Beautiful Bali

We left the Bali Hyatt feeling a little sad knowing our Bali holiday was coming to an end.
On the way over to Nusa Dua i became very excited at the prospect of having a couple of days in a different location with new surroundings.
Rob sat in the front with our wonderful driver Kutut and chatted to him all the way over non stop,Ketut said he felt so privileged to have been our driver for the last two weeks and was not looking foward to our departure.On arrival at The Grand Hyatt we felt so proud to be driven up the driveway to this Grand entrance by Ketut.It was a very sad goodbye to such a lovely gentleman.

On check in we were advised that they had given us a complimentary upgrade to a Ocean facing room as we had just spent the last 15 days at their sister hotel in Sanur,we were very happy and the view was to die for.
The room itself was just beautiful.

It has been 10years since our last stay in Nusa Dua and i had forgotten just how beautiful it is,the beaches are of a different colour sand and water and are just so inviting.

We decided to have a look around this amazing hotel,it was huge and really well laid out,occupancy was at 95% and you would not have known.The pools were huge and just beautiful,along with the gardens.
we decided to have lunch overlooking the pool and the food was lovely and healthy and cocktails yummy.

After a relaxing afternoon we went over to the Bali Collection which is just across the road from the Hyatt,i sat rob in a bar so i could have a look around the shops,one thing i noticed were the prices,a little more expensive than Kuta Legian and Sanur but when talking in Rupiah it was not that much more.

Decision time,where should we eat tonight?lucky for the i phone and free wi fi in the bar we were able to get onto Trip Advisor,decisions decisions as every restaurant looked so nice so we had a look at the menus then ended up at Aroma and it was lovely with heaps of people and good value food and drinks.

We actually relaxed for the last two days on the beach with the lovely beach ladies whom sell their goods to you whilst you are doing nothing,brilliant way to shop.Its been a few years since i have noticed these beach vendors with their hats on saying you remember me (like how can you forget) I will not buy from these beach people in Legian a they are just too pushy for me.

All good things come to an end,last day is always a sad day but i can say im ready to go home, we had a wonderful time and will be taking with us fond memories of another wonderful holiday.
I really would like to thank each and everyone of you who take the time to contribute to this forum as without you all we would not have had such a great time.
Tracey & Rob xxx

Wednesday arrives and it is the Bakers last day,head back to Sindhu Markets for Belindas last shop.
We stay around the resort just swimming and relaxing then off to Cafe Bamboo for lunch,i love this cafe as your feet are in the sand and there is always a lovely sea breeze.

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When in Bali i always like to take the time to talk to the locals and learn as much as i can,one paticular day i sat with the ladies making the baskets for the offerings,this is a really time consuming task as they need to be at it all day to have enough for the next day.they tried to show me what to do but for the life of me could not produce anything that looked like a basket.

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Ok my gripe for this trip was the behaviour of certain hotel guests,i know it is only some but the way they treat the staff is appalling,you can see by the sadness in their eyes they are at a total loss as to why they are being treated like this.It was because of this paticular group that thought the place revolved around them that we decided to trasfer over to The Grand Hyatt in Nusa dua.
I will share some of my favourite Sanuar photos with you.

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Ok so all the relaxing is done our friends have arrived and are all set to go non stop.
We leave the hotel at 9am after a lovely breakfast,we head off to Poppies lane 2 at Belindas request,(i much prefer Poppies 1)
Belinda is a shop aholic and she was on a mission,not knowing how to bargain or understand the currency it was left up to me,all said and done in two hours after Taylor had her hair braided we were not even around the first bend.I said you stay here with Taylor and i will go and meet Gary and Rob at the bar and have a drink.

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To be continued because hi ho hi ho its back to work i go.

Arrival
Arrived 10.00pm Denpasar,no problems with immigration or customs,straight through and out to driver within 20mins.
Have to mention that i kept an eye on all those that purchased VIP arrival and we were out before them all,makes one wonder if it is really worth it.
Arrived at the Bali Hyatt in Sanur at 10.50pm to wonderful smiling faces and a big welcome home from all that remembered us.
We decided to just chill out and unwind and do nothing much at all for the first few days as we had friends(first timers) arriving on Thursday and knew we would be flat out showing them around.
Slept well however still being on Sydney time woke at the crack of dawn and just sat on the balcony taking it all in.
My old saying is i can smell it,see it but just cant touch it so it was lovely to be able to finally touch it.
After breakfast headed down the beach walk to the left and had coffee at Bonsai Cafe and did alot of people watching.
We then ventured to Hardys to buy the essentials (bintang for hubby) and a few bits and peices.
We did not pre book a driver so Robs job was to find a good one for 15 days as we needed a clean airconed van and most importantly good english speaking ond of course personality plus.
Rob did very well he employed the services of Ketut Parwata

Our wonderful driver Ketut

Ketut was fantastic value and good fun and very very cheap.If you would like his details please PM me.
Tonight we headed off for our first blind date to meet up with a couple we met here on the forum,how funny as i had no idea who we were looking for so the kind waiter said he will let us know when they arrive.
Karyn and Sam were lovely people who escaped the kids to celebrate Karyns birthday in Bali,it was lovely to meet, chat and have a few drinks.

The next few days we just chilled out,ate drank,and had a very merry time.
Places we ate were Mona Lisa,most dissapointed this time.Mozzarella in Legian still simply the best,Poppies my very old time favourite,Cafe Jepun wonderful ate here twice,Mazzimos fantastic ate here twice and Charming always a pleasure to eat here.


To be continued this is my first Blog ever and it is so time consuming and I must feed the family as they are hungry.