Arrived back from Bali on the 1st April to freezing cold weather in Melbourne. As I had been told it was boiling hot until we got home (typical). As you can see by my log in I am married to a Balinese we arrived in Bali on the 11th March. Went to the hotel (Baleka Beach) love it there it is so quite and close to everything. Well the first thing I got was oh Louise you got fat (as I had given up the fags). Dont you love the honesty of the Balinese...lol. Anyway I took up the fags again whilst in Bali as I found even the dogs and cats smoke...lol. I will have to do it again real soooooon. We ate at some fantastic places this time. The Living Room in Seminyak which is just past lalucciola's well this place is owned by a French guy and I tell u the best mashed potatoes I have ever had and not as expensive as lalucciala's. Also not far from there is a Greek restuarant called Mykanos the souvlaki's are to die for. We did a little touring this time as I have been to Bali so many times and have not been to Candi Dasa. We went up for a night and stayed at the Rama Beach Resort (was beautiful). Stayed there 1 night and then the next day went up to Amed. Well we couldn't find a nice place to stay there (as I am quite fussy but not too fussy) but the couple of places we saw were smelly and disgusting. So I said to my husband nope not staying here want to go to Ubud. U can imagine the look I got as he had to drive back 2 hours to Ubud. I said I would drive but I dont think he actually trusts me to drive..lol. I offered. We went off to Ubud and found a nice little place to stay and my eldest son said "mum no tv" with which I replied "Putu we are not staying here there is no tv and I am not having the kids saying mum we are bord" So much to my husband's disgust we drove back to stay at Baleka for the remainder of our trip. We did lots and lots of shopping and spent a lot of time in the village ( his mum cooks the best chicken I have ever had) I even have it for breakfast that's how good it is. Never at any time did I feel unsafe except down the new slide at Waterbomb Park called the Boomerang ( I think the kids went on it 20 times me only once and that was it I just sat on the deck chairs for the rest of the day.
The Balinese are doing it hard over there without the tourists but the one thing I do notice is that they still have smiles on their faces. It really is paradise.
Louise