I really wanted to stay in Ubud which is the more cultural area but the hotels in our price range got mixed reviews, the complaints being that they were too far from town to walk. After thinking about it staying on the beach was the smarter choice (I mean who wants to sit in a cab covered with sand). We stayed on Kuta beach which is meant to be where young people hang out to get drunk and party…not what I was planning on doing over the weekend so we stayed on the edge of the beach close to the airport. Our resort had a private beach and right outside the entrance we had an Indian restaurant, a Thai restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant and a Mexican restaurant. There were also market streets and DVD shops. I know we don’t need another DVD but we had to check for Christmas movies since we haven’t been able to find any in Huizhou.
Friday we got to Bali around noon and went straight to the beach. We spent the majority of the day at the beach before moving to the pool. That night we explored the Kuta area and had an amazing dinner at the Mediterranean restaurant.
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| This is what Adam did... |
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Saturday we took a tour of Bali which took us to many of the handicraft areas. We saw how they handmade jewelry, we saw a woodcarving area, an art area, a fabric painting area and a furniture shop. We also ate lunch with a view of a volcano which is “alive” but hasn’t erupted in 15 years or so. We stopped at a coffee plantation where Adam was able to taste the fresh coffee. (Cool story about the coffee plantation: there is a coffee bean which is fermented by going through the digestive system of an animal. The animal kind of looks like a cross between a cat and a rat…but anyway the animal eats the coffee beans and poops them out, someone gathers the poop and cleans off the beans, which are still intact, and roasts the beans. This is apparently the most expensive type of coffee…Adam decided against having a sample of this coffee) The end of our trip took us to Ubud where we walked through a monkey park and walked the streets looking at the handicrafts we just saw being made.
Sunday we walked around another area of town after breakfast, then, after lunch spent the remainder of the day at the beach. The wonderful family who worked our beach gave massages and went on beer runs for Adam among other things. As annoying as it is having people try to sell you stuff while you are trying to relax on the beach my foot massage and Adam’s ability to get a beer without leaving his chair made it more tolerable. Thankfully living in China has taught 2 people pleasers how to say “no” in a way that makes them leave us alone.
Like all the other trips we have taken this trip was way too short…I have added it to very long list of places we will take our children to when we tour Asia and show them where mommy and daddy lived for a little while.
