Mr. Happy’s Uni-mate (a doctor and Harry Potter look alike) Dr. HP visited us for the week.
We debated where to go, but the decision wasn’t too difficult…Bali! Eveyone always has the BEST things to say about Bali, so I was anxious to see for myself. We decided to split our 7 days between Seminyak (a beach area) and Ubud (a mountain/rice paddy area).
You buy a visa on arrival in Indonesia. For a seven day trip, the visa is only $10US. Beyond that, I think it’s $25US. We caught a cab (70,000 Rp) to Tony’s Villas. The name doesn’t conjur up the most romantic of images, but it was a great place and a very good value for money compared to other villas in the area.
The first thing we did? Stripped off our city clothes and hit the beach!
Tony’s was about a 10 minute walk to the beach. Unfortunately, the closest beach to us was reserved for religious practice!
Tony’s was about a 10 minute walk to the beach. Unfortunately, the closest beach to us was reserved for religious practice!
No problem, we just walked a bit farther down and the beach was suitable to rabble rousing and carousing. Dr. HP couldn't wait to bury his Birmingham body in the sand.
We stopped at the popular night spot KuDeTa for a snack before we tackled the waves.
We only had one overcast day…the day I brought my camera to the beach!
But the weather was warm, the water warmer, and the waves were HUGE! In fact, we were getting beat up in the surf!We didn’t brave the short boards, but we did have a lot of fun on the boogie boards.
I didn’t care for the number of touts on the beach. Every minute or so someone would come by and try to sell me a sarong, a bracelet, a massage, a blow dart and bow and arrow set…
After drying ourselves off, we headed to the bar at KuDeTa to take in the sunset.
It was one of the most amazing sunsets EVER.
I guess clouds aren’t always such a bad thing.
During our holiday, I had to finish up some work. The combination of Tony's - and a few beverages - made my task easy.
(just kidding, the drinks are from the night before!)Fun fact about Mr. Happy: He really loves kites. He was taken with the omnipresent ship kites for sale on the beach. They are for sure the type of gift you’ll never figure out how to put together when you get them home.
Our last day in Seminyak? Oh yeah...
Our last day in Seminyak? Oh yeah...
He bought two. The guy selling them went home for the day. He probably hit his monthly quota!
It was hard to drag ourselves away from the sun, sea, and sand…but the rice paddies call. One final toast to Seminyak!!!
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