Is it weird that I feel guilty listening to Christmas tunes on the pod when I'm laying out in front of crystal blue water, getting my sweat on? Ha sorry.....I had to
Soooo dearest. We did the damn thing in Thailand and have been living large in Indonesia ever since. I have to comment on our one day stop over in Bangkok though....If your any kind of mall rat you should probably check out the Paragon Mall. Me and Melly Belly went and schlepped around the place with a mutual goal in mind. To see HARRY POTTER.....and we did. The whole movie theater experience there was out of this world. A whole floor was dedicated to it. A pseudo class system existed within the theater.Sol let me break it down for you... there's the standard theater for your average Joe.....then the Siam Pavalai Royal Grand Theater...and if your feeling even more snazzy, the Nokia Ultra Screen theaters with reclining seats.AND THEN..... There's also the Enigma, a members-only cinema....yeah.....whatt??
Loved the Potter flick I have no complaints except for feeling really awkward during that whole Harry and Hermione nude scene...Anyone with me? I can't wait for part II. So we flew into Bali on the 10th and set up shop in the Kuta/ Seminyak area. Bone head over here left her camera battery charging in Bangkok so I'm upset to say....I won't have any pictures to recount my time here. There's an UNBELIEVABLE amount of shopping in Bali. It's dizzying thinking about it. Picked up a couple gifts (for whom I shall not divulge). Our first night we were walking around town surveying the place and stumbled upon a place called JP's Warung. They had live music playing (I guess they're kind of known for it) and the charming hostess in the front begged us to join them for their "Free Flow". Basically on Sundays you pay 69,000 rupee (roughly 7 dollars) for 69 minutes of unlimited martinis. We really had nothing better to do and the place was picking up so we went for it. The place was great....a local expat crowd and fantastic staff. We ended up finding a much cheaper room that a friend of the manager's was renting out down the street to stay at for the remainder of the time.
So we stayed with Hans, a friendly German guy with an affinity for piercings tattoos and kitty's. He had two cats he adopted which I got to play with. Definitely a free spirit kind of a vibe and very enjoyable. We laid out our second day and got absolutely fried....woops which resulted in lots of sunburn lotion and a couple days of taking it easy on the rays. We were recommended to a restaurant in Seminyak called Cafe Bali that was absolutely stunning.....really rad decor and great food and along that same street another stretch of shopping. One last spot in the area, swanky as hell , Ku De Ta, a real great spot for people watching and sunset viewing but quite expensive.
After kind of getting Kuta'd out we hired a driver and spent the day checking out Padang Padang and Ullu Wattu. If you're any kind of surfer you know Ullu Wattu, not that I am. So we'd been hearing about this "great secret", a spot that blew Bali off the map because its basically Bali, 10 years ago before the huge building craze there. It's a chain of islands called the Gilli Islands off of Lombok's coast.We couldn't very well ignore the inside intell we'd been getting so we booked a fast boat to spend our last three days here. WOW. BREATHTAKING MAGNIFICENT SPECTACULAR.....this is what I'd been waiting for. We've been on Gili Trawagan for 3 days....white sand beaches, clear flat brilliant blue water, paradise? Its pretty small....you could ride a bike around the entire island in less than a day and the bulk of stores, restaurants, and hotels are all along one main road on the East side. No transportation here....no cars, no motorbikes, no tuk tuks, and believe me.....after Hanoi and Bangkok....this is perfectly fine by us. They only have horse drawn carriages and bicycles here....quaint. Awesome..... SO we've been here getting the last of our rays....eating, reading, living it up.
Tomorrow its t-minus 2 days till home. Weird to think its almost all over....wow. But with the Holidays around the corner I'm definitely ready to be home. So my dear followers....I intend to follow up this blog with a finale. Tie up the loose ends...figure out what it is exactly I've learned along the way....favorite sights, memories, bits of advice for those embarking on a similar voyage....but I'm jumping ahead of myself.....next time...... See you all very soon!!
Xoxo
Gossip girl
