Bali - Part II

I hope you are ready for Part II!

I think I can probably squeeze Parts III and IV (out of curiosity – did anyone else not learn roman numerals at school? Maybe I was taught but I am certain that none of it sunk in..) into one blog post, coming up on Monday.

Lychee Daiquiri enjoying the view from Rock Bar.  

As you can see, when holidaying in heat, the best option is to slick my hair back and keep it off my neck.

Humidity (read: sweat) does not go well with curly frizzy hair. Not well at all, let me tell you.

We had a post wedding party at Rock Bar which pretty darn awesome. 

Photo taken by Holly

This is my “I don’t want this photo but Holly is snapping anyway”sleazy face.

I’m wearing a plain black sundress from a Bali market and my G.E.D necklace for a splash of colour in my otherwise boring underdressed outfit.

I didn’t think about the amount of flashes that would be accompanying photos that night and went braless – so to everyone who has photos of my nipples, I do apologise.

Looking moderately underdressed next to Holly.

Thanks a lot Holly.

How awesome are the jelly sandals that my sister sent me over from Ireland?

I love them! Takes me back to my childhood.

Does anyone know what these delicious morsels sent from heaven are called?

They are filled with coconut and brown sugar I think. Whenever they were not on offer at breakfast my heart broke a little.

Photo taken by Holly

We had a great dinner on the beach at Jimbaran Bay, where you literally dine on the sand and as far as the eye can see are restaurants all spruiking amazing seafood and meat.

We had rice, satay chicken, garlic prawns and bbq prawns which were all delicious.

Pretttttty sure my coconut wasn’t really this big. It's all an illusion. 

Perhaps I ate too many burgers, sandwiches and pizzas but I love the ol’ comfort food.

The spa was amazing and I was lucky enough to have two 75 minute Balinese Massages there.

You are give disposable underwear, slippers and a robe and then seated in the tranquil surroundings and given ginger tea whilst waiting for your massage.

I fell asleep both times, which I just hate to do since I feel like I am missing out (plus – I am a snorer after all..).

I don’t wear sunglasses but took Kates $4 fauxbans off her hands and they came in handy by the pool.

Lunch for one.

I smashed down about 10 pizzas during our stay. I am not exaggerating. 

I know that I should immerse myself in the culture and go crazy on the Balinese cuisine but I am a creature of bad habits.

We did eat curries and what not, and lots of Indonesian fare during breakfast though so I don’t feel too bad.

This photo was taken by Kieran

We had a day of jet ski-ing and water activities and it is fair to say that cotton socks will never get on a jet ski with me again.

We nearly rolled it one too many times, then got caught in a wave (it was pretty choppy in our defense) and had a race against time to get in the middle of the wave before the break. By this stage we were both hysterical, I’m not sure if we were crying or laughing though and I tried to take us back to shore and save the day.

Of course we got into shallow water, scraped the bottom against a rock and then had to face the evil waters again to make it back to the boat where our guides were waving their arms frantically and not looking very happy with us where I was hoisted on to the boat and cotton socks was taken back to shore – still on the jet ski.

Maybe you had to be there, but it was scary yet exhilarating.

This isn’t me, this is Alicia but imagine this photo with cotton socks and I both on there screaming and possibly crying for dear life. 

This photo was taken by Kieran 

Back on safe land in the comfort of my towel.

Ahh so good to be off that jet ski!

The others all had a round of the banana boat and donut but I gave it a pass, thankfully considering that everyone complained of Whip Lash for days to come.

I'll definitely go on a jet ski again, but perhaps in a lake.. on calm flat water.

Bali - Part I

Well, my holiday is over but as always, it is good to be home.

I always find that even just stepping off a plane into Tullamarine is always a relief, even if it is 7 degrees and I am sporting only a sundress, havianas and sun burnt legs. 

The nuptials of cotton socks took me to Bali, for the third time.

I hadn’t been since I was about 13 and the streets were exactly as I remember them being, but this time there was nobody to haggle with my mum about what price she would sell me for.

She definitely haggled for a higher price but in the end decided she would keep me.  

I think I will have to have a few Bali posts as there is just too many photos to cram in one post, and I will be blogging about the beautiful bridal shower and amazing wedding in the near future - after cotton socks has blogged about it of course!

We stayed at the Ayana Resort and Spa for 10 nights, arriving at about 3am and Holly has not stopped complaining that we were not given a flower lai the entire time, ha. 

Don't judge my pasty skin. It was the start of the trip and I need a few days to work on my tan. 

I was loving the huge fish that were in every pond and there is not secret to how they get so big, everyone feeds them.

Who needs a baby sitter for kids at breakfast when they can sit there and feed the fish?

I'm about to be reprimanded in this photo by cotton socks for not breaking my bread up small enough.

She always has great hair. Even on holidays. How is this possible, HOW?!

Above photo taken by Holly

Above photo taken by Holly

She also doesn't dress like a homeless person on holiday, much to my disappointment. 

Listen guys, I have no time to be glamorous in real life or on holiday. I'm far too lazy for that nonsense. 

I'm obsessed with Mangosteen. Could not get enough of it.

Pretty excited to discover that Coles stock it, but have no cracked it open yet to see if it is fresh. 

Lychee and Dragonfruit drink

I'm not big on Dragonfruit. I don't even know why I ordered it really. 

Above photo taken by Holly

The sunset was always a sight to be seen, so beautiful. We missed it more than a few nights, but all good.

Speaking of missing things, I was in grave danger of missing my flight.

We have a special box for passports and birth/marriage certificates etc and I was just assuming that my passport was in there, as usual.

The Husband reminded me to get it out the morning of the flight when I was packing, and low and behold – it wasn’t in there.

I felt the blood drain out of my face and tore the apartment up looking for it. By this stage I was in tears, I had people at work searching everywhere for it, and was on the phone to the passport office who told me it would take at least 48 hours to get a new one.

By this stage The Husband was not even sympathetic and got in the shower. When he finally got out only to see me at near heart attack status he helped me search and suggested I looked in my handbags to which I snapped at him “I only have two and I checked them already”…

20 minutes later I look in all my ‘other’ handbags which hang on the back of the door and surprise surprise, there it was.

It always hurts when the men are right.

I love this photo. I want a palm tree. 

I took this photo from the inclinator going down to the Rock Bar at Ayana which was gorgeous!

This is the Infinity Pool down by the cliff where Rock Bar also is, but as it only has about 10 beds you have to get there early – as in 7:30am.

Holly and I missed out every time we went down there but Alicia had secured a spot at practically dusk which we got to take over for the day, it was amazing.

There isn’t much that I love more than room service, and pool service is at that level.

I must admit that when eating pool side I do end up with crumbs in my cleavage and belly button and I have no idea how this happens. 

It looks overcast in this photo but it was about 30 and perfection if you ask me.

Taking our awesomeness to a whole new level right here.

The staff at Ayana are awesome and so willing to snap a photo or 10 for you!

If you go to Ayana make sure you get up early enough to secure a bed at the Infinity Pool, it is so worth it.

Still to come in future posts:

Our trip to Potato Head

Our trip to Ku De Ta

Wedding

Bridal Shower

Random crap