Bali-Always a Holiday

I recently went to Bali over the holidays (last month) and finally getting around to updating this blog. I think I have too many blogs going and I go through spurts. Anyway, back to Bali.

It was my 4th trip to Bali and just like previous trips, it never disappoints. We ended up staying in Legian this time (north of Kuta) and made the mistake of not booking any accommodation during peak season and arriving late at night. This of course wasn't my plan! Needless to say, we barely found any rooms available. We ended up staying at a hotel that was ranked 32nd out of 33 hotels in Legian on Trip Advisor. The rooms had dirty sheets, it was loud and rude staff. I actually forget the name but did write a nasty review on Trip Advisor.

Anyway, on to the good points! We spent most of the time shuttling back and forth between yummy Balinese food and the beach. Every time we went to the beach, our chair guy was always there with a big smile with the "best cold Bintang beer". It was cold enough and served it's purpose for sure.

One of the highlights was learning how to surf. I actually got up the first time! Bali is the perfect place to practice surfing as the waves aren't too big, at least where we were. Once we had more confidence, we would try some of the bigger ones and the ocean quickly reminded us how powerful mother nature can be.

Other highlights were all the delicious food. We went back to this restaurant on the strip called Zanzibar. Very swanky, nice rooftop and upscale seafood. We also did a trip up to Ubud which was fun for market shopping and had an amazing view of the rice terraces.

We'll definitely be going back to Bali again!