In Reply to: Roxy clothing posted by Mini_me on Tuesday, 30. August 2005 at 10:54 Bali Time:
My friends stayed at Dyana Villas (I was jealous). They are lovely. You need to walk up a lane to the street (Dyana Pura). Don't know how dark it is as I only visited in daylight. You have a house lady who cooks, irons etc. Usually they finish at 4pm. Maybe she would be interested in babysitting of a night? Or if you want to shop by yourself.
Depends how old the kids are I guess. Personally I would not leave young children with a babysitter. I saw a little boy nearly drown while his babysitter sat by the pool oblivious. I had to swim over and grab him. Also at a kids club I saw kids in the pool unsupervised. (just noticed the ages)
I'd play it by ear when you meet the staff and see the area etc. The lady my friends had was lovely. But how do you know? Only you know what you are comfortable with.
Some people pay someone to go to dinner with them and keep the kids amused but that's usually with younger ones. Don't think the 14yr old would like that.
Kids that age can go to most places. We just took our kids everywhere but I agree it's nice to have a night out by yourselves.
Have a great trip.