today is the day we are off to Water Bom.After my usual 5:30 am walk i got back to the hotel at around 8:30 and the girls were ready for breakfast.My daughter already had her kinies on (as she calls them) and was ready to go.She wouldnt eat brekky so we decided to make it a quick one as we were told to go early and miss the rush.
We had our prepaid tickets and jumped in a Blue cab to get there .From our hotel The Legian Paradiso to the park only ost us 14.000 rp Cheap i thought.Got our passes and through the front gate and Metal detectors and went to hire a locker.Thatd when the fun started My wife had forgotten her Bather top and i dont think they would have been to happy for her to go topless!! So it was back in the cab for me for another round trip to the hotelCompleat with pass out .When i got there i had relised i didnt have the room key !!thank god the room was being cleaned and the cleaner was laughing very hard at the good start to the day.Running back to the taxi i found the driver had stopped the meter until i got back in very nice i thought. He was very thankful that we had ignored the government warnings and came to bali as he said it was very quiet for this time of the year.Back at the park and it only cost me 30,000 i gave the driver 50,and told him to keep teh change as they only get 20% of the days taking.It took me about 25 minutes to find the family and then we went for the slides i went on all of them the splash down was a bit strange as you take off from the slid and land back on it about 4 feet down!.I took my daughter on the Macaroni and she loved it then kylie tokk her and i took the little man down it with me he squealed all the way just loved it.We went on all the slide as they would let me take the kids on and the ones they wouldnt i went on by myself.Before we knew it,it was 1:00 so we had lunch that was very pricey i would recomend getting a few passouts and getting food down the road and going back afetr you have had lunch 25,000rp for a hot dog(very spicey) 18,000 for a very small bucket of chips the rest of the menu was over 30,000..
We went back for a few more slide and then decided that we would go home.On the way out the lady asked if we were on the board we looked and there were 4 really good photos of us coming down the slide they were 20,000 each so we brought them all.
My wife grabbed a taxi back to the hotel while i grabbed 300,000 rp and did a bit of last minute crissy shopping at Mataharies and around Kuta as i walked back to the hotel.I got some really great beach towels from matas and some little carvings and clothes for the 2 kids on my hot walk home.I went to a shop called Kuta lines and got a Bikini for my wife that she had been looking at but decided they were too much 290,000 it was still cheaper than home so i got them for her Very nice Blue with embroided flowers on them.
I saw a pair nearly the same here in brisbane on the week end for $110 ON SALE so it was a good deal,they even let me get a different size top and bottoms,(ie Med top small bottom which most shops wont let you do).
Got the wrapping and headed home past the NK mart for 3 large bintangs !0,000 a pop why not icy cold too.I meet my nieghbour on the way in and left all the presents in his room so no one would no that dad had brought them and not santa.
After a nice long swim while the little man slept for 3 hours (YEE HAA)we all decided to head out for a christmas eve dinner.There were 3 familys and 2 couples 18 of us in all and we all went to BRASIL BALI Warung on the cnr of bensari st and Poppies lane 2.
Nyoman (poppa) welcomed us all again and we tucked into ome Mean looking t bones spag for the lkids salad for all Nasi goering ,spring rolls,lots of bintangs desert fresh mango and pineapple juice.corn chips fish and chips crumed chicken More Bintangs and cocktails.The staff looked after the kids and kept them entertained.Poppa even brought them out a free banana sundea each 7 all up took them to his house out the back to see his dancing fish(they follow your inger as you trace patterns around this massave tank) and all up it cost us 1,500,000 for all of us !!!bloody cheap he even gave all the bintang drinker a Free bintab\ng Glass to take home and the kids a sticker each and a Bali trumpet he brought of one of the street venders! Now that is service.
we all agreed that he must have miss counted the bill so he brought it out and it was right so we agreed to pay him 2,000,000Rp,as we all had such a good Christmas eve.
We all headed back to the hotel slightly sloshed and put the kids to bed and then all the parents sat around the pool wrapping up gifts from Santa.Then a very welcome bed was waiting.
Crissy day in Bali was great started with my 6 am walk this time got back around 8 and all were waiting for me.My neighbour asked how the beach was i said a lot of crap washed up over night coconuts trees wood and such i said it must have been a good storm last night he said that the Tsunami had hit indoniesa that night so that explained a lot.
We headed up for brekky and the kids got a litle pressie from thr hotel staff which was nice and when we got back there were 2 sweedish girls 18 & 21 who came over and also gave my 2 kids a pressie each.They said santa must have left them in their room by mistake.rather nice looking santas elves if i say so my self LOL.
When we got back santa had been and the morn was busy un wrapping pressies and the rest of the day was spent phoning home with X mas wishes and just relaxing.
Tomorrow we are off to Jimbaren Bay.More in part 6 soon
I must be boring you all by now!
Thanks and Regards Bruce