Travel Sleeps: Bali 07-12

Bali living = villa living. 'Nuf said.

Photos of our accomodations at Arwana Estate coming right up!

Bali Eats 07-12

Indo food is amazing - spicy and flavourful and downright delicious! Even more amazing in Bali because all the pork not eaten in every other pocket of the country is found in Bali! Hee hee.

Thanks to all the foreigners who flock and live on the island - the international fare is divine as well.

During our long weekend in Bali, we were able to chow down on:

• Babi Guling - the local roasted pig Bali is quite famous for
• Grilled seafood & veggies roasted by our villa chef
• Naughty Nuris - local resto that does mean ribs
• Chandi Restaurant - pan-Asian cuisine made from the freshest ingredients. K had a special menu set up for her bday!
• Breakfast spread, again, cooked up by our villa chef
• And last but not least... local Mie Goreng! So bad for you, but so damn good!

Oh - and all washed down with lots of alcohol. Everyone brought in a bottle of their favorite tipple from Duty Free... and then some. 

Chandi choices

Chandi night ends with ice cream + tea

1/3 of the alcohol we had

Grilled mushrooms

Mie Goreng for brekie! Yummers!

Typical Indo drink of Avocado + chocolate syrup to sweeten

Crispy fried duck

Nachos. Man do I love nachos

Nasi goreng of course!

Hullo succulent ribs

Ox tail soup if I'm not mistaken

After lunch latte to chase away food coma zzzs

Sautéed mushrooms

Grilled tomatos

Fresh fruit!

And some more alcohol :) 

Bali 07-12

The go-to vacay spot for us 3rd-culture-kids hailing from JKT is Bali. 

Have a reunion? Go to Bali.

Venue for wedding? Do it Bali.

Wanna relax for a few days? Chilax in Bali.

Think Bali is known world-wide for a lot of things: cultural, peaceful, exotic, magical. To be fair - it is all that. But to many of my childhood friends, it's their home away from home. 

One of my nearest and dearest friends wanted to celebrate her 30s here. So celebrate in Bali we did! 

We didn't beach (sorry Bali - the Philippines can run circles around your beaches!). 

Nor did we sight see. 

Shopping - just a bit! 

Drinking? Yes - there was. Plenty of it. 

Partying? Strangely, not much at all. 

But delicious chow (of both local and international fare), villa-lounging, spa-ing, good company?  There was definitely lots of that. 

Good vibes, ridiculously good time. Definitely a true reflection of the very person we were celebrating for!

K in her stunning dress!

LPG crew

Grilled seafood dinner by the pool, drinking and night swimming on day 1

The reason for the festivities (and I don't mean the alcohol)

Cheers K!

Uhm... HULLO. *squish*

Those that liked the sun, did lots of this

A clowning around

Lotsa couples with us during the trip! S + B

C+M

A+J

K's lovely fam

K's guests @ Naughty Nuris

K's friends with 3 sets of twins! 

Naughty Nuris decor

Some of us had spa treatments outside, some had them right at home. Some of us had both :D

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N & G