Bali Part 1

What a perfect vacation! Bali is beautiful, the people are kind and the scenery is so peaceful and calming. Until you got into a car. Driving there is like something I have never experienced before. I thought Mexico was scary. Motorbikes are everywhere, kids ride on them without helmets and sometimes you'd even seen a family of 4 on one bike. Cars and motorbikes weave in and out. When the 2 lanes are backed up, you can turn them into 4 lanes by choice. But amazingly enough...it works for them. "It's not wrong, it's different." And so it goes....

We spent the first part of our vacation at a villa in the middle of rice paddies. The pictures speak for themselves. Perfection. So different than what we're used to in Singapore with the high rises and very little natural land. Very third world out in that part of Bali. Showers in canals for the locals, men and women with heavy baskets on their heads to transport goods, wild rooster, cows and other animals, very few homes. Mostly huts, tree houses or shacks. Interesting and eye opening.

Ketut was the helper that made breakfast and lunches for us. She lives down the street but came each day for 8 hours to cook and clean. The coffee and fruit in Bali was so, so good.

We also enjoyed massages, facials, pedicures, etc. one morning. I had a massage and pedicure and Adam had foot reflexology. All of that cost an entire $29. I could get used to that! What a treat to have all of that done in such a peaceful setting. 

The first day we spent at the beach down the street (a local black sand beach) and out by the pool. The second day we made our way to Ubud to see the town and visit the Monkey Forest. The third day was the Water Park and dinner/swimming at a near by hotel on the beach.