A Little Christmas Adventure to Bali: Part III

Sorry for the lateness of this post. Jack and I have been enjoying a last minute adventure to Australia, but I will tell you all about that in the future!

Anyway, lets get down to the final installment of our trip to Bali over Christmas. As with the two previous posts, the latter part of our holiday was also filled with socialising and eating a lot of food. Standard.

I also managed to capture some pretty amazing sunsets and take a good few selfies.

This snap was taken in Motel Mexicola, a quirky little Mexican near the centre of Seminyak. We enjoyed some tasty tacos and a yummy cocktail or two.

After a few drinks and two new friends later, we made our way down to Potato Head (in the rain) - a highly popular bar and restaurant. I ordered the best looking and tasting cocktail on the menu, Espresso Martini, with a yummy cookie to boot. Jack got a little jealous...so the waiter handed him one too.

Looking slightly soaked and bedraggled hiding from the rain.

We didn't want to call it a night so we made our way back to the hotel soaked from the downpour and entered Pop! lounge bar in the hotel basement. We had the whole place to ourselves so we kicked back and enjoyed our last drink. That was after I took a snap of the bar area...

Cool eh!?

The next day arrived and so did the miserable weather. We found it so difficult to do things when it wasn't sunny, so we took advantage of our hotel cinema. A comfy sixteen seater with waitress service. Now that is what I call a perfect rainy afternoon well spent.

The cinema came with big comfy reclining rocking chairs and a nice little blanket to snuggle under.

We didn't get to choose the film but we were pretty happy with the whole set up.

We greedily ordered some popcorn and a butt naked dog to share with a lovely fresh cold Bintang too. Perfect.

Once the rain cleared up we put on our glad rags and headed for a nearby restaurant - Sambal Shrimp. A traditional Balinese type restaurant with extra tasty food.

I told you we ate a lot!

We munched our way through some beautifully fresh calamari and a spicy shrimp noodle dish until the main man arrived consisting of garlic buttered shrimp with rice and a fresh salad. The food was superb and so tasty. I would certainly recommend giving it a try.

A Little Christmas Adventure to Bali: Part II

Day two finally arrived after a dreamy nights sleep in the most comfortable bed ever.

Grey clouds covered the sky threatening us with more rain. We didn't let that fact deter us though - we had a day tripped planned, we were to head north to Ubud. We got dressed in a hurry and scurried on down for breakfast (we were so excited!).

Miniature spaceship cookies beautifully aligned the buffet bar and some tasty cereal was on offer in some cool little jars. I personally liked the look of 'The Sound of Muesli'.

I chomped my way through various buffet items whilst awaiting my order of Pancakes with Banana, Walnuts and Maple Syrup. Oh wow, this was worth the wait. I just wish I hadn't eaten so much before it arrived - my eyes are way too big for my belly.

Jack opted for the Breakfast Bap, probably because I sung its bacony, eggy & tomatoey praises as I made my way through it the previous morning.

As we finished up our monster breakfast including tea, coffee and a healthy juice each we stumbled into the Luna2 car ready to take us to the highly recommended town of Ubud. After a traffic filled two hours and a stop at a very questionable toilet we arrived at the Monkey Forest.

The heavens started to open up so we ducked under our umbrellas and ran into the depths of the forest - taking snaps as we hurried through. It rained, it poured and I am surprised the naughty monkeys weren't hidden in the trees for shelter.

Oh no, they were on the hunt - for any food they could get their little hands on. People would buy bananas to give to them and in a blink of an eye they were gone!

We decided that it was just pouring down way to much to really enjoy and experience the beautiful Monkey Forest so we made our way back. I couldn't miss the chance to snap some mummy monkeys with their little ones. So cute.

Unfortunately they just weren't that interested as we didn't have any bananas to give to them!

We got back into the car and headed further into Ubud to check out the markets - as it was still raining we just rushed our way through and didn't really take any pictures. We dipped into a lovely little Balinese bar and enjoyed a cold Bintang to wait out the torrential downpour.

The rain never stopped. We had to head back to the hotel as the traffic was just too bad, so we ended up missing out on seeing the rice paddies.

That night we went out and enjoyed some bubbles at The Champagne Bar in Seminyak and headed to La Favella - a Brazilian bar/club that had a cool outdoor area filled with cosy sofas surrounded by palm trees and fairy lights.

Day three was filled with a little exploration of Seminyak, to which we found this funny looking statue filled with 'Canang Sari' - daily offerings from the Balinese Hindu's to their gods. Often filled with various flowers and items of food.

