Seminyak, Bali

We headed to Bali this past weekend for a quick getaway.  I had no idea what we were in store for.  I found our villa on a discount travel website and thought we were going to be roughing it for the weekend.  Here is what we found when we got there!

Ziva Villa

View from our glass bedroom

After being thoroughly impressed with our villa we headed out down the street to have a drink at a local German bar.  The only thing German about the place was the Indonesian girls outfits.   After a restful nights sleep we had breakfast and relaxed by the pool.  

Next, we headed out into town.  Seminyak is not a place to walk around!  No sidewalks and tons and tons of motor bikes everywhere. Entire families ride on them and no one wears a helmet!   We saw a lady on the back of a motor bike carrying an infant baby in a car seat out to the side.  Crazy!  The streets are not in great condition either, lots of holes in the concrete and narrow dirt patches.  It was scary to walk around and we quickly learned to jump in taxis, spelled taksi, to get around.  

We explored the town a bit and went for lunch at La Lucciola, which was recommended by a friend.  WOW!  The drinks, food, and view was amazing!  

La Lucciola 

View from our table

Our lunch

The most amazing passionfruit drink!

After lunch, we walked on the beach and explored the town some more.  For dinner we went to Matis, a very romantic beautiful restaurant that overlooks the rice fields.

Around town

Greg at Matis



Sunday we hired a driver to take us around the island.  Our first stop was a beach called Dreamland.  It was very interesting.  To start. you had to pay to use the chairs to one of the hundreds of women trying to sell or do anything for you.  The beach was amazing, very wide, surrounded by cliffs.  Huge waves and the coolest surfing I have ever seen.  Being haggled every five minutes is not the most relaxing thing and Greg and I finally relented to a massage by some of the women.  The next thing I know Greg has two Indonesian women massaging his whole body, but even for one hour  with two women it was only ten bucks.  Greg could get used to that!  

Our next stop was Uluwatu temple.  This was probably the most beautiful place I have seen in my life.  It reminds me a lot of the cliffs on hwy one in California near Big Sur.  At the temple, there are tons of monkeys, you can buy bananas and feed them.  I was too scared and just the camera girl, Greg did all the  interaction with the monkeys.

After heading back to Seminyak, we took another friends advice and headed over to KudaTe to watch the sunset.  Its a very chill bar right on the beach, with amazing fresh drinks.  For these reasons, and of course the sunset, Kudeta gets packed right around five.  We were lucky to get a great seat, have some cocktails, and watch the sunset.

Our last day we were kicked out of the villa kicking and screaming.  Our flight didn't leave until 9pm so we headed over to the W hotel and hung out by the pool for the day.  I have to say it was an amazing weekend!