Day 20: The Day of the Disappearing Jandals

We had another wonderfully slow and relaxed morning today. Sam had a bit of work to catch up on, so the kids spent the morning swimming in the villa pool while I enjoyed some quiet time reading my book.

Once Sam was finished, we grabbed a Grab and headed over to Nusa Dua for a beach day. We spent several hours there, had lunch overlooking the water, and the kids were in the ocean almost the entire time. The water was beautiful, everyone had an absolute blast... and we may have been a little too relaxed with the sunscreen. By the end of the afternoon, we were all looking a little pink!

On the way home we stocked up on coconut oil, smothered ourselves from head to toe, and are now crossing our fingers that tomorrow we'll wake up beautifully tanned rather than lobster-red, especially since we're off to Waterbom tomorrow!

From Nusa Dua we visited another beach on the opposite side of Jimbaran. It had much darker sand and reminded us a lot of a New Zealand beach. As we arrived, all the restaurants were setting up tables and fairy lights right on the sand ready for dinner, and the atmosphere looked like it was going to be incredible. Our plan had been to stay for sunset and eat there, but after realising we'd all had just about enough sun for one day, we wisely called it quits.

Instead, we headed home for, surprise, surprise......another swim in the pool before showering and walking out for dinner.

Our original plan was to revisit the little street food stall we'd loved a few nights ago, but they weren't there. So we wandered in the opposite direction and stumbled across a fantastic little local eatery. A lovely couple who have been living in Bali for the past two years recommended their favourite dishes, so we put our dinner in their hands. They didn't steer us wrong! Everything was delicious, packed with fresh vegetables and amazing flavours, and to top it all off, they brought us complimentary plates of fresh fruit for dessert.

Today's biggest laugh, however, involved our ongoing battle with footwear.

Yesterday Sam's jandal broke, so this morning, while successfully searching for iced coffees (that was a win after no luck yesterday), he found himself a replacement pair for the grand total of $1.50, ten times cheaper than the pair I had to buy after losing mine earlier in the trip.

Fast forward a few hours...

We loaded all our bags into the Grab, dusted the sand off everyone's feet, drove to the next beach... and realised we'd left both of our jandals sitting neatly on the roadside where we'd been waiting for the taxi.

Apparently our feet have collectively decided they're happier barefoot.

So on our way out to dinner tonight, we stopped back at the same little shop and bought... yes... another pair of $1.50 jandals each.

Trip Statistics:

- Relaxing mornings: 1
- Beach swims: 2
-Pool swims: 2
- Slightly sunburnt family members: 6
- Bottles of coconut oil applied: Plenty
- Pairs of jandals lost today: 2
- Replacement jandals purchased: 2
- Lessons learned about leaving shoes behind: Apparently none
- Family memories made: CountlessRead more