Bali Day 2 Part , Seminyak

I woke up to bright sky slightly before 7am. The kids were still sleeping despite the morning light seeping into the room.

I had some quiet moments to myself while the rest slept on. I went around snapping pictures of the villa. The villa definitely looked better in the night. Lol. There is no shelter between the living room and bedroom. I wonder if we had to use an umbrella if it rains.

The toilet. So resort feel. Got natural lighting some more.

I like how the villa's decoration was modern and not Balinese.

As I sat quietly blogging about our 1st day, I heard the mosquito flew by my ear and quickly grabbed our best friend in the villa.

Soon, I was joined by Lil Shauna and the housekeeper came to make bfast for us and also clean up the place.

Next, of course we must swim in the private pool even though it was super cold. So I made Daddy Lim swim with the kids instead.

They didn't last very long. It was way too cold. The kids entertained themselves for a while and we went to the main streets when they got bored. We needed lunch too.

The dark paths looked very much better than the night before. The houses along the road had very nice decorations.

There were many other villas in that area and many more being built.

It was alright when we left the villa and walked along the narrow paths to the main road. Then it got hotter and hotter. By the time we reached the main road where the boutiques and restaurants were, we were super hot and tired. Seriously, we had no idea where we were heading. We arrived at Seminyak Square, where a few shops were grouped together. The kids insisted to go to the beach. The housekeeper told us that it was about 15 mins walk from the villa, the sales from one of the Seminyak Square shops said that it wasn't far away and so we made our way.

Not far, 15 mins... my foot! We walked like forever in the hot sun. The kids started grumbling and complaining.  We didn't know how much further. It was a situation where we were caught wondering if we should turned back or pressed on.

Eventually, we did see the beach ... but we didn't go to the beach. The kids took off their shoes and were excited to jump onto the sand only to find that there was no shade and the sand was freaking hot; too hot for us to go barefooted. Being all hot and tired, the kids agreed to turn back and come back to the beach when it was cooler. This time, we took a cab back.

Getting a cab is an art here. The cab asked for 50k and we bargained it down for 30k. The distant was barely 2km (I think). The cab was supposed to bring us back to the villa but we forgot which mini road to turn in. We ended up dropping along the main road, which was a blessing in disguise - Lil Shauna got to do her feet massage and we managed to get lunch.

Mummy Lim