On our last day, we booked a two-hour spa treatment before he headed off to the airport. Our treatment menu:

• 1 hour of four-hand massage
• 45 minutes of lulur body scrub
• 15 minutes of hot petal bath soak

I've never had a massage with two people working on me at once, if I thought massages were a bit overly indulgent before, well this was even more so. I ( Read more... )

An occupational hazard of being married to an architect is that you get to see a lot of buildings. On this trip, the object of study was luxury resorts. Including our hotel, I think we saw six in total, quite a few for such a short trip actually. It can become quite an expensive adventure if you aren't very comfortable with bluffing your way ( Read more... )

I resisted spending too much time in the actual touristy town areas of Kuta and Seminyak on this trip. Not only because it's annoying to be constantly hassled by vendors who want to sell me manicures, hair braiding, or temporary tattoos, but for the more serious reason that there remains the possibility of bombings. In the major hotels and clubs, ( Read more... )

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I'm too sleepy these days to put together coherent posts. With Chris staying/visiting this weekend, followed by meeting up with J's parents, it's been busy. I'll leave you with the promised floating village pics from my trip. This first pic was taken after doing my first multi-pitch climb (or during as you can see I still have a bit to go). Just ( Read more... )

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