That same night we were booked into a well recommended Indonesian restaurant, Bambu.

The entrance lined with candlelit steps over a pool filled with exotic fish.

Sections of the restaurant surrounded by water, it was beautifully set out.

A classic case of humid hair (above).

We ordered an Islamic Lamb and Date Curry which was to die for. So tasty.

...and a dish with the tastiest duck and green bean salad.

We then moved on to dessert - we wanted everything....

....but opted for the Terang Bulan - Pancakes with dark java chocolate and roasted nuts finished off with a dollop of ginger and coffee ice cream. This was DELICIOUS. Its making my mouth water just thinking about it.

Full up to our eye balls (again!) we headed back to the Hotel for another dreamy nights sleep.

Stay tuned for the next post.

K x

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A Little Christmas Adventure to Bali: Part I

We embarked on a little adventure to Bali to celebrate an alternative Christmas for 2014.

The place we stayed - Luna2 Studiotel in Seminyak - quirky, fun and out of this world. We loved this hotel that much that I took an excessive amount of photos just to show to the world how amazing it really was. If you ever go to Seminyak - check this hotel out. All I can say to explain the decor and design is the 1960's meets the future. A mixture of past and modern is so prominent in this hotel.

If you haven't been to Bali before and would like to visit I would warn you that immigration and passport control is tediously long. You have to obtain a tourist visa upon arrival (if you are from certain countries). Luckily we were advised of this beforehand and were recommended to pay for a fast track service (around the region of $35USD - just google it). BEST DECISION EVER. We obtained our visas and were through passport control in under five minutes. Usually it would take 1-2 hours, sometimes longer. Fifteen minutes later we were out of the airport and into our carriage with a cold wet towel and a Bintang beer in hand. Bliss.

Anyway, lets get to the photos shall we.

Hot chocolate & cookies waiting for us upon arrival

Our fantastic bedroom. This picture does not do it justice.

Crazy Mini Bar and Smeg Fridge

Hotel Reception

This Lady and Jeff are obviously having a few problems...

Complimentary Rubix Cube inspired chocs in our room

We arrived on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day was spent relaxing and indulging. We started off our day completely right by enjoying a fantastic breakfast in Luna2's Orbit Restaurant.

I thoroughly enjoyed the best Breakfast Bap ever and Jack went for the traditional Full English. Just check out the quirky baked beans tin. Ohhh, the little things.

Quirky Breakfast Buffet

It rained all day long so we decided to hit up Prana Spa for the most fantastic facial. After an hour of being fully pampered we left the spa with greasy hair and feeling thoroughly satisfied.

Our tummies started to rumble - we knew then that it was time for some lunch. We headed to Made's Warung for some traditional Indonesian cuisine. 

Starting off with a couple of cold Bintang's (it was blooming hot ok?!) We received a couple of recommended dishes by the waitress.

The Nasi Campur Special - a mixture of meats and fish...

...and the star of the show - the grilled snapper smothered in a Balinese sauce. Oh man, that was tasty stuff.

The sun started to peek out of the angry rain clouds and we rushed back to the hotel to cool down in the pool. 

Just check out the crazy art wall. I love this hotel!

After chilling out by the pool we decided to head up and get ready for evening - Christmas dinner in the Orbit restaurant. We Skyped family and friends to wish a Merry Christmas and headed to the Space Rooftop bar to enjoy a cocktail and watch the sunset.

I love this picture... Jack caught some locals surfing under the sunset. I love Bali.

A little Christmas picture of me and the man.

After taking a million pictures of the fabulous sunset we headed down for dinner ready and raring to eat as much Christmas food as possible.

We had five courses consisting of; Smoked Salmon & Caviar Blini followed by Chesnut Soup with Black Truffle and then the main course - Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, Port Jus and all the Trimmings. It was fantastic! The soup was out of this world!

Dessert followed (after a tactful 10 minute rest) - Christmas Pudding with Creme Anglaise & Grand Marnier Flambe followed by a French Cheese Selection and Petit Fours.

It was beautiful.

Full up to the eye balls we rolled off our seats and stumbled up to bed - we literally couldn't do anything else.

We reached our room and the hotel staff had sneaked in, turned on the iPod to play some smooth retro tunes and laid out a present for us both on the table. We got a couple of Luna2 water bottles with our names on. How generous and thoughtful of them.

We played around with the camera taking selfies in the mirror above our bed giggling away in champagne filled stupor.

All merry and full from a busy day celebrating Christmas we fell asleep dreaming of our next day in the beautiful Bali.



K x

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