I have been back nearly 1 week , not only having my mid life crisis , but also the Bali Blues !!!
Itinerary - Me , Hubby daughter 16 & her friend 16
Staying 2 weeks - Lazy Dog Villa
Reason - escaping family for Xmas , have a decent NY AND ease into my dreaded 50 Birthday on 7th Jan .
Left Xmas day from Sydney - delayed by some idiot and then trouble with something mechanical, so flight 2 hours late leaving !! then sat next to a couple who did not stop talking about their wedding for 6 hours ....I mean did not stop , I know every intimate detail!!thank god I never had to see them again.
Arrived - thank god in Bali caught bus to terminal and actually got thru customs very fast....then my favorite the smell of Bali ... yes home !!!
Nyoman & Ray met us to take to villa , they waited for 2 hours !! Arrived at villa and my first reaction OMGGGGGGGG... the front door open and Xmas tree with lights on and to top of fireworks in the sky ( which by the way werent for us it was one of many nights we endured fireworks)the villa was divine !!! Pool pristine , beds immaculate the best I have ever slept on , the kitchen stocked and a bottle of wine and cold Bintangs in the fridge ...... finally I took my first deep breathe of the year , I was instantly relaxed and decided never to return home !!. Two bedrooms with gorgeous bathrooms and outdoor shower , everything you could imagine from toothpaste & toothbrush , shampoos etc. Huge TV with satellite channels , hubby was in love and free wifi !!Also 4 mountain bikes .... we all fell in love with then and rode then every day along the bordwalk before breakfast and even along Sanur main road to reatsurants. We had a ball best restaurants
Charming, Massimo's , Kesumas, Caesars , and many others , you have ahuge choice !! New Year was amazing , my pyro maniac husband bought many fireworks and along with friends son had a ball letting them off !!! We are going back for next years NY - .
My 2 teenage girls 16 loved every moment in fact one had never been to Bali and has fallen in love , wants to come with us again!! They had the best NY , while there friends back home didn't .... they where very happy with this . Went to Seminyak for shopping , which was ok , also Discovery Mall & Matahari , hubby bought shoes , shorts etc girls and I bought some devine clothes , my favourite a beaded dress for $90 that is a spit imagine of a Collete Dinnigan dress that I am very happy with. Lots of leather bags from Iwano opposite Trophy Bar , great clothes from Geckos, Coffee lots of it from Hardys and my gorgeous silver jewellery from PT matrix Creations , I got a necklace , earrings and ring , all this was for my birthday and they are divine!!!
Went to Waterbom park - kids that is friends hubby , mine and the kids had a ball but I only went on Macaroni and lazy river , didn't even swim in pool as the same people where at the swim up bar all day and hadn't moved , so I guess they used the pool as A TOILET !!!
Traffic into Kuta and Seminyak was impossible so , decided not to go in again , the fact is I could'nt stand the noise and people , even the girls couldn't wait to get back to Sanur.
Hubby did two days of golf , one at the new Kuta Club at Dreamland and one in Nusa Dua .
Spent my birthday at Isola ...... absolutely divine the staff sang to me & I cried.
Best swimming - just after Puri Santrian to right after the first causeway , the chairs are 20.000 to rent , very cold water , beer and snacks and the water was pristine every day to swim in ....
To sum it up best holiday ever .... the villa and the staff Nyoman & Ayu was absolutely perfection ++++
The worst was coming down with Gastro , not Bali Belly but worse all three girls got it and we where very sick for 3 days. In fact I had a very intimate relationship with my toilet bowl ......only just got over it but went to Gaurdian Chemist in Sanur and had $100 worth of medication.
Found out it was going around Bali , we even had people on the plane with it going home . First time in 20 years that I have ever been sick , but the villa made it very easy to manage !!!
Will we be back ???? ... you bet this year but for 3 weeks , 2 weeks not long enough ... Staying only in Sanur at the Lazy Dog Villa which I have pencilled in before I wrote this JBR as I know they will have alot of inquiries .
Thank you for reading , feel free to ask questions .... my mind is still relaxed and on BALI TIME >>>>