Blogs from Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 16

We sunbathed by the pool then the beach, until lunchtime then went on our half day Bali Tour. We visited a Batic factory, the royal Taman Ayun temple in Mengwi (built in 1624) and the holy monkey forest near Sangeh. We saw lots of baby monkeys, real cute, but had to be careful as the adults monkeys did jump up on onto people’s shoulders expecting to be fed, and we were warned they may bite. We enjoyed beautiful views of picturesque rice terraces, and large plantations growing vanilla, chocolate, coffee, cloves. We even ventured across a rice paddie field, it was very muddy and after the walk, the guide informed us cobras did lurk around these type of fields (he said this with a big grin across his face). The tour ended at famous Tanah Lot. ... read more

OUR WEDDING DAY We had met up with our wedding co-ordinator the day before the wedding, Eni, who was really fantastic and such a good laugh. She showed us around the grounds of the hotel along with the Manager so we could choose where we wanted to get married. We chose a really nice spot by the small pool where there would be enough of a walk way for the aisle, enough space for the Balinese band to play in and enough privacy for us to have the perfect wedding. Our wedding was put forward an hour to 3pm. We both had to go to the British Consulate in the morning to swear an oath and also obtain all the documentation we need in order for this to be a legal marriage. We spent an hour ... read more

We flew from Singapore airport in the evening and arrived in Bali just after midnight. We were so relieved to leave rainy Singapore behind and hopefully get a little bit of a tan for our wedding day. As soon as we landed and went through to get our luggage our stress had already begun. Kerry left Stu to get the bags off whilst she went to get a trolley. Kerry knew from past experience never to let any porters take your bags off you as they will expect to be paid. Unfortunately Kerry forgot to warn Stu of this and 2 airport porters grabbed our bags off Stu just as Kerry had pulled up with the trolley, chucked them on the trolley and tried to take us to the door. They had literally pushed the trolley ... read more

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Before the wedding of course came the Stag / Hen night in Kuta. It had been decided that the hen and stag party would be combined as all the guests had travelled a long way and wanted to stay together. It began with a meal at La Cabana Restaurant in Kuta. After the meal we all wandered around until we came across a nice quiet bar. Not for long! The barmen looked so bewildered when over 25 people arrived all at once, that Michelle from New Zealand joined in making cocktails! No-one knew who owed what but it all got sorted out somehow. The day of 'recovery' before the wedding was spent at Dreamland Beach where I nearly got washed away! The sea had turned VERY rough and made it extremly difficult to get out ... read more