Day 14

Day 14 Legian/ Seminyak

Woke up early and read an e-book for a while. Val joined us for breakfast, although she was still unwell. After breakfast we met “Johnnie Walker -Tour Guide Transport Bali” aka Made (the second son), who was, as always, right on time. Val stayed at home in bed.

He drove us to the Queen Rajata Silver shop. Not very far away, but once again in the serious traffic trying to cross the intersection. This silver shop had many lovely ‘international’ designs, but not specific to Bali. I didn’t buy anything and knitted while waiting for the others to complete their purchases. From here Made drove us back to Wendy’s silver shop where the designs are specifically Balinese. We all bought something. We walked up the road, looking / shopping until it was time to stop and have lunch.

Lunch was at “Mozzarella” restaurant and bar. Great décor, fabulous food, very well presented and delicious crème brulee. Sandra had tiramisu, which she thought was great. Sandra and I opted for salad, the other two sea food.

From here we continued on our way home walking along and sometimes shopping.  It was quite hot in the sun. After stopping at the Bintang supermarket for fruit Pauline caught a cab home and I finally got the two tops I had been looking for.

Home to have a dip in the pool, which was really refreshing after walking in the heat. Chris was sewing and I did a few rows of my quilt. Sandra had a swim too. Val and Pauline were resting. When I finished the sewing, I began to type up my diary and got an email from Tripit to say that our flight had been delayed from 11:15 pm tomorrow night to 1:30 Sunday afternoon!!! I thought they had sent me information about the wrong flight because of the huge change in times. No one else got any information, so it was a bit confusing. But then Peter rang to say Sandra had just got an email from Jetstar about the delay. We decided to check in at the front desk re accommodation for tomorrow night. The young man up there was fairly sure they were fully booked!

At dinnertime we went to the hotel restaurant only to find that once again there was a confusion. The cook only had chicken to cook. You are supposed to book the meals with him in the morning- not the front desk which is on the voucher! So we walked over to Malo’s. Once again the waiter held up the traffic so we could cross the busy road. I had a small soup which had delicious stock. I wasn’t too keen on the local radishes in it. Chris had chicken, Pauline a salad and Sandra- hmm not sure. Once again nice meals.

We walked home past the local doctor and noticed it was still open, so Sandra took Val over ($50 consultation. $80 for a home visit) I wanted to type upstairs away from the mosquitoes but the internet was not playing fair. So down stairs to type. Peter had forwarded the Jetstar message, so Chris and I used my computer to book another hotel for tomorrow night -closer to the airport and hopefully with better beds. Then I typed up my diary. Val and Sandra returned laden with tablets and a message to avoid the satays in the future.

Given that it is not that far to the next hotel, we will leave maybe after lunch? Plenty of time in the morning.

A door handle in Balinese style.