Well, so much for being caught up on work and not having too much to do. It’s taken me a week to get back to this post.
Bali was, quite simply, lovely. I can see why so many Australians flock there, and I have to confess I was pleasantly suprised. Yes, at times it caters so well to the Australian tourists you forget you are overseas, but the Balinese are so beautiful and warm, and it is such a fantastic place for kids.
The trip began with me checking the Air Asia website three hours before flying to see if I was able to book food on the plane. While I was there, I printed out my ticket and briefly considered if I should risk taking my passport as photo ID, or just my driver’s license. Then suddenly it twigged…PASSPORT!!!!! OMG, despite being totally organised and completely packed, I’d given NO thought to our passports. Luckily they were up to date and I simply had to grab them, but what a goose, I nearly didn’t even think of them. Not that it mattered as it turned out, our flight was delayed by 2 hours and there was ample time to go home and get them if need be
Eli hasn’t flown since he was 2, so this one was exciting for him. He was full of questions like, ‘Mum, if the clouds make rain, then where is it all? We just drove through them and it’s raining in Perth, and the plane isn’t wet” – which wore thin pretty quickly I can tell you! We arrived at The Breezes Bali to cool fruit juice and smiling faces, and it was just the perfect way to ease into our holiday. The other family were already there, enjoying the resort, and the kids wasted no time at all getting into the pool. I’ve never seen Eli have so much fun. He had a grin that split his face from ear to ear every day. He adores his cousins, Ellie and Jaime, so just to have them to himself for 10 days was heaven for him, but the other two boys who came along, Harry and Alex, were gorgeous also, and they all really hit it off. He was exhausted mostly, just trying to keep up with them all, but he soldiered on. On two nights we let the kids go across to the restaurant by themselves and it was so cool to see them, all grown up, ordering from the menu and sipping their mocktails by candlelight (btw, we WERE just across the pool watching…they weren’t totally unsupervised!)
The resort was fantastic for kids. While it didn’t have a kids club as such, it was very kid friendly, and every day the kids had activities they could take part in, from feeding the fish, to watermelon eating competitions, to making Balinese decorations for the Balinese dancing that evening. When we weren’t lounging around the resort, we were off to Waterbom Park, the Bird Park, Safari Park or a day trip to Kuta or Ubud, and when we weren’t doing any of that, we’d try to sneak out for a massage, or a spot of shopping around Seminyak.
All in all, it was perfect, and as much as I love my job, and my life in Freo, I’d kill for another two weeks of that Bali heaven
by Janine
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