More Chilling

The days all melt into one so a bit hard to remember where I am at. Oh yes Tuesday! Spent most of the day chilling by the pool until around 13:00 when we head to Seminyak for a late lunch at Ku-De-Ta, one of the restaurants recommended by friends - and I can see why.

 

Located at the beach with wonderful Tapas style food and a nice ambiance. a walk around the shops and beach and back to the house before dinner at Mamasan which I find out is owned by the same people as Sarong - two Aussies, a Thai and an Indonesian.

 

 

 

After dinner a really one hour massage to ease the holiday stresses and at $A6.00 I was tempted to add a second hour.

 

We end up at.....

 

Yes a gay bar with a drag show followed by a gogo boy competition (yes that is Lize with a zee). It was a really buzzy scene and good fun albeit very loud, to the point where after an hour I just had to leave. All in all a very relaxing day.

 

Wednesday breakfast cooked in the room and we head off at 09:00 for a day of touring. Our plan was jet skiing but APEC put paid to that as Indonesian Security insisted that no jet skiing without an instructor which had no interest. So we decide on .....

 

Para sailing. Far too short a trip but great fun then a short ride to Turtle Island which was amazing.

Not sure there are many other places in the world you can pick up sea turtles but no problem here.

I really enjoyed this look at Indonesian wildlife. A 90 minute drive towards Ubud with a stop for what was a terrible and I do mean terrible lunch with a lovely view.

On to the monkey park in Ubud which I have been to before and which was good fun.

A cock fight is taking place with lots of betting and shouting. I couldn't watch it once they started and left the audience of 50 or so were clearly enjoying it more than I did.

 

A one hour walk around the lovely and trendy shops at Ubud and the day is done.

 

I arrive back to the villa after nine and a half tiring for an old man hours. I try to book six restaurants all of which are booked out, maybe for APEC or maybe just business is good. I finally manage to get a booking at Lestari and have a nice Italian meal.

Anyway another latish night needing sleep but the good news is a plan to kick up my feet around the pool and relax for a day.

 

Hope all are well

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