What a night is was last night! Many tales to tell .....
Fireworks .....Hardys had a sale on and we just had to buy some more fireworks. So we had our own little display last night .... it was nothing in comparison with the amazing display arounds us ... but it was fun! Kaylia seemed to enjoy it. The fireworks in the Jalan in the evening were quite something .... a prelude to the midnight crescendo.
Tea was MacDonalds for Kaylee and ..... local num-nums (makanan bagus!) for the rest of us. After tea (at the normal time) we adopted "Plan A" for Kaylia's sleep. We gave her Pain Stop and the Melatonin to help her off to the land of nod and to help with the earache. It meant that there was none of the terrible noise problem that we had in Ubud 2 years ago .... Kaylia slept through the lot! And while she slept, we had a video night! We had two films back-to-back while we waited for "The Moment".
When midnight came, Bali went beserk! The sheer volume of noise and light and smoke was awe-inspiring. We climbed onto the flat roof of the villa .... we could see displays all round ....
I was hard to avoid a comparison with the Australia Day fireworks in Perth .... I think that Bali won hands down! The fact that the whole incredible hour of fireworks is from mostly private homes just blows away the restricted nature of a single display on the Swan River.
We were immersed in a constant barrage of light and smoke and sound .... it reminded me of scenes from battle movies. In the middle of the display we watched a jet aircraft making a landing approach .... I know it was an optical illusion but it seemed that the plane was flying through fireworks ..... amazing!
We went to bed about 12:40 and I woke briefly at 1:40am to realise that the place was actually quiet! It had been a fitting "first New Year" in the villa.
11am We've been to beach .... Kaylia loves the water but gets annoyed at low tide because it's so shallow.
I was entranced by a beach seller with a basket of knives .... I know that I can't take it back to Oz but I bought myself a nicely made 'hand axe' in a sheath. I think it fits the description of a Malaysian harvest knife. It will stay here in the villa in my collection of "Bali only" items.
After the beach we headed off to Ubud to find 'the Best' Babi Guling venue .... and the idea was that we would continue up the mountain to Penelokan.
BUT .... Abort! Abort! We got to Ubud but it was clear that Kaylia couldn't handle it .... we attempted a lunch stop but gave it up and went back to Sanur. Back to the villa after calling in at the local warung for take-away rice/sate/tempe/vegetable packets.
Its now bedtime .... we found a beaut new place to eat .... "Sal and Pepe" ... Italian just around the corner. Kaylia just 'absorbed' the pizza .... it was really good!
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