Sanur, Bali

We spent a total of 4 nights in Sanur, shopping, eating, watching movies, swimming and laying low. We checked into Kirana Homestay, just off the main strip, nights one and two. The room was simple, but amazing since it came with air con, a TV, and mini fridge for only $200,000idr/ $17usd. That day we noticed the woman who lived at the homestay was working hard all day preparing various fruits and offerings to be displayed around the hotel. The elderly woman explained to me that every six months they do a ritual where they set out tons of fruits at their temples for their ancestors and then feast on the fruit afterwards.

Later that afternoon we watched American Hustle, a black market DVD we bought in Sengiggi, and cooled off in the amazing air conditioned room. For lunch we wandered on over to The Porch for an incredible meal. I ordered the caesar salad, among the best I have ever had, and Aidan ordered a massive burger with onion rings, coleslaw, bacon, tomato, onion and cheese, exceptional. 

Afterwards we found ourselves in awe at the massive supermarket, Hardy's, that had everything from groceries to underwear to utensils to alcohol to fake perfume. We walked out a few hours later wondering what the hell just happened to us. 

Random statue in town: 

That night we ate CHINESE FOOD. It was actually pretty amazing. We ordered broccoli with garlic, which was the first time we have had broccoli on the trip, chicken with mushroom and potato, and fried rice. 

Day 2 we woke up late and meandered to Bali Deli for some average chicken, feta, pesto, etcz., sandwiches. Following lunch, we headed back to the home stay and observed the various temples that had offerings displayed on them. Afterwards one of the women handed us three different fruits that they had used for the offerings earlier that day, including mangosteen, snake fruit, and an orange. The mangosteen was particularly interesting and tasted like an extremely sweet combination of banana, orange and fruit punch! After sampling the new fruits we went back to the room to chill out and ended up watching the whole Titanic film. 

Offerings at one of the temples: 

Snake fruit, mangosteen and orange: 

Later that afternoon we decided it was time to check out Sanur Beach, but as always, we got to the beach at extreme low tide. The beach was beautiful however, and there were great rock island formations to sit at or swim to, we think to prevent waves from crashing on shore and make it better for swimming. 

That night we went to Retro Restaurant and I ordered an amazing filet of Mahi Mahi with garlic butter, mashed potatoes and vegetables. Aidan ordered something equivelent to chicken cordon blue, which was delicious as well! 

After spending two nights in Sanur, we headed to Lembongan Island for three nights and then returned to Sanur for the remaining two nights of our trip. 

Day 3 we took the fast boat from

Lembongan, back to Sanur and checked into a lovely hotel Sari Villas. Sari was by far the nicest hotel we have stayed in this entire trip for only $40usd per night, including an amazing breakfast, swimming pool, beautiful bathroom, private court yard, back patio, mini fridge, tv and air con. What more can a girl ask for? 

That day we headed to Hardy's and bought a block of feta cheese (Aidan was stoked), a loaf of bread and some peppered salami, then sat in our private courtyard and feasted. For the rest of the day we sat by the pool and soaked up some rays then went back to The Porch for a caesar salad and burger. 

The next day we ate an amazing breakfast at the hotel then headed to the beach and swam to the island rock barrier formation. 

After swimming we found ourselves at Hardy's AGAIN and spent a few hours wondering around every square inch of the store, buying last minute gifts and slightly panicking about the fact that we were never going to leave the gigantic supermarket. 

That night Aidan brought me on one last date at a very nice and DELICIOUS  restaurant called Three Monkeys. I ordered a tuna steak with spinach and mushrooms and Aidan ordered a steak with caramelized onions and a soya sauce glaze. Oh how we will miss Indonesia! 

Tuna:

Steak:

Cheers!