Hi, it's Mrs Beemay.I'm not as funny as my husband.thought I'd give u the rundown on our trip though anyway .
thurs 15oct-wed 21st oct
we left the nsw southern slopes and planes with at 3am with our train running an hour and a hlf late.it arrived at central 2 hours late.had a day to kill but napped in our hotel room for most of it and ate maccas.
Day 1 thurs.Early to the airport for our garuda flight leaving 11am.flight was great garuda staff lovely and I had quite a few scotch and cokes.hubby had lemonade.
I've already written about the bedlam and my fiasco at the airport in Bali,so won't now.but $30 us poorer,to get thru quicker so we didn't have to wait another 2 hours.
arrived all seasons about 6ish I think.hot but not too bad.all seasons had upgraded us to deluxe room on ground floor(my arthritis) so thanks to the forum who suggested writing to them.
had dinner in the colors restraunt at all seasons.2 nasi goreng,very nice.and 2 cocktails 150k inc tax.less than maccas :)
got money changed at circle k padma utara, rate was 8450.
the rate went up every day and by the time we left on the wed it was 8700.
Fri.
walked up padma utara to padma and the little arcade to the left and opposite posers bar. did a lot of shopping around here,sort of made friends there.
At Mickey's shop sherri sold me 2 tops and 2 dresses for 200k......too much but I'm not so good at bartering as husband. and it's way cheaper than at home still,so felt like a bargain anyway.
2 watches 100k
guess flavour? purse 50k
small bracelet silver diamonte 50k
sunnies 25k
kite 50k
got real hair extensions(bead clips) at Jena after having nails done.
hands and feet 90k hair 950k for 5 packets of hair(which I'm not sure i have all of, at another salon when i told them 5pkts they started talking fast in indo and shaking head)
husband bought tshirts and hats 25k ea.
We had dinner again at the hotel for pasta night.65k plus tax each and 2 for 1 cocktails 50k plus tax. the pina colada style one is delic:)
Sat;
wayan came about 9 for us,we went to the batik place (bought purse for friend 30k)and then some silversmiths and on to safari park where we spent most of the day.fantastic day out,highly recommend it.
Goodys for dinner pizza 29k
bruchetta 16k
ceasar salad(yuuum) 25k
small bintang x2 and a soft drink added up to 150k again cheaper than maccas for 2!
walked home......... bought some dvd's
2 size 6 little girls shirred dresses 40kea
3 shirts and bracelet 110k
sun
wayans brother made and his daughter picked us up.
saw royal temple,temple in the lake,
,went to markets in mountains,I can't remember where though. bought
10 mango-stein for 30k,
3 watches 25keach
sunnies for 25k each.
fridge magnets 20k
placemats 30k
drum 20k
fan &necklace 60k
husband bought more tshirts 25k
and probably a hat.oh and he bought the same watch I did.He kept dissapearing on me.I kept finding him though.
lunch was at pacung sky restraunt.
buffet 80k plus tax,so a bit dearer than a lot of places.it was 250k all up for our meal and a can of lemonade,bottle of coke,bottle of aqua and a fruit smoothie.
from there to tahna lot. great markets,but sooo hotand sticky. I bought a couple of dresses 40-45k each. paid silly price for a piece of material 140k but would pay more here. am going to make a table cloth and cushions for the outdoor setting.
overall though it was much cheaper and also easier to barter here.there were a few fixed price sales on as well.husband bought many many tshirts and probably a hat.
2kites 40k
pashmina 35k
a dress 35k.
pants and top white bali style,100k.
we didn't walk all the way down to the temple it was so hot. husbands knee went at the top of the stairs, so i went to across the grassy area to the steps and took some pics.
dinner was je=je's next door to all seasons. chicken ham and cheese , snapper in lime, both very nice served with salad and chips. large bintang and a soft drink was 93k inc tax.
on one of these two days we went to unagi.3 floors of stuff. i bought 2 material covered notebooks with dragonfly print 25k each and a windchime 30k.husband bought some wall sconces.metal and fibreglass 60k each. beware the toilets there it is a squatter and dipper.we spent a total of 270k here
monday
back up to padma, spent heaps of time here in the arcade just chatting.got my extensions readjusted as too many too close to the nape of my neck and couldnt sleep.
went looking for guitar. went first to poppies 1.That lanes an experience in itself lol,with the motorbikes. got taxi to drop us beach end,so walked the whole length of it. was too hot to shop. guitar shop shut,so back to hotel. eventually found other guitar shop its the yamaha music school opposite bali galleria. 45k for brand new yamaha acoustic guitar :) jayco donuts beckoned us but 6 lanes of traffic we were not brave enough to try and cross,so taxi back home.
i had tried to get to bali galleria on fri, but taxi driver took us to kuta galleria,on our walk back toward home we found the irian jya shop husband had been looking for and he bought a bow and arrows. and an axe 220k.heat gets overwhelming suddenly so got taxi back to hotel.
night was anika cooking school.fantastic,had a great time,we were with an english couple our ages and it was fun.we had not long had our car repaired from a roo jumping on the bonnet and they didn't believe it .terry kept saying "next you're going to tell me a kangaroo jumped on your bonnet"... LOL I copped a lot of ribbing when the printer didn't print my cert...revenge is sweet though LOL
Tuesday was tattoos in our room for most of the afternoon, though mine was quick so i went with Liz, agung from goerats tattoo's friend up to ketuts.i was too hot to concentrate though and didn't buy anything.I was looking for handbags though , and around the corner from ketuts I bought prada,coco chanel and gucci(flavour?) bags for 160k.(thanks Liz for help with the bargaining).
had banana pancakes at jejes--------very yum we did this a couple of times.i think it was something like 63k all up for two pancakes with icecream and a large bintang.
dinner at goody's 2 pizzas and drinks 174k.
last day wed. had manicure at jena's 30k ,they like me:) lol gave my mangostein away to the firl who did my nails for her 11year old.we had been laughing earlier in the week about kids and hollow legs,always wanting snacks.I gave her my as well cos she like it lol.
had a hair spa across from jena's by Agus,gorgeous hairdresser there.had hand massage and neck and shoulder massage as well.all up 90k.
checkout at 6.went over to jejes for dinner,then relaxed in all seasons lounge until 8.30 when driver came and headed off.........