Decenber 23
Well we have been out of touch for a week because the internet is either very slow of nonexistent. We are now sitting in the Kuala Lumpur Airport because our flight has been delayed for 2 hours. Allen is very impatient but it is fine with me. More sitting is nice except after a three hour flight from Bali my butt is sore. We had a very nice time in Bali. Hip and Allen were toured by Gede, our guide on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. On Wednesday we took a speedboat to Lambogan Island, just off the coast of Bali about 40 miles. It takes about 35 minutes by speedboat (bumpy) and then we spent the night in one of the cottage hotels there. Very nice separate modules with AC (which we needed) and took part in the water activities. Snorkling, banana boat, glass-bottomed boat and just swimming. The boys really enjoyed the banana boat (just a long raft with handles pulled by a speedboat. They try to dump you by swinging back and forth and usually success very easily. Got very wet. This was the first time Hip had ever even seen a snorkel and he thought you just put on mask and breathing tube and then swim. Took about 10 minutes to get him acclimated but then it was difficult to get him out of the water. Both boys really enjoyed the water sports.
After the afternoon in the water we had a good rest and then a nice dinner. There were very few people in the hotel so we had the dinning room all to ourselves. Very relaxing. The next day the boat returned us to Bali mainland at 3 pm. In the morning we rented motorbikes and took a tour around the island. Allen drove one motorbike and Aek drove the other one. Allen insisted we see the “underground house.” Really a ripoff. Some one craxy man dug a series of holes in the ground and living in the “molehole” for a number of years. We paid a man $2.00 each and crawled down into the ground like a gopher. “This is the living room, this is the kitchen, etc” he said and pointed to other side holes. Bumped my head twice and had to crawl in a squat position. And you ask why?????? Because Allen leaves nothing unseen!!!!!!!!
The days that Allen and Hip toured, Aek and I relaxed by the beautiful pool and spent some time with a friend who I met last year when we were in Bali. Very nice guy who is majoring in English Literature at the University and who is working as a clothes model. We shot some pictures and I gave him some pointers in photography and photoshop. We also walked to the beach and into some of the shops.
After the bombings here in Bali the tourist business has just stopped. Many very nice restaurants but no people. We had one restaurant across the street from out hotel that was very nice and had some people but mostly the restaurants had staff just sitting around waiting for business. There was a very beautiful restaurant called the Bawrak (means duck). Beautiful facility with about six staff but we were the only ones in the place. All decorated for Christmas. I just love it!!!!! Here we are in a Buddish and Hindu country and everywhere there are Christmas Trees and Christmas decorations. Weird.
Gede, our guide, has been doing a nice business since I set up his website. He is very charming but quite shy and I think a bit lazy. He is happy with just having a few customers. Doesn’t go out of his way to get business even though he calls me his “marketing manager.” Quite amusing!
Now we are on our way to Kuching (means cat) in Borneo and since we are delayed a few hours here we are hoping to be picked up by our service apartment. We have a nice two bedroom place and look forward to seeing some animal life and maybe some more water sports. Stay tuned.
Well we have been out of touch for a week because the internet is either very slow of nonexistent. We are now sitting in the Kuala Lumpur Airport because our flight has been delayed for 2 hours. Allen is very impatient but it is fine with me. More sitting is nice except after a three hour flight from Bali my butt is sore. We had a very nice time in Bali. Hip and Allen were toured by Gede, our guide on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. On Wednesday we took a speedboat to Lambogan Island, just off the coast of Bali about 40 miles. It takes about 35 minutes by speedboat (bumpy) and then we spent the night in one of the cottage hotels there. Very nice separate modules with AC (which we needed) and took part in the water activities. Snorkling, banana boat, glass-bottomed boat and just swimming. The boys really enjoyed the banana boat (just a long raft with handles pulled by a speedboat. They try to dump you by swinging back and forth and usually success very easily. Got very wet. This was the first time Hip had ever even seen a snorkel and he thought you just put on mask and breathing tube and then swim. Took about 10 minutes to get him acclimated but then it was difficult to get him out of the water. Both boys really enjoyed the water sports.
After the afternoon in the water we had a good rest and then a nice dinner. There were very few people in the hotel so we had the dinning room all to ourselves. Very relaxing. The next day the boat returned us to Bali mainland at 3 pm. In the morning we rented motorbikes and took a tour around the island. Allen drove one motorbike and Aek drove the other one. Allen insisted we see the “underground house.” Really a ripoff. Some one craxy man dug a series of holes in the ground and living in the “molehole” for a number of years. We paid a man $2.00 each and crawled down into the ground like a gopher. “This is the living room, this is the kitchen, etc” he said and pointed to other side holes. Bumped my head twice and had to crawl in a squat position. And you ask why?????? Because Allen leaves nothing unseen!!!!!!!!
The days that Allen and Hip toured, Aek and I relaxed by the beautiful pool and spent some time with a friend who I met last year when we were in Bali. Very nice guy who is majoring in English Literature at the University and who is working as a clothes model. We shot some pictures and I gave him some pointers in photography and photoshop. We also walked to the beach and into some of the shops.
After the bombings here in Bali the tourist business has just stopped. Many very nice restaurants but no people. We had one restaurant across the street from out hotel that was very nice and had some people but mostly the restaurants had staff just sitting around waiting for business. There was a very beautiful restaurant called the Bawrak (means duck). Beautiful facility with about six staff but we were the only ones in the place. All decorated for Christmas. I just love it!!!!! Here we are in a Buddish and Hindu country and everywhere there are Christmas Trees and Christmas decorations. Weird.
Gede, our guide, has been doing a nice business since I set up his website. He is very charming but quite shy and I think a bit lazy. He is happy with just having a few customers. Doesn’t go out of his way to get business even though he calls me his “marketing manager.” Quite amusing!
Now we are on our way to Kuching (means cat) in Borneo and since we are delayed a few hours here we are hoping to be picked up by our service apartment. We have a nice two bedroom place and look forward to seeing some animal life and maybe some more water sports. Stay tuned.
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