Beautiful Bali

Our hotel in Bali is pure bliss.  There are not enough words to describe how fabulous the hotel is. 

But so is Bali.  We arrived at night so I did not get a sense of Bali's beauty until the next day. 

We did a lot of fun things in Bali but there is so much we did not do or see.  I feel like it would take weeks to do all the things I wanted to see.  We did go to the monkey sanctuary and feed bananas to the monkeys.  They are adorable.  They are used to interacting with people and will literally climb on you to get the bananas.  They will also sit next to you or in your lap while they eat.  Here is a great picture of Jan (from another team) with one of the monkeys in her lap:

But you have to stay on your toes.  We were warned to hold onto our things because the monkeys will take them.  What happens is that you are holding something and they climb on you and you freak out and let go of what you are holding.  I had brought along a bag of cookies from the hotel.  I was trying to get a cookie when all of a sudden a monkey jumped on me and grabbed the bag.  He sat and had himself a snack.  Another monkey snatched someone's sunscreen and was trying to eat it.

We also attended a kecak dance and fire walking ceremony.  This was a traditional Balinese dance that included a man that walked on fire.

Bali is a beautiful place and I didn't want to leave. In fact, I am keeping the guidebook because I plan to return.

Next stop...Singapore