Goodbye to Bali- we’ll miss you!

The sun did indeed shine again and it was down to the beach for us to hone our stills on a surf board.

We took a lesson each, where we were guaranteed to stand up on the board, but in all fairness they were more giant nine foot flotation crafts than surfboards- so we stood.

It was fun the first few times, but the effort to paddle out to the waves and the waiting around got a bit tiring so I later opted for my book and to watch Mal crash around- sorry I mean surf ;)

We spent the next few weeks in Kuta getting settled into our cute Bamboo Inn, taking long walks on the beach. We sometimes found ourselves in Legian or Seminyak thus took advantage of the delicious array of restaurants there offsetting the cost against the great local or warung restaurants closer to home. We found the most amazing- and I don’t write this lightly- warung around the corner from our Inn. I salivate just thinking about it- yummy. Oh the flavours and choice of dishes, a massive meal for a dollar or two, scrumptious. Did I mention how unbelievably cheap Bali is? It is. You can spend as much as you like or as little as possible and still have a great meal and a roof over your head.

The weeks flew by as they tend to do when you’re just blissing out. We visited the memorial monument erected in memory of those killed during the Bali bombings in 2002 which was very sad, seeing all those names, everyone so young, brothers and sisters killed together. It’s terrible, especially for the Australians who took the blunt of the attacks.

There was so much more we wanted to see and do in Indonesia but the time and mainly the budget just wouldn’t allow for all the expensive travel involved. But not to worry, we’ll be back- next time with our wallets bulging!