Exploring the Resort

We woke up early (about 5am Bali time) to a cloudy and windy day. We started to explore the resort - there is a floating lounge close to our room (which wasnt open - but we could walk in to see it). The spa was not a far walk from that and within a few minutes we were at the lobby where we eat breakfast. There is a lot of different food there, Indonesian, Japanese, western, etc. Most of the other guests in the hotel are eating rice for breakfast - obviously popular in other parts of the world (something I'm not used to).
We finished breakfast and walked around the resort again. The pool is very beautiful and the beach was very dirty (apparently a wind storm brought all the garbage in from other islands). This would explain why the floating lounge and pool bar were closed. That being said, there were a lot of people cleaning the beach. We decided to go play chess in the gazebo by the pool. After a few games we went for a swim. Because it was so cloudy, we didn't put on sunscreen. Whoops (big mistake!). We laid in the heat to take in our first day. After a nap we went for supper in the main restaurant at our resort. We ordered the Bali Megabowl. It was a huge platter with a lot of dishes traditional to Bali. Calimari, fried duck, spicy dishes and a coconut drink for dessert. We didnt enjoy very much of it. Although it was nice to be out of winter, it wasnt great weather day in Bali.Read more