Indonesia - Bali

Hi all will post some photos from my latest holiday/vacation in Indonesia/Bali. Lisa and I both fell in love with Indonesia the moment we landed there in Jakarta. The people are really friendly and helpful and all smiles.
Jakarta was only a stopover really, as most of our three weeks were spent on the island of Bali.

The first pics are from the plane of one of the two volcano's that almost delayed our return, as it has been erupting for some time now, and the ash closed the airport several time while we there and the day before we returned, but luckily was open on the morning we left..

Our plane the Airbus A380 double deck ready for boarding, its a great plane to travel in, and seats 525 passengers, we flew on one on our previous vacation to Vietnam and enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVItPJAu_Fk video of interior.

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The volcano
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Our first night in Bali was spent in a beach hotel in Sanur, on the south west coast of the island, its an area of gardens with bungalows, we had a honeymoon suite, only because it was the only one available, as honeymoons have sadly long since left my life :eek:ld: though I can still pretend.
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The beach, many trees all over Bali are adorned with black and white chequered cloths, symbolising the balance of life, the yin and the yang.
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The road leading to the hotel, with bougainvillea growing through the trees
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Thanks Annie and Shali, its a popular place for weekend trips for Australians as its on their doorstep, didn't think I would ever get there, probably wouldn't but for Lisa's powers of persuasion :)
 
Sila

I booked a driver I found on the internet last year, he met us at the airport and took us wherever we wanted to go as and when. His name is Sila and is an exceptionally kind and knowledgeable man and contributed a lot to our holiday/vacation.
He took us to meet his family one morning who are delightful, he lives with his wife, mother father and his brother and his child. Its in a small one street village about a 40 minute drive from Sanur.

This is Sila with his youngest daughter
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Lisa with his other daughter (right) and his brother's daughter
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Sila's son and the girls
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His brother's daughter
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His wife cooking us a snack
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Like Thai kids! I'm guessing the food is similar to Thai food?
I haven't been to Thailand yet, but am not keen on Thai food in the UK because for me its usually either too sweet, or has too much heat (chilli) and not much spiciness, I prefer Indian really.
Indonesian food has just about the right of spiciness for me and they add a fried egg to their traditional dish nasi goreng.
Lots of fried rice and fried noodle dishes, with tofu or chicken. I got the impression it was less healthy than Thai food?


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Great Pictures Merlin...I agree with Annie, the children are adorable. I love the picture with the wife cooking, that's fantabulous, thanks for showing us those... :clap:
 
Thai food in Thailand is nothing like you get outside of Thailand. Soooooo much better in Thailand. They do quite a lot of fried rice dishes, but also a huge variety that are not.
 
Thank you for this delightful entertainment of photos. Next time let someone else hold the camera so you can get in some of the pics with Lisa. Both your wife and Sila's wife are smiling in one picture and look so relaxed and genuine as if they've been friends a long time…pretty ladies. It's interesting to see where Sila's family lives and a tiny bit of their culture. Good photography!
 
Lovely photos Merlin, I really like the one of the volcano, and the children are so sweet! :D

Thanks SeaBreeze, the many children we came across during our time in Bali, were all delightful and seemingly angelic, but I guess their mothers might have a different experience of them at times :bigwink:
 

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