We are currently staying in a villa in the southern area of Sanur. Their is myself, my husband, his folks and our 15 year old son. I had often wondered why there are not too many HNR's posted on travel forums. I now understand there is simply not enough time to be on holidays and to also write a report.
Our third day was a day at the Safari Park, enough positive things have been written about that so I will just mention that it was an immensely enjoyable day. That evening we went back to the fire Station for a few palate cleansing ales, we had arranged to meet up with our host (Ron) there.
We also met up with Chris who works in the oil industry, Darcy the owner of the Fire Station and Stefan who is the General Manager of Sanur Beach Hotel.
I was quite exhausted from the day and was looking forward to an early evening. We were pointed in the direction of Basilico Restaurant which is on the beach. What a lovely location this is. An enclosed restaurant on the beach serving top class meals for around $9 a dish. So the day ended happily for us all.
By day 4 FIL decided to accompany Ron on his early morning walks along the beach. MIL was quite happy about her husband's new found enthusiasm for exercise. FIL mentioned a lovely little beach warung named Tities, so it was decided that would be a port of call during the day. It is indeed a beautiful place. It is right on the beach in Sanur with local children playing around and outrigger canoes anchored just offshore. Meals are around $3 and beers are $1.50 (15,000) each. This beach area is like the Bali I first remember.
The lovely lady who runs the place is named Made her grand daughter is Titi. Made was happily chatting with me when I discovered the reason for FIL's new found enthusiasm for the morning walks. Made mentioned that Ron comes in every morning for a few beers. It seems FIL was planning on doing the same. I found it prudent to keep this a secret from MIL.
Around 2 PM Ron rounded us all up and we headed off to Chris's villa for a BBQ. It seems they can buy pork spare ribs for $8 a kilo and Chris was cooking up a pile at his place. Of course it appears that you can't have pork spare ribs without a few bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon and a few beers. It was also mentioned that you can not have beer without Sauvignon Blanc, so a few more bottles appeared. Chris brewed up a beautiful chili bean mix that he had learnt to cook during his time in New Mexico.
All in all it was a lovely way to spend an afternoon. It also gave us an insight into the different life that some of the expat community actually live. It was a different Bali to the one we see as tourists.
This evening we are going to get together at Linga Longa on Jalan Sudamala. Apparently the music there goes through until the early hours of the morning.
I mentioned to our host that we had not yet been to any of the places on my carefully compiled list. He laughed and added 'you may not realise this but I also have not taken you more than 1 kilometre from your villa. I told you I will show a different Sanur to the one most tourists see.'
Cheers for now.