Monday, 11 January 2016
After seven blissful days in Bali, we have now begun our journey home. It was a great way to wind up our honeymoon adventure and a lovely change of pace. Even if we hadn't wanted to slow down, the heat simply forces you to move at a different speed.
The resort where we were staying really made the holiday extra special for us. Nicky had stayed there twice before and had promised Paul in their early days together that they would experience it together one day. The Balinese are such happy, kind people and the staff really try to make you feel at home. With nearly 80% of the food served having been grown in the gardens of the resort, and a real emphasis on sustainability and community, it was a very wholesome experience.
While in Bali, we celebrated Paul's 30th birthday! Celebrations included birthday cake for breakfast accompanied by a staff sing along, and a long, 16 course lunch in a town called Ubud. It was a meal to remember!
And so we now find ourselves in Singapore for a night, followed by one final overnight in Tokyo before the 12 hour flight home. It's been a real adventure and we go home with many wonderful memories and a sense of gratitude for having been able to see a little more of the big wide world! Thanks for tuning in!
After seven blissful days in Bali, we have now begun our journey home. It was a great way to wind up our honeymoon adventure and a lovely change of pace. Even if we hadn't wanted to slow down, the heat simply forces you to move at a different speed.
The resort where we were staying really made the holiday extra special for us. Nicky had stayed there twice before and had promised Paul in their early days together that they would experience it together one day. The Balinese are such happy, kind people and the staff really try to make you feel at home. With nearly 80% of the food served having been grown in the gardens of the resort, and a real emphasis on sustainability and community, it was a very wholesome experience.
(Our house for the duration of our stay. All of the guest accommodation are traditional houses
which, along with the furniture, were brought over from Java, and were originally
built a couple of hundred years ago.)
(A couple of other rooms available on the resort)
(Vegetable gardens)
(A Hindu prayer box is positioned on each building in the resort. A fresh offering is placed in the box each morning, and guests are given a chance to make an offering at their own house.)
(Going coconuts for coconuts)
While in Bali, we celebrated Paul's 30th birthday! Celebrations included birthday cake for breakfast accompanied by a staff sing along, and a long, 16 course lunch in a town called Ubud. It was a meal to remember!
(A selection of some of the courses from Paul's 30th lunch)
(A selection of some of the courses from Paul's 30th lunch)
Our time in Bali brought back a lot of memories of our trip in 2013/14. On the roads, there seems to be some kind of chaotic order to how the drivers make their way around. Wherever there is space, be it on your side of the road or on a pavement, drivers will take the opportunity to grab it and keep moving forward. Motorbikes and scooters are cheap to run and are therefore the most popular mode of transport. Street vendors sell all kinds of local specialities, some even selling their goods off the back of motorbikes with a little fire burning at the back to keep the food warm. And there is development going on everywhere. Our driver to Ubud talked about how he remembered his village when it was surrounded by rice paddies, and is now surrounded by building sites instead.
And so we now find ourselves in Singapore for a night, followed by one final overnight in Tokyo before the 12 hour flight home. It's been a real adventure and we go home with many wonderful memories and a sense of gratitude for having been able to see a little more of the big wide world! Thanks for tuning in!
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