Bali Bali Day 1: Beach

The night wasn't too bad. I shared the room and bed with Zaky and we didnt get bitten by any spider. In the morning, Nana said that the spider was still in the bathroom. This time, instead of hiding at the side, it had stationed itself in the middle of the bath, declaring ownership of the bathroom. The dogs were barking at early morning though. Zaky woke up and said that he didn't hear anything. 

I didn't plan any itinerary for the day. As I googled, I realised that most of the activities are conducted in Ubud, which is over an hour away from Seminyak. We had already planned to head to Ubud the following day and decided that it would just be a Seminyak beach day. 

I was up early. This is the villa in better light. 

It isn't bad, but we have stayed in much better. This villa will kill Auntie S and J; lizards crawl everywhere. 

I got my HiiT done. 

I realised that we have no bfast. The owner didn't offer any auntie to make paid bfast for us, unlike previous stays. We would be very happy with a simple meal of bread, cheese, ham and egg. I headed out to the mini-mart 2 mins walk away, only to realise that they don't sell eggs and ham. I ended up with this big bag of oil bcos I needed to fry my corn beef. Lol. #overkill 

Bfast was made with whatever we could, including the last cup noodles that we brought from Sgp. The other 3 cups were eaten last night for supper. 

We set out for the Seminyak beach. We saw on the map that the Potato Head Beach Club is about 19 mins by foot from the villa. We opted for a taxi instead. Here, the taxi goes by bargaining and a short 10 mins drive cost us IDR100k, which is about $10. 

Ooooo... the beach!

The driver dropped us at some duno what beach. We asked about the Potato Head and were that it was 4 mins walk away. We strolled along the beach, The water was cold, the sun merciful. Yes, holiday!

We saw Potato Head but it was some distance from the sea, probably to cater for high tide. We ended up renting 2 beach chairs for IDR100k, in front of a little restaurant. The advice was to swim between the red/ yellow flags but everywhere we saw were only red flags with loud warning signs. The auntie who loaned us the beach chair said that it was perfectly fine to swim and the life guard was on duty. Huh? Where? Lol. 

The kids were happy to run into the water with the permission. It was damned cold. 

What did I do? I love holiday. 

I am chilled like the doggy. 

The kids amazingly played in the waters for over an hour despite the cold. I duno how they survived the cold water. 

Then we took a slow walk and found ice cream along the way. 

And then walked somemore and found lunch. Comfort food. 

We made it back to the hotel. Daddy Lim and the kids decided to swim in the villa's pool. I tried but it was way too cold. I opted to go for a full body massage instead for only IDR85k. The salon was right outside our villa. 

This is Molly. She is the neighbour's dog. I think she doesn't like me. She was barking and following me when I was retuning to the villa. Luckily Daddy Lim.came to my rescue. 

The body message was so good. I had to convince the kids to do their massage too upon returning to the Villa. They did. Just that the crashing and diving into waves and the swimming must have proven too much. 

Zaky and I continued part 2 of the nap back at the Villa. Yes, this is a holiday. Hoho. 

Mummy Lim