Bali

We have left Australia. We did not think that we were going to stay 3 months, the maximum time that I could stay because my visa. So the next country was Indonesia, and Bali to be more precise. In fact we did not stay a lot in Bali. We had 10 days in Indonesia, but we only spent 3 days in Bali and the rest in the Gili islands.




There were three things to do in Indonesia:

• Rest
• Spend time with Freddy and Patrick
• Check out if there are houses for Salome and Dennis.

So following our plans, we rest and spend time with Freddy and Patrick. We arrived to Kuta  one day before the French Brightonians. And as the first day when you arrive to a new country, we were just trying to understand how things work, get information about where to go and get used to the new weather conditions. Then the first night we meet Freddy and Patrick just after they landed and had a beer with them.

The day after we left to Ubud, a small town in the middle of the island. We stayed there for three nights, eating, drinking and going around the town with a small moped in the research of the nice rice terraces that you can find in all postcards. The second day we rode and crossed half of the island to find a very nice and calm royal garden where we could have a swim and cool down. We spent more than 5 hours on the motorbike to make 100 km return.

Balinese dance

Balinese dance

Freddy

just Bali

Hinduism goods

in the royal gardens

becoming statue

Freddy la statue

And then, on the fifth day in Indonesia, we moved to paradise, the Gili islands. These islands belong to Lombok, that is the next big island after Bali. They are 3 tiny sand islands, which main roads are the ones that goe around them by the beach. The two small ones are very nice and quiet, and the biggest one is the same but a bit more turistic, and with some bars where you can even have parties. Cat did not like that much staying in the big island, but we still had time to spend one day on the other two small islands, going all around the island in an hour or an hour and a half and snorkeling and eating by the beach. All three islands had beaches all around, sand or some stones, but beaches all around. The highest point in the smallest island is 6 meter, so you can get an idea of which type of sand islands they are.

By the beach viewing the other beaches

local fisherman between two islands

So we did what we had planned, did nothing by the beach, drinking and eating with Freddy and Patrick and a few more. Snorkeling and diving and laying by the beach. These days were our holidays within our sabatican year.

Goa party DJ

partying very hard

in a tree house

It was quite nice to dive. It was the first time for Cat and she loved it. The coral was nice, soft and hard corals, nice colors and very close to the beach. You could also snorkel till the submarine wall where the corals start. We even saw turtles, I saw them meanwhile I was snorkeling and Cat during her dive.

does it really work?

Cat's first dive

And for the last point of our plan, sorry Salome but we can not tell you if Bali is such a nice place to buy a house and move in, but I can tell you that the Gili islands or some quiet place outside Bali most turistic areas would be amazing, even though I am not sure about the prices for the houses. But for sure that you would love the weather and the beaches.

It could be Salome but was Cat

view from the beach

locals