After a great sleep, we met Uncle John for breakfast at the dive centre. They had arranged a 7:30 taxi for us, so it was quite tight timing, getting breakfast cooked and eaten before he arrived, but we just made it, and enjoyed our breakfast burritos and fruit salad. The trip to the airport was super quick and soon we were back inside the immaculate airport, so much space for barely any airport counters. Everything went fine except for some dodgy tourists who looked like they were high, and an overly friendly Indonesian with no concept of personal space...
We flew Lion air back to Bali, and were pleased to see Rama's familiar face waiting for us at the airport. He took us to the new villa in Caggu, just north of Seminyak, to be reunited with the family. Canggu is a bit more rural than Seminyak, and is probably still an up and coming area. It certainly has its share of nice restaurants, but not quite the same as Seminyak's high end offering. The villas, shops and houses are interspersed with rice paddies, the workers tending their crops or burning for the next season.
We arrived at the villa and were warmly welcomed by everyone. We found mom in bed with a swollen lip, unknown cause! We caught up with them and shared stories, and toured the impressive villa. It had a big pool, outside 'yoga' platform, koi pond, poolside en-suite room (ours), big kitchen and dining area and downstairs and upstairs bedrooms.
We went for lunch at Milk and Madu (honey) restaurant down the road, which was excellent! They had amazing healthy smoothies and we all had interesting burgers, including a tempura softshell crab burger!
After lunch the ladies felt like relaxing and the rest of us (me included) felt like a walk. I always like to walk to get my bearings in a place. So Rama drove us up to the 'famous' Echo beach and dropped us so we could walk back. Quite why the beach was famous we never found out, but we guessed it was for its waves, which were pretty impressive.
The sand was slightly blacker than Kuta, but still nice and soft. We walked for a while and then just sat and watched the surfers, riding with such skill. It is only after you have tried surfing yourself that you realise how tough it is! There were two kite surfers and these guys were even more amazing, sometimes ramping the waves and flying high into the sky!
We walked until we reached Canggu beach and took the road back to the villa. We spotted an ice cream 'laboratory' called the Creamery on the way and popped in to see what it was about. We picked two flavours, and then watched in awe as the two ladies put scientist glasses and and began mixing interesting chemicals to produce a huge amount of smoke, liquid nitrogen we guessed! The ice creams were really delicious, and we then headed back.
We had a swim and relaxed with beers on the yoga platform as the sun set. It was a wonderfully relaxed evening. We had decided to try cooking for ourselves, and had bought some groceries at a beautiful shop down the road. I offered to cook, and made two yummy roasted chickens with french farmstyle potatoes and broccoli cheese. Auntie Bev shared the amazing Pod chocolate she had bought at the cocoa farm and most of us ended up snoozing out on the couches before retiring for the night.
We flew Lion air back to Bali, and were pleased to see Rama's familiar face waiting for us at the airport. He took us to the new villa in Caggu, just north of Seminyak, to be reunited with the family. Canggu is a bit more rural than Seminyak, and is probably still an up and coming area. It certainly has its share of nice restaurants, but not quite the same as Seminyak's high end offering. The villas, shops and houses are interspersed with rice paddies, the workers tending their crops or burning for the next season.
We arrived at the villa and were warmly welcomed by everyone. We found mom in bed with a swollen lip, unknown cause! We caught up with them and shared stories, and toured the impressive villa. It had a big pool, outside 'yoga' platform, koi pond, poolside en-suite room (ours), big kitchen and dining area and downstairs and upstairs bedrooms.
We went for lunch at Milk and Madu (honey) restaurant down the road, which was excellent! They had amazing healthy smoothies and we all had interesting burgers, including a tempura softshell crab burger!
After lunch the ladies felt like relaxing and the rest of us (me included) felt like a walk. I always like to walk to get my bearings in a place. So Rama drove us up to the 'famous' Echo beach and dropped us so we could walk back. Quite why the beach was famous we never found out, but we guessed it was for its waves, which were pretty impressive.
The sand was slightly blacker than Kuta, but still nice and soft. We walked for a while and then just sat and watched the surfers, riding with such skill. It is only after you have tried surfing yourself that you realise how tough it is! There were two kite surfers and these guys were even more amazing, sometimes ramping the waves and flying high into the sky!
We walked until we reached Canggu beach and took the road back to the villa. We spotted an ice cream 'laboratory' called the Creamery on the way and popped in to see what it was about. We picked two flavours, and then watched in awe as the two ladies put scientist glasses and and began mixing interesting chemicals to produce a huge amount of smoke, liquid nitrogen we guessed! The ice creams were really delicious, and we then headed back.
We had a swim and relaxed with beers on the yoga platform as the sun set. It was a wonderfully relaxed evening. We had decided to try cooking for ourselves, and had bought some groceries at a beautiful shop down the road. I offered to cook, and made two yummy roasted chickens with french farmstyle potatoes and broccoli cheese. Auntie Bev shared the amazing Pod chocolate she had bought at the cocoa farm and most of us ended up snoozing out on the couches before retiring for the night.
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