Growing on Me

 This resort life is growing on me. I have tried to resist loving it for ages, but I might just be in love.  Seeing Sebastian having the best time, making friends and loving the daily routine makes it the best.  We wake up have breakfast, hit the pool, the kids club, lunch, pool, beach, dinner, movie, bed, wake up and repeat.  I have definitely fallen into the rhythm.  Also, I love this resort, the only Balinese one in the area.  All the others modern style and I love that this one is n keeping with Balinese style.  It really has been great. Some shots of yesterday- pool, some games and movie night at the kids club.

He loves this!

Bali Much Needed Relaxing

 What has become abundantly clear, is that we all needed a rest.  I know teachers get a lot of holidays (13-14 weeks), but I can assure you that those other weeks are hard. Teaching the same thing over and over is hard, parents expectations seem to be forever growing and well teenaged are wonderful but complex.  Since being on holiday we have been asleep by 9pm, slept longer, rested and napped.  Things I never do.  Today we had a late start, 8am, and headed to the most wonderful breakfast.  We then spent the day at the pool, on bikes, religious ceremonies and at the beach.  We have just finished with a birthday celebration from the hotel. All ready for bed, me a little sun burnt and all else tired.

Nusa Dua and Traffic

Although I was hoping to miss the infamous Bali traffic it seems that it was notpossible with my itinerary. After three wonderful nights at the nature reserve we started our journey to Nusa Dua.  Nusa Dua is the very south of Bali and a place we would normally never go pre Sebastian (big resorts, lots of kids). But with Sebastian I knew it would be perfect. And besides the long drive, it feels like it might just be the perfect place to spend the second half of our trip.

Menjangan Island

Today we took a snorkeling trip to the island. I was slightly worried Sebastian might back out as it was a proper rough water trip.  But he did amazingly well. He fought it was “unbelievable” all the things he saw under the sea. Getting back to shore was rough against the current, so he took a pass on the second spot (he just swam off the boat a bit).  We spent sometime on the amazing beach and soaked up all the nature. I sure miss nature in Bangkok.  Our newest thing is our baby pigeons, which is close to nature we get there.  Oh and last night at dinner I forgot to add a wild boar came through during dinner. It was so surreal! We also wanted to tell the pig to stay away from restaurants, well particularly kitchens.