Tag Archives: Bali

I made a self indulgent video of our time in Bali

Just when you thought I couldn’t possibly blog once more about Bali… I’m always filming little snippets here and there, with the grand plan of editing it into a neat little video I can watch when I’m old and frail. … Continue reading

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Bali, days: 5 and 6

I am now back in Australia, nursing a fairly aggressive strain of Bali belly… I doubt I got a wink of sleep last night, but I’ll save you further details. So while watching everyone post their fabulous Melbourne Cup outfit choices … Continue reading

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Bali, day 4: how do you feel about lunchtime margaritas?

I’ve fallen behind! How unsurprising. On Wednesday we took a hideously long taxi ride to a mall in Kuta to go shopping. We took a suspiciously long route in a non air conditioned cab #firstworldproblems After showering back at the … Continue reading

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Bali, day 3: How many underwater photos is too many?

Day 3! I thought I would have given up long before now, although I can tell my photo numbers are dwindling, which is probably a good thing! On day 3 (Tuesday) we spent the morning shopping at a mall in … Continue reading

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Bali, day 2: Is Potato Head the greatest place on earth?

Short answer: definitely. Yesterday we spent 7.5 hours at Potato Head. Seriously. We got there at 11am, snagged the last sunbed and didn’t leave until after the sunset at 6:30pm. It was time well spent. For the past few weeks … Continue reading

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Bali, day 1: Is Rock Bar worth the hype?

(Warning: stupid amount of photos ahead) Tough day at the coalface yesterday. Started with buffet breakfast, massages and a spot of shopping. We then headed to the pool on the roof at our hotel, Ize. The rooftop bar had 11 … Continue reading

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Seminyak Sunset

I do love a good sunset (see here, here and most epically, here for proof) . As corny as it sounds it’s the best natural entertainment around and if you happen to miss a show there’s always one the next day! Obviously some … Continue reading

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More Bali places I loved

La Plancha Thanks to Claire and Mike for this recommendation. La Plancha is a tapas bar set on the beach at Legian. Beware of imitation bars that have set up the same parasol/beanbag look to try and snare your business. … Continue reading

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Bali places I loved: Potato Head

I realise I’m seriously behind the eight ball with this one, but Potato Head is the biz. We got there early, about 11am, in order to secure a sun bed. There is some kind of minimum spend in order to … Continue reading

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Quad biking in the rice fields

In order to break up the shopping, massage, sun-baking cycle we had happily fallen into last week, the girls and I decided to go quad biking. Our friends had recommended it, so Bec and I found a random street vendor … Continue reading

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