Indonesian dreaming

Monday

I managed to sleep in till 9-30 and then got up for a late breakfast. It was the first time to wear my new shoes. Before breakfast was over, first the back strap broke and then the other strap broke as well. It was the right shoe, so I now had 3 left shoes with no match.

 After trying to organise a hotel shuttle booking time to move hotels, we gave up and ordered a minibus instead. This arrived more or less on time but was not big enough for 8 and luggage, so we waited for another 20 minutes for a second one to arrive. The two took all our luggage and an extra 2 people as well. Traffic was horrible as usual, but eventually we arrived at the Bali Dream Villas, only to find out that we were at their second property which is where the multiple bedroom units were located. We all got back onto another minibus for a 5 minute ride.











There were 6 of us sharing a 3 BR unit plus 2 singles. The singles got upgraded to 2 BR since all the actual 1 BR villas were at the first location. One of the 6 sharing the bigger one decided he'd just get his own and then one of the others decided to use the second BR there so there are now only 4 of us here. There are 2 Germans who I met last year and went to the post conference retreat with and the rest of us are Ausies.

Each room has its own huge en suite with bath and separate shower. There are 2 upstairs and 1 downstairs. Also downstairs is an open kitchen, dining and living area and a private pool.

It is certainly a lovely aspect and quite relaxing. The others walked the the shops while I checked emails which then required some work action.













Everybody came back for some drinks and we organised a shuttle to the nearby eating area in Seminyak. In the end 6 of us went and we were later joined by another girl from the AMG who was staying elsewhere. On the recommendation of a fellow passenger on the shuttle we ate at a Greek restaurant called Mykonos which was quite good and not overly expensive.

After the meal we walked to the beach which was 5 -10 minutes away. Some decided to go back to the pick up point in time for the shuttle but 4 of us stayed and grabbed a lounge chair by the beach and all had a cocktail. We later caught a taxi and we were back by 11pm.