Sanur, Bali

It's hard to believe that it was exactly 2 weeks ago (almost to the minute) that Echo picked us up at home and took us to the inner harbour in Victoria for the beginning of our day of travel to Singapore.
The elasticity of time and memory is indeed a strange thing...
So here we are in Bali, at the end of our first week on this island, and our first of 3 places that we will stay. We've been in a really wonderful villa, a great place to relax after Singapore's hectic pace. The villa is not huge but is so well laid out -- 2 bedrooms either side of a covered but outdoor common living space that includes a kitchen, comfy furniture, a TV, and -- a swimming pool!!! We've swam countless times. Here is the original posting that we saw, that led to our rental:

http://www.homeexchange.com/show.php?id=88212

While we've been here, we've walked the beach, ate great inexpensive meals, played lots of Hearts, visited a 10th century Anamist temple, seen a fire dance, had a day with Savannah and Marius, and Catherine and Sierra have gone boogie boarding and done Balinese dance. Here's a fun link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZJbh7WnTHs

Tomorrow we go up into the hills and rice paddies for 4 days, in a place called Ubud. It's an artisan community, apparently with lots of natural beauty and natural food. Savannah will be ending her week with Marius on Sunday, and joining us then.