Our second full day in LA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA Sunday 23rd.We slept a little late but headed out towards Santa Monica and Venice Beach by using the ‘hop on and off’ bus. It was a little overcast but that made the stroll along Santa Monica Pier and board walk more pleasant. We… More
Our first two days in LA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA http://www.vrbo.com/157486 Friday 21st June It started off as the shortest day in the year for us but ended up being the longest day as we made it up to the northern hemisphere. We arrived at the apartment at midnight Fri June 21st. The… More
Review of the Royal Beach Seminyak Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Review: The Royal Beach Seminyak Our family stayed at the Royal Beach Seminyak for 10 nights in July 2012. The Royal Beach is one of the first hotels along the beach in Seminyak to have direct beach frontage. That is, without a street between the… More
Our last full day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Today is our last full day and we were greeted with a particularly warm and sunny morning. We met up as usual at breakfast at 8.30 am and then Matt and Annabelle headed into Kuta for one last shopping trip. The rest of us headed down to… More
Nick and Eleni return day! Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia The morning walk was a most entertaining one indeed. There were hundreds of locals, armed with large bags and kitted with gloves, carrying out a ‘Clean Up The Beach” activity. None to soon is all I can say! I also discovered another large gathering of white… More
Lazy Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia The morning started the same as all of the others; various forms of exercise and then we all met up at breakfast at 8.30am before heading to the pool. Mark and Tom went to the Sports Bar in the afternoon to watch the Swans whilst Ali and I went… More
Downhill Bike Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Friday 6/7 : very brief for the time being; will update with more detail later. Morning: Mark, Mary, Tom, Ali and Nick: Downhill Bike Tour from Kintamani 7.30am – 4.30pm Evening: Mark, Mary, Ali and Tom: drinks at hotel beach side bar and then dinner at Tekor; a… More
Ubud Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Thursday 5/7: a brief outline Mark, Mary, Ali and Tom: morning by pool. Afternoon tour to Ubud. Dinner back at hotel restaurant ‘Husk’. Annabelle, Matt, Eleni and Nick: morning at ‘Water Bom’ park. Afternoon: shopping followed by drinks at ‘Potato Head’ and dinner at ‘La Luciola’.
‘State of Origin’ Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Wednesday 4th July: The State of Origin Day The morning started as usual; I went for a long beach walk and Mark headed to the Gym, along with his sore knees. We all met up for breakfast at 8.30am and after a leisurely meal we then headed… More
Day 3: Tuesday.Lost ‘i Touch’ day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Tuesday 3/7 Mark and I had an early start this morning….5am. We waited for the sun to appear and then I walked whilst he cycled in the gym. We met up with the others for breakfast at 8.30. Matt, Annabelle, Eleni and Nick then headed… More