantime I have one last night in Bali. It is Zoe's (fellow volunteer going to Reutang) 30th so we are off clubbing in Kuta and with or without police raids I am determined to have a good time!