On our final day in Bali we stayed closer to our hotel and finally explored the Sanur area. The girls adored playing in the kids pool and we happily left them to enjoy the Kids Club while we packed up the hotel room.
We walked from our hotel to a local department store called Hardys. Here the girls each picked out a sarong and a sundress to bring home. It felt good to finally go into a fixed price store and at $3 a dress we could hardly feel we had overpaid. We checked out the fish spa outside. These little critters nibble the dead skin off your feet. We didn't end up doing it but we did stick our fingers in to try how it felt.
We enjoyed a yummy lunch in Sanur at a location called The Porch. When we spotted this area out back Tess declared it looked like Keene Valley in Bali. Despite our 87 degree high humidity day I think the Adirondacks were probably even hotter!
From lunch we walked over to the Sanur beach. We did a lot of walking through areas like this.
Eventually we found the beach area associated with our hotel, found chairs and began to relax. We even swam in the warm shallow ocean.
All along the beach we met people offering hair braiding, massages and nail treatments. I decided that the girls and I would get our nails painted. As cheap as it was - $5 for a pedicure - I found the constant up-selling frustrating.
Emily and Tess thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Our flight back to Sydney left at 10:30pm so we were able to pack in a full day. We checked out of our hotel and drove over to Jimbaran Bay near the airport for one last sunset dinner on the beach. Our driver suggested a wonderful seafood restaurant that looked right out on the local fishing boats.
The girls were far from adventurous with their eating in Bali. They consumed a lot of chicken and chips but they did learn to love the local snake fruit. We received a kilo of these from Brian's work friend. They have a rough snake-like pattern on the outside. The inside looks unsettlingly like a garlic clove but tastes sweet and crunchy like an apple.
So I'll leave you with this parting shot of the sun setting. The red eye flight home was tough. The girls were exhausted. The airport was really poorly set up. They fell asleep in all sorts of uncomfortable and awkward places. But we made it home and we have a ton of amazing memories from our time. Tess kept talking about "the next time we go to Bali" and Brian and I just laughed. At some point they'll realize how special and unusual this whole experience has been.
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