Our flights went from Cincinnati to Chicago to Qatar to Singapore to Bali. On the way back it was the same, in reverse, only swap out Chicago with New York. It was a solid 24 hours of in-air travel. The cankles those flights gave me!On our flight from Chicago to Qatar we were accompanied by Shaquille O’Neil as well as Jim Bob Duggar and one of his daughters. Very exclusive.
Animal Encounters
We’re not picky on our trips about animal encounters. We’re perfectly content with cats, dogs and everyday farm animals. In Bali we did have some good kitten interactions.
But monkeys shmonkeys. That was trumped by elephants. We visited a place that had several and we got to get so close!
But elephants shmelephants. I got to hold an orangutan! And pet a tiger!
Nom Nom
Bali is a total score for vegetarians. We were able to eat pretty much anywhere and the food was always delicious. One of our favorite meals was in Sanur at a night market. To us, it was very much like someplace Anthony Bordain would visit. In a parking lot, all sorts of food trucks and vendors had set up. Wonder Boy and I stuffed ourselves with delicious food. On our way back we added up the total cost. $1. That wAs our combined total. Amazing.
Nature
the longer Wonder Boy and I live in a city, the more we’re moving away from city-focused vacations and more towards one with outdoorsy stuff. In Munduk we went on an amazing hike. In Pemuteran we went snorkeling. Bali is a beautiful country with so much to see!
Luxe
I’ve always been very vocal about embracing mid-range hotels and nicer hostels when I travel. Mainly because I’m cheap. The cost of things in Bali was such that we got to stay in some FANCY places. Our own villa in the middle of a rice paddy. Our own cottage with an outdoor bathroom and rooftop deck with daybeds. A tree-house like hotel room with three walls of solid glass. If I weren’t so cheap, I could get hooked!
Gobble Gobble!
On actual Thanksgiving weekend we spent the day nursing hangovers while sunning ourselves by an infinity pool, eating some delicious Indian food (we have a vacation tradition to eat Indian food wherever we go) and visiting a drag queen bar called Bottom’s Up. A pretty nice day!
Megan Broutian
So envious of your trip! Almost went to Bali 2-3 years ago but Norman the old poop (the hubby) talked me out of it on account of some possible (and possibly minor) terrorism activities. (Also entirely possible that the made the whole thing up because I was planning on going there with my sister instead of him). It’s going back on my bucket list after seeing your lovely photos. Thanks 🙂