The days before the girls were due to hop over, seemed to pass by so quickly, and it wasn't long before we were counting the sleeps until they arrived. In the mean time we had got into a habit of wandering down to the Corner Bar for breaky about 9am, lunching at the Bamboo Warung, and then tossing a coin as to what restaurant we would eat at after a drinkies at the beach. One day Robbie had gone down the alley leading to the beach, just north of Su's Cottages and said why don't we try a beach bar down that way, so we stumbled onto a bar run by Zeiss. There we would buy a corn-cob and drink binnies until the sun set. I know, I know its hardly riveting stuff, but one needs to get as much rest as possible because you never know when a room shift will take place.
Then they were in Bali. My wife, 12 year old boy Sean, and Sue. God, two weeks had flown by and it felt like 3 or 4 days. Only two weeks left, panic. Well it was a whole new ball game now.
Actually not really as the first thing we did was shift rooms. Same same but different. Emms , Sean and I shifted to 122. Great location, by the pool far enough away from the music. Bliss, what could go wrong? Actually sorry Mr Ian but room only has two single beds. That night as we got into our single bed, with Sean across in his I had to explain to Sean that the weight of two adults in one bed made it squeak funny for a while, and to shut up and go to sleep.
Sean had never been to Bali and it was great to see a newby experiencing what I have loved for years. Naturally he had to buy a BB gun, and with me threatening him he would be walking funny if he fired it around the place, off he went.
The next day when we passed the guy who Sean bought it off he started with' Boy, Boy, BB gun'? Sean said 'no thanks, I already had one'. As we walked on the guy shouted, 'but this one......'
And I replied 'special'?
'No' came the answer back from the seller. 'already broken'.
Christ ya gotta laugh, so cradling the only BB gun I have bought in Bali I marvelled at my cunning, not having to fire it several times before it broke, that saved a lot of time and energy, best used in shifting rooms.
I told Emms about my narrow escape from death at the hands of the great S, and that why don't we go down to Abduls, hire a lounger for the arvo (ps call them chairs, nobody had a clue what I was rabbitting on about calling them loungers) and Sean could have a crack at body boarding. It was a plan and off we went. Abdul jacked up a board and off Sean went, leaving Emms and I drinking Bintang on our 'chairs'. Anyhoos after a coupla binnies I decided the salinity of the water was not quite right and wandered down to wade waist deep in the briney.
When I came back Emms was sitting there looking rather annoyed, and it seems when left alone, a lady had offered her a bracelet type thing. Emms bought it and next minute S was standing there, 'why you buy her, why not buy me'?
Seeing her life flashing before her eyes Emms apologized and bought several bracelets off S for twice what she had just paid. Giving her 100,000rp. Emms was immediately told S had no change and instead threw her 2 wrist band things before storming off.
So there, the balance of the cosmos was restored and Bali simply carried on in unison with the universe.
Another day in paradise.
Regards Ianz