2 Canucks in Thailand: Bali

A few pictures of Bali. It was great to get away and have some R and R with friends.

Birthday dinner

The pool was such a nice treat...even for quasi-swimmer , Vince.

We took a scooter ride to another beach one day so the others could practice surfing before their lesson. Beautiful beach but it was high tide.

...and this is what 4 novice surfers look like when the waves are waaaaayyy too big for beginners. I have to admit that they were pretty huge but fun to play in. We should have figured it out since no-one was out there.

On the other hand, I was relaxing and being entertained. The plan was aborted and they went to their lesson less bruised and waterlogged than if they had stayed. I called ahead to make sure I dressed to match the umbrella.

We got to see this kid shimmy up the tree and cut down coconuts.

Pretty talented and fast.

Vince and I took off for a scooter ride to a temple that we didn't den up seeing because it was overrun with tourists and it was also the only place that we saw tour busses. It was great to see the rice paddies though and we pick up fruit etc on the way home. We are 100% spoiled by the Thai fruit...Bali...not so much.

This is "light traffic". I only noticed afterwards that the blue van is heading straight for the motorcycle....all turned out okay. It was actually a little more nerve-wracking here than in Bangkok because there are so many foreigners (us included of course) driving who do not have the experience of the locals. I always feel that the experienced drivers always have a hand in helping avoid accidents. It certainly is true in the streets around us and it is comforting to know that if you mess up in your learning stage someone will correct it for you. Just a thought.

Face-timing with Kelli. Gotta love technology.

We were in Bali for a ceremony (forgot the name) which happens every 210 days....great fun seeing some of traditional dress. We saw groups of boys with drums and an animal like this one.

More boys...

Knees must be covered for temples and we are about to visit the "Monkey Temple" in Ubud.

He really took a liking to me....eesh!

We took a "scooter gang" ride across to the other side of the island for some white sand and the Bali Hyatt just happens to have the nicest and widest part of the beach. We couldn't use the chairs but we took advantage of their shady trees and nice sandy area.

Not sure itf you can read the sign...

The classic beach picture.

Not sure what this would be like to ride.

We got home and didn't have the key since one of the girls went to another beach with it so the boys scaled the wall and we climber in through the window. This was way more fun than driving 500m to get the key.