#1995 Friday 27th December

Yesterday was very quiet..... a drive to Nusa Dua for lunch..... the drive along the toll road across the bay is always an experience.

Today we all slept in really late before packing for our drive from Sanur to Ubud. We're now at the Sri Ratih cottages.... a bit to the west of Ubud central....  near the Campuhan ridge walk.  It's a gorgeous spot with beautiful gardens and we will be here for 2 nights.

The drive up was torturous.... for a lot of the drive the traffic was less than walking pace.

#1994 Wednesday 25th December

Christmas Day!  Kaylia focuses on the unwrapping of presents. She doesn't get fussed about the actual gift itself.... it's the unwrapping process.....  although the packet of bath bombs was a big hit and she had to use them all at once in a Big bath.

For lunch we will go to one of the catered meals at a resort.

Later.... this was not very pleasant..... it was very noisy and hot.  But Kaylia thought it was fantastic! She was very excited to be able to help herself at the buffet.  I had thought that the food was un impressive..... then as we were leaving I spotted several tables of much more interesting foods.... too late. 

#1993 Tuesday 24th December

It's been a routine day..... drive in the morning and then a bath time and rest in the afternoon.  We drove across to Denpasar and then south down Jn Sunset..... looking for DVD shops! It's strange that these have almost disappeared. I'm not sure why.  It may be the effect of Netflix?

It's still very quiet..... few tourists..... but the traffic is just as bad as ever. 

#1992 Monday 23 December

Day 2.  One of Kaylia's favorite things is to go looking for Dvds...... and suddenly the supply has almost completely dried up!  We literally could only find one shop in Sanur where it used to be that there was a DVD shop every kilometer.  Today we drove into Denpasar to find one with the kids dvds that she likes. 

We're finding that many of the places we knew have closed up......  no tourists!  The place is very quiet. 

In the afternoon we introduced Kaylia to the delights of massage.  She doesn't say much but the fact that she didn't wriggle or try to escape.... it tells us that she liked it. 

#1991 Sunday 22nd December

First day!   Pedicure at Deanti.  This is the first time Kaylia has had a pedicure and she is finding it very ticklish. Earlier we had to obligatory DVD shopping trip so Kaylia can spend time in her room watching her favorites.

The villa that many of you remember is very very different.  The new owner has gutted the villa and remodeled it with many changes.  It was hard for us to walk in with no warning of it being so different.