BALI: PART I

After Jakarta, we headed to the island of Bali for some fun-in-the-sun. A total cliche, I know, but definitely true in this instance. We spent our days laying in the sun, by the pool and the beach, shopping, eating and reading some satisfyingly-cheesy beach books. Our nights were spent sampling the local restaurants, the local drinks, and dancing the night away at the tackiest bar I've seen since....

....hmmm.....

....there is simply no comparison.

Our first hotel had a rooftop infinity pool. After we got crispy our first day at the beach, we spent our second day on the island laying by the pool and cooling our aching skin. That's me, reading one of my mindless novels while admiring the
Indian Ocean

Jess and The Brit

"The Bounty Discotheque"

The cheesiness factor should be pretty apparent by this picture. A moment later, we had a full view of his bottom, as the underwear came sliding off. Kind of reminded me of the many episode of Queer As Folk that I've been obsessed with watching.

This was the bar where we spent the majority of our nights. It was a huge attraction for people our age from all over the world. We met people from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, Sweden, etc. Funnily enough, we didn't run into any other Americans or Canadians there. Guess the 22 hour flight is a big enough deterrent to keep them from the party island.

Our second hotel was slightly more rustic than the first. We had one of the penthouse suites -the rooms on the top floor- but things were still designed Indo style....meaning our bathroom was outside.

Yes, you read that correctly.

You walked outside of the room to get to the bathroom. It had shoulder-high walls, and rocks in the shower, and you could get a lovely view of the night sky while laying in the bathtub. Only in Indonesia would the penthouse suite feature an outdoor "luxury" bathroom!

Some of the views from our hotel room

Relaxing in the pool.

The peace sign is our little tribute to the Koreans we saw on our trip. At our first hotel, there was a group of 20-somethings and every single time they took a group photo (and they took plenty!) every last one of them would make a peace sign and flash it at the camera. It's got to be a cultural thing...cause we just didn't get it

We went out for dessert and drinks one night at a different bar -trying to avoid showing our faces too much at the Bounty. Little did we know this elegant bar would quickly turn into an "I'm old and shake my ass kinda funny but I still think I should be able to pick up hot young Indo girls" dance bar.

It was painful to watch

We amused ourselves by taking multiple pictures of ourselves....much to the annoyance of the couple next to us. But it kept us entertained all the same

Our seafood dinner on the beach.

We watched the sunset while they cooked us fresh seafood of our choosing. We had lobster and crab (still not as good as the stuff from the Wharf in San Fran though!) and shrimp and....I'm sure there was something else, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment. Either way, it was delicious, but far too much food!