I blow 25,000 on shoes

Sunday

Today's activities were a tour of the island, followed by dinner. Originally scheduled for 9am, the departure was changed to 8 and not everyone got the message and some people missed the bus.

We headed first to Tanah Lot which is a temple on a rocky outcrop on the sea. We walked through a typical Asian market area between  the bus parking area and the temple itself. We first went to the opposite cliffs for a photo op of the temple and also a natural bridge on the other side.

I then walked down to the beach it self and across to the temple. On the way back I bought some sandals for the above amount about $2.50. I needed them because I cleverly put in a pair of thongs that were both for the left foot. (no comments on my dancing please)



From there we headed to Ubud where we had lunch at a restaurant that specialises in suckling pigs. We had to go upstairs because of numbers  and the tables there were 1 foot high so it was sitting crossed egged, which does me no favours these days with my knees.










Half of the group were at another restaurant, so when we finished we wandered down to an art gallery and museum for a look around.












We headed back south after that to Krishna. I thought this was going to be a temple but it was in fact a tourist/souvenir shop. I bought a cheap bracelet and a bag of nuts.

Next we went to the monkey temple at Uluwatu which is also on the edge of a cliff. There were dozens if not hundreds of monkeys there and we were warned about them taking stuff from bags etc. By the time we finished there it was 5-30 so it had been a long day.

We had thought we would be going back to the hotel but went directly to the restaurant for dinner. One of the other Aussies who missed the bus was also expecting to catch up then so I called to let him know and he took a taxi to join us.

Dinner was at Klapa, a high end resort with a golf course attached, overlooking the sea. We ate at a long table by the pool with a nice sea breeze cooling us down.

There was WiFi on the bus, some of the time, so we were able to catch up on facebook and emails during the long periods of travel between stops. It seems there was a problem with my Credit card for our booking but I managed to call the villas once we got to Klapa and sorted it out.

As we were leaving we decide we needed to invent a new traditional to match the Helsinki party held at the end of the International Board meetings. The bus stopped at a mini mart so we could buy drinks and nibbles and we finished up having a party in Christine's room. There were multiple farewell parties on other rooms and round the pool as well. There was some singing in various languages and both drinking games and werewolves were played. It was close to 4am when it finally wound down